User Guide

994 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

updateAfterEvent()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

updateAfterEvent() : Void

Parameters

None.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Function; updates the display (independent of the frames per second set for the movie) when you

call it within an

onClipEvent() handler or as part of a function or method that you pass to

setInterval(). Flash ignores calls to

updateAfterEvent that are not within an onClipEvent()

handler or part of a function or method passed to setInterval(). This function works only with

certain Mouse and MovieClip handlers: the mouseDown, mouseUp, mouseMove, keyDown and

keyUp handlers for the Mouse class; the onMouseMove, onMouseDown, onMouseUp,

onKeyDown, and onKeyUp handlers for the MovieClip class. It does not work with the Key class.

Example

The following example show how to create a custom cursor called cursor_mc. ActionScript is

used to replace the mouse cursor with

cursor_mc. Then updateAfterEvent() is used to

continually refresh the Stage to make the cursor’s movement appear smooth.

Mouse.hide();

cursor_mc.onMouseMove = function() {

this._x = this._parent._xmouse;

this._y = this._parent._ymouse;

updateAfterEvent();

};