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■ The attachMovie() method allows you to create a new movie clip instance based on a
movie clip symbol that exists in the library.
■ The createEmptyMovieClip() method allows you to create a new, empty movie clip
instance as a child based on another movie clip.
■ The duplicateMovieClip() method allows you to create a movie clip instance based on
another movie clip.
To call the methods of the MovieClip class you reference movie clip instances by name, using
the following syntax, where my_mc is a movie clip instance:
my_mc.play();
my_mc.gotoAndPlay(3);
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Property summary
Modifiers Property Description
_alpha:Number The alpha transparency value of the movie clip.
_currentframe:Number
[read-only]
_droptarget:String
[read-only]
Returns the number of the frame in which the
playhead is located in the movie clip's Timeline.
Returns the absolute path in slash-syntax notation
of the movie clip instance on which this movie clip
was dropped.
enabled:Boolean A Boolean value that indicates whether a movie
clip is enabled.
focusEnabled:Boolean If the value is undefined or false, a movie clip
cannot receive input focus unless it is a button.
_focusrect:Boolean A Boolean value that specifies whether a movie
clip has a yellow rectangle around it when it has
input focus.
_framesloaded:Number
[read-only]
The number of frames that are loaded from a
streaming SWF file.
_height:Number The height of the movie clip, in pixels.
_highquality:Number Deprecated since Flash Player 7. This property
was deprecated in favor of MovieClip._quality.
Specifies the level of anti-aliasing applied to the
current SWF file.
hitArea:Object Designates another movie clip to serve as the hit
area for a movie clip.
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