Prevframe (Movieclip.prevframe Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

Use the following ActionScript to play the Timeline of a movie clip in a SWF file. This
ActionScript is for a button called
:
animation_mc
animation_mc.stop();
my_btn.onRelease = function(){
animation_mc.play();
};
See also
,
play function gotoAndPlay (MovieClip.gotoAndPlay method)
function

prevFrame (MovieClip.prevFrame method)

public prevFrame() : Void
Sends the playhead to the previous frame and stops it.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Example
In the following example, two movie clip buttons control the Timeline. The
moves the playhead to the previous frame, and the
next frame. Add content to a series of frames on the Timeline, and add the following
ActionScript to Frame 1 of the Timeline:
stop();
prev_mc.onRelease = function() {
var parent_mc:MovieClip = this._parent;
if (parent_mc._currentframe>1) {
parent_mc.prevFrame();
} else {
parent_mc.gotoAndStop(parent_mc._totalframes);
}
};
next_mc.onRelease = function() {
var parent_mc:MovieClip = this._parent;
if (parent_mc._currentframe<parent_mc._totalframes) {
parent_mc.nextFrame();
} else {
parent_mc.gotoAndStop(1);
}
};
on the main Timeline that plays a movie clip called
my_btn
next_mc
,
gotoAndPlay
prev_mc
button moves the playhead to the
MovieClip
button
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