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Sound.stop() 775

Sound.stop()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_sound.stop(["idName":String]) : Void

Parameters

idName

An optional parameter specifying a specific sound to stop playing. The idName

parameter must be enclosed in quotation marks (" ").

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; stops all sounds currently playing if no parameter is specified, or just the sound specified

in the

idName parameter.

Example

The following example uses two buttons, stop_btn and play_btn, to control the playback of a

sound that loads into a SWF file. Add two buttons to your document and add the following

ActionScript to your FLA or AS file:

var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();

my_sound.loadSound("song1.mp3", true);

stop_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("sound stopped");

my_sound.stop();

};

play_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("sound started");

my_sound.start();

};