Parent (Movieclip._Parent Property) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

You recognize a greater performance benefit with a movie clip that would have many
transparent regions if were not set.
opaqueBackground
Note:The opaque background region is not matched in a method that has the
hitTest()
parameter set to .
shapeFlag true
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8
Example
The following example creates a triangle outline and sets the property to
opaqueBackground
a specific color:
var triangle:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
triangle._x = triangle._y = 50;
triangle.lineStyle(3, 0xFFCC00);
triangle.lineTo(0, 30);
triangle.lineTo(50, 0);
triangle.lineTo(0, 0);
triangle.endFill();
triangle.opaqueBackground = 0xCCCCCC;
If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components
DepthManager class instead of the method, which is
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth()
used in this example.
See also
,
cacheAsBitmap (MovieClip.cacheAsBitmap property) hitTest (MovieClip.hitTest
method)

_parent (MovieClip._parent property)

public _parent : MovieClip
A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current movie clip or object. The
current object is the object that references the property. Use the property to
_parent _parent
specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current movie clip or object.
You can use to move up multiple levels in the display list, as in the following code:
_parent
this._parent._parent._alpha = 20;
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
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