Global Functions - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

Global Functions

This section contains a set of built-in functions that are available in any part of a SWF file
where ActionScript is used. These global functions cover a wide variety of common
programming tasks such as working with data types (
producing debugging information (
browser (
fscommand()
Global Functions summary
Modifiers Signature
Array([numElements:N
umber],
[elementN:Object])
asfunction(function:
String,
parameter:String)
Boolean(expression:O
bject)
call(frame:Object)
chr(number:Number)
clearInterval(interv
alID:Number)
duplicateMovieClip(t
arget:Object,
newname:String,
depth:Number)
escape(expression:St
ring)
eval(expression:Obje
ct)
40 ActionScript language elements
trace()
).
Description
Creates a new, empty array or converts specified
elements to an array.
A special protocol for URLs in HTML text fields that
allows an HREF link to call an ActionScript function.
Converts the parameter expression to a Boolean
value and returns true or false.
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This action was
deprecated in favor of the function statement.
Executes the script in the called frame without moving
the playhead to that frame.
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was
deprecated in favor of String.fromCharCode().
Converts ASCII code numbers to characters.
Stops the setInterval() call.
Creates an instance of a movie clip while the SWF file
is playing.
Converts the parameter to a string and encodes it in a
URL-encoded format, where all nonalphanumeric
characters are replaced with % hexadecimal
sequences.
Accesses variables, properties, objects, or movie clips
by name.
,
Boolean()
), and communicating with Flash Player or the
, and so on),
int()