Deconstructing A Sample Script - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual

Deconstructing a sample script

In the sample SWF file zapper.swf (which you can view in Using Flash Help), when a user drags
the bug to the electrical outlet, the bug falls and the outlet shakes. The main Timeline has only
one frame and contains three objects: the ladybug, the outlet, and a reset button. Each of these
objects is a movie clip instance.
There is one script in the SWF file; it's attached to the
Actions panel:
The Actions panel with the script attached to the bug instance
The bug's instance name is
referred to as
this
the object that contains it.
108 Chapter 5: Creating Interaction with ActionScript
Event handler
Event
Variable
if
, and the outlet's instance name is
bug
because the script is attached to the bug and the reserved word
instance, as shown in the following
bug
conditional statement
. In the script, the bug is
zapper
this
refers to