ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference - Adobe Help and Support

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4
Example
The following code, placed in the main Timeline, stops the drag action on the movie clip
instance my_mc when the user releases the mouse button:
my_mc.onPress = function () {
startDrag(this);
}
my_mc.onRelease = function() {
stopDrag();
}
See also
startDrag function, _droptarget (MovieClip._droptarget property), startDrag
(MovieClip.startDrag method), stopDrag (MovieClip.stopDrag method)
String function
String(expression:Object) : String
Returns a string representation of the specified parameter, as described in the following list:
■ If expression is a number, the return string is a text representation of the number.
■ If expression is a string, the return string is expression.
■ If expression is an object, the return value is a string representation of the object
generated by calling the string property for the object, or by calling Object.toString()
if no such property exists.
■ If expression is a Boolean value, the return string is "true" or "false".
■ If expression is a movie clip, the return value is the target path of the movie clip in slash
(/) notation.
If expression is undefined, the return values are as follows:
■ In files published for Flash Player 6 and earlier, the result is an empty string ("").
■ In files published for Flash Player 7 and later, the result is undefined.
Note: Slash notation is not supported by ActionScript 2.0.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4 - Behavior changed in Flash Player 7.
Parameters
expression:Object - An expression to convert to a string.
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