User Guide

_level 371

_level

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

_levelN

Description

Identifier; a reference to the root Timeline of _levelN. You must use loadMovieNum() to load

SWF files into the Flash Player before you use the

_level property to target them. You can also

use

_levelN to target a loaded SWF file at the level assigned by N.

The initial SWF file loaded into an instance of the Flash Player is automatically loaded into

_level0. The SWF file in _level0 sets the frame rate, background color, and frame size for all

subsequently loaded SWF files. SWF files are then stacked in higher-numbered levels above the

SWF file in

_level0.

You must assign a level to each SWF file that you load into the Flash Player using

loadMovieNum(). You can assign levels in any order. If you assign a level that already contains a

SWF file (including

_level0), the SWF file at that level is unloaded and replaced by the new

SWF file.

Example

The following example stops the playhead in the main Timeline of the SWF file sub.swf that is

loaded into

_level9. The sub.swf file contains animation and is in the same directory as the

document that contains the following ActionScript:

loadMovieNum("sub.swf", 9);

myBtn_btn.onRelease = function() {

_level9.stop();

};

You could replace _level9.stop() in the previous example with the following code:

_level9.gotoAndStop(5);

This action sends the playhead in the main Timeline of the SWF file in _level9 to Frame 5

instead of stopping the playhead.