User Guide

734 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

setProperty()

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

setProperty(target:Object, property:Object, value/expression:Object) : Void

Parameters

target

The path to the instance name of the movie clip whose property is to be set.

property The property to be set.

value The new literal value of the property.

expression An equation that evaluates to the new value of the property.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Function; changes a property value of a movie clip as the movie clip plays.

Example

The following ActionScript creates a new movie clip and loads an image into it. The _x and _y

coordinates are set for the clip using

setProperty(). When you click the button called

right_btn, the _x coordinate of a movie clip named params_mc is incremented by 20 pixels.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("params_mc", 999);

params_mc.loadMovie("http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/blueprint/articles/

nielsen/spotlight_jnielsen.jpg");

setProperty(this.params_mc, _y, 20);

setProperty(this.params_mc, _x, 20);

this.right_btn.onRelease = function() {

setProperty(params_mc, _x, getProperty(params_mc, _x)+20);

};