User Guide

490 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
Drawing method summary for the MovieClip class
MovieClip.globalToLocal()
Converts Stage coordinates to the local coordinates of the
specified movie clip.
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay()
Sends the playhead to a specific frame in the movie clip and
plays the movie clip.
MovieClip.gotoAndStop()
Sends the playhead to a specific frame in the movie clip and
stops the movie clip.
MovieClip.hitTest()
Returns true if bounding box of the specified movie clip
intersects the bounding box of the target movie clip.
MovieClip.loadMovie()
Loads the specified SWF or JPEG file into the movie clip.
MovieClip.loadVariables()
Loads variables from a URL or other location into the
movie clip.
MovieClip.localToGlobal()
Converts local coordinates of the movie clip to the global
Stage.
MovieClip.nextFrame()
Sends the playhead to the next frame of the movie clip.
MovieClip.play()
Plays the specified movie clip.
MovieClip.prevFrame()
Sends the playhead to the previous frame of the movie clip.
MovieClip.removeMovieClip()
Removes the movie clip from the Timeline if it was created with
duplicateMovieClip(), MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip(), or
MovieClip.attachMovie().
MovieClip.setMask()
Sets a movie clip as the mask for the specified movie clip.
MovieClip.startDrag()
Specifies a movie clip as draggable and begins dragging the
movie clip.
MovieClip.stop()
Stops the currently playing movie clip.
MovieClip.stopDrag()
Stops the dragging of any movie clip that is being dragged.
MovieClip.swapDepths()
Swaps the depth level of two movie clips.
MovieClip.unloadMovie()
Removes a SWF file that was loaded with
MovieClip.loadMovie().
Method Description
MovieClip.beginFill()
Begins drawing a fill for the specified movie clip.
MovieClip.beginGradientFill()
Begins drawing a gradient fill for the specified movie clip.
MovieClip.clear()
Removes all the drawing commands associated with a movie
clip instance.
MovieClip.curveTo()
Draws a curve using the current line style.
MovieClip.endFill()
Ends the fill specified by MovieClip.beginFill() or
MovieClip.beginGradientFill().
Method Description