User Guide

MovieClip.nextFrame() 549

MovieClip.nextFrame()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_mc.nextFrame() : Void

Parameters

None.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; sends the playhead to the next frame and stops it.

You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass. For

more information, see “Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol” in Using ActionScript in Flash.

Example

The following example loads content into a SWF file using _framesloaded and nextFrame().

Do not add any code to Frame 1, but add the following ActionScript to Frame 2 of the Timeline:

if (this._framesloaded >= 3) {

this.nextFrame();

} else {

this.gotoAndPlay(1);

}

Then, add the following code (and the content you want to load) on Frame 3:

stop();