User Guide

MovieClip.prevFrame() 573
MovieClip.prevFrame()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_mc.prevFrame() : Void
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; sends the playhead to the previous 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
In the following example, two movie clip buttons control the Timeline. The prev_mc button
moves the playhead to the previous frame, and the
next_mc button moves the playhead to the
next frame. Add content to a series of frames on the Timeline, and add the following ActionScript
to Frame 1 of the Timeline:
stop();
prev_mc.onRelease = function() {
var parent_mc:MovieClip = this._parent;
if (parent_mc._currentframe>1) {
parent_mc.prevFrame();
} else {
parent_mc.gotoAndStop(parent_mc._totalframes);
}
};
next_mc.onRelease = function() {
var parent_mc:MovieClip = this._parent;
if (parent_mc._currentframe<parent_mc._totalframes) {
parent_mc.nextFrame();
} else {
parent_mc.gotoAndStop(1);
}
};
See also
prevFrame()