Getinstanceatdepth (Movieclip.getinstanceatdepth Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASHLITE2 ACTIONSCRIPT-LANGUAGE Reference

See also

getInstanceAtDepth (MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth method)

getNextHighestDepth (MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth method)
(MovieClip.swapDepths method)
(Button.getDepth method)
getInstanceAtDepth (MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth
method)
public getInstanceAtDepth(depth:Number) : MovieClip
Determines if a particular depth is already occupied by a movie clip. You can use this method
before using
MovieClip.attachMovie()
MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip()
to any of these methods already contains a movie clip.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
- An integer that specifies the depth level to query.
depth:Number
Returns
- A reference to the MovieClip instance located at the specified depth, or
MovieClip
if there is no movie clip at that depth.
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Example
The following example displays the depth occupied by the
the Output panel:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle", 1);
triangle.beginFill(0x0000FF, 100);
triangle.moveTo(100, 100);
triangle.lineTo(100, 150);
triangle.lineTo(150, 100);
triangle.lineTo(100, 100);
trace(this.getInstanceAtDepth(1)); // output: _level0.triangle
470 ActionScript classes
,
getDepth (TextField.getDepth method)
,
MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip()
to determine if the depth parameter you want to pass
,
,
swapDepths
movie clip instance in
triangle
,
getDepth
, or