User Guide

998 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

Video.clear()

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_video.clear() : Void

Parameters

None.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; clears the image currently displayed in the Video object. This is useful when, for

example, you want to display standby information without having to hide the Video object.

Example

The following example pauses and clears video1.flv that is playing in a Video object (called

my_video) when the user clicks the pause_btn instance.

var pause_btn:Button;

var my_video:Video; // my_video is a Video object on the Stage

var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

my_nc.connect(null);

var my_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(my_nc);

my_video.attachVideo(my_ns);

my_ns.play("video1.flv");

pause_btn.onRelease = function() {

my_ns.pause();

my_video.clear();

};