Calling Multiple Methods On A Single Movie Clip - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual

You can find samples of photo gallery applications on your hard disk.These files provide
examples of how to use ActionScript to control movie clips dynamically while loading image
files into a SWF file, which includes scripted animation. You can find the sample source files,
gallery_tree.fla and gallery_tween.fla, in the Samples folder on your hard disk.
In Windows, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
Tutorials\Samples\ActionScript\Galleries.
On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples
and Tutorials/Samples/ActionScript/Galleries.
Calling multiple methods on a single
movie clip
You can use the
with
methods on that clip. The
Array, Color, and Sound)—not only movie clips.
The statement takes a movie clip as a parameter. The object you specify is added to the
with
end of the current target path. All actions nested inside a
the new target path, or scope. For example, in the following script, the
passes to the statement to change the properties of
with
with (donut.hole) {
_alpha = 20;
_xscale = 150;
_yscale = 150;
}
The script behaves as if the statements inside the
of the instance. The preceding code is equivalent to the following example:
hole
donut.hole._alpha = 20;
donut.hole._xscale = 150;
donut.hole._yscale = 150;
The preceding code is also equivalent to the following example:
with (donut) {
hole._alpha = 20;
hole._xscale = 150;
hole._yscale = 150;
}
354 Working with Movie Clips
statement to address a movie clip once and then execute a series of
statement works on all ActionScript objects (for example,
with
statement are carried out inside
with
:
hole
statement were called from the timeline
with
object
donut.hole