User Guide

66 Appendix A: Supported ActionScript
else Action; specifies the actions, clauses, arguments, or
other conditional to run if the initial
if statement returns
false.
Fully supported
else if Action; evaluates a condition and specifies the
statements to run if the condition in the initial
if
statement returns
false.
Fully supported
eq (string equal) Comparison operator; compares two expressions for
equality and returns
true if expression1 is equal to
expression2; otherwise, returns false. This action is
string specific.
The following examples illustrate
true and false results
for the
eq operator:
x =”Amy”;
y=”Fred”;
x eq “Amy”;
// true
x eq y;
// false
Fully supported
eval()
Function; accesses variables. The value of the variable is
returned.
Fully supported
fscommand() Action; allows the Flash application to communicate with
the program hosting Flash Player.
Partially
supported
ge (string greater than
or equal)
Comparison operator; returns true if the string
representation for
expression1 is greater than or equal to
the string representation for
expression2; otherwise,
returns
false. This action is string specific.
The following examples illustrate
true and false results
for the
ge operator:
x =”Amy”;
y=”Fred”;
x ge y;
// false
x ge “Amy”;
// true
y ge x;
// true
Fully supported
getProperty() Function; returns the value of the specified property for
the movie clip instance.
Partially
supported. (See
“Supported
ActionScript”
on page 61.)
getTimer() Function; returns the number of milliseconds that have
elapsed since the SWF file started playing.
Fully supported
Action name Description Support