MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 822

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Macromedia Director, communicating with 666
manipulating numbers 78
masks 376
and alpha channel masking 377
and device fonts 377
scripting to create 554
strokes ignored 376, 540
MediaPlayback component
using cue points with 616
members (methods and properties)
public, private, and static 247
message box, displaying 664
metadata
about 620
using 621
methods
about 201, 222
and arrays 222
asynchronous 634
compared with functions 223
defined 222, 807
for controlling movie clips 353
naming 224
of objects, calling 298
private 248
pubic 248
static 249
types of 203
MIME format, standard 639
MIME type 623
mouse pointer. See cursors
mouse position, getting 567
movie clips
activating with keyboard 570
adding parameters 364
adjusting color 572
_root property 356
and with statement 354
apply glow filter 498
assigning a custom class to 279
assigning button states to 342
attaching on() and onClipEvent() handlers 338
attaching to symbol on Stage 362
background 375
calling multiple methods 354
changing color and brightness 474
changing properties in Debugger 719
changing properties while playing 357
822 Index
child, defined 351
controlling 352
creating an empty instance 360
creating at runtime 360
creating subclasses 378
data type 76
deleting 362
detecting collisions 576
determining depth of 368
determining next available depth 367
dragging 359
duplicating 362
embedding in text fields 445
fading with code 472
filters property 522
functions 353
initializing properties at runtime 379
instance name, defined 351
invoking methods 352
listing objects 726
listing variables 727
loading MP3 files into 598
loading SWF files and JPEG files into 593
looping through children 155
managing depth 366
methods and functions compared 352
methods, listed 353
methods, using to draw shapes 540
nested, defined 351
parent, defined 351
properties 357
properties, initializing at runtime 379
removing 362
sharing 362
starting and stopping 563
targeting dynamically created 121
using as masks 376
See also SWF files
MovieClip class
adjusting the filters property 530
and scale9Grid property 557
blendMode property 537
drawing methods 540
filters property 501
MovieClip data type, defined 76
moviename_DoFSCommand function 664
MP3 files
creating a progress bar 627
ID3 tags 601
loading 598, 599