User Guide

444 ActionScript classes
Method summary
Modifiers Signature Description
attachMovie(id:String, name:String,
depth:Number, [initObject:Object])
: MovieClip
Takes a symbol from the library and
attaches it to the movie clip.
beginFill(rgb:Number,
[alpha:Number]) : Void
Indicates the beginning of a new
drawing path.
beginGradientFill(fillType:String,
colors:Array, alphas:Array,
ratios:Array, matrix:Object) : Void
Indicates the beginning of a new
drawing path.
clear() : Void Removes all the graphics created
during runtime by using the movie clip
draw methods, including line styles
specified with
MovieClip.lineStyle().
createEmptyMovieClip(name:String,
depth:Number) : MovieClip
Creates an empty movie clip as a child
of an existing movie clip.
createTextField(instanceName:String
, depth:Number, x:Number, y:Number,
width:Number, height:Number) :
TextField
Creates a new, empty text field as a
child of the movie clip on which you
call this method.
curveTo(controlX:Number,
controlY:Number, anchorX:Number,
anchorY:Number) : Void
Draws a curve using the current line
style from the current drawing position
to (anchorX, anchorY) using the
control point that ((controlX,
controlY) specifies.
duplicateMovieClip(name:String,
depth:Number, [initObject:Object])
: MovieClip
Creates an instance of the specified
movie clip while the SWF file is
playing.
endFill() : Void Applies a fill to the lines and curves
added since the last call to
beginFill() or
beginGradientFill().
getBounds(bounds:Object) : Object Returns properties that are the
minimum and maximum x and y
coordinate values of the movie clip,
based on the bounds parameter.