Movieclip.enabled - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

MovieClip.enabled

Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_mc.enabled:Boolean
Description
Property; a Boolean value that indicates whether a movie clip is enabled. The default value of
is
enabled true
event handlers are no longer invoked, and the Over, Down, and Up frames are disabled. The
property does not affect the Timeline of the movie clip; if a movie clip is playing, it
enabled
continues to play. The movie clip continues to receive movie clip events (for example,
,
mouseUp keyDown
The property only governs the button-like properties of a movie clip. You can change
enabled
the property at any time; the modified movie clip is immediately enabled or disabled.
enabled
The property can be read out of a prototype object. If
enabled
object is not included in automatic tab ordering.
Example
The following example disables the
circle_mc.onRelease = function() {
trace("disabling the "+this._name+" movie clip.");
this.enabled = false;
};
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. If is set to
enabled false
, and ).
keyUp
circle_mc
, the movie clip's callback methods and
enabled
movie clip when the user clicks it.
on action
mouseDown
is set to , the
false
,