User Guide

70 Appendix A: Supported ActionScript
stop() Action; stops the SWF file that is currently playing. Fully supported
stopAllSounds() Action; stops all sounds currently playing in a movie
without stopping the playhead.
Fully supported
stopDrag() Action; stops the current drag operation. Not supported
String() Function; returns a string representation of the specified
argument as follows:
If
x is a Boolean value, the return string is true or false.
If
x is a number, the return string is a decimal
representation of the number.
If
x is a string, the return string is x.
If x is a movie clip, the return value is the target path of the
movie clip in slash (/) notation.
If
x is undefined, the return value is an empty string.
Not supported
substring() String function; extracts part of a string. Fully supported
switch() Action; creates a branching structure for ActionScript
statements. The switch action tests a condition and
executes statements if the condition returns a value of
true.
Fully supported
tellTarget() Action; Can be used to apply instructions to a particular
Timeline or movie clip. For example,
tellTarget() can be
assigned to buttons that stop or start movie clips on the
Stage or prompt movie clips to jump to a particular frame.
Fully supported
toggleHighQuality() Action; turns anti-aliasing on and off in Flash Lite. Anti-
aliasing smooths the edges of objects but results in
slower movie playback. The
toggleHighQuality() action
affects all movies in Flash Lite.
Fully supported
trace() Action; evaluates the expression and displays the results
in the Output panel when you run the Test Movie
command.
Fully supported
unloadMovie() Action; removes a movie clip from Flash Lite that was
previously loaded or created using the
loadMovie() or
duplicateMovieClip() actions.
Fully supported
unloadMovieNum() Action; removes a movie at a specified level from Flash
Lite that was previously loaded or created using the
loadMovie() action.
Fully supported
while() Action; runs a statement or series of statements
repeatedly in a loop as long as the condition argument is
true.
Fully supported
Action name Description Support