Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript Language Reference
Flash Lite Global Functions > call()

call()

Availability

Flash Lite 1.0.

Usage

call(frame)

call(movieClipInstance:frame)

Operands

frame The label or number of a frame in the timeline.

movieClipInstance The instance name of a movie clip.

Description

Function; executes the script in the called frame without moving the playhead to that frame. Local variables do not exist after the script executes. The call() function can take two possible forms:

• The default form executes the script on the specified frame of the same timeline where the call() function was executed, without moving the playhead to that frame.
• The specified clip instance form executes the script on the specified frame of the movie clip instance, without moving the playhead to that frame.

  NOTE

  The call() function operates synchronously; any ActionScript that follows a call() function does not execute until all of the ActionScript at the specified frame has completed.

Example

The following examples execute the script in the myScript frame:

// to execute functions in frame with label "myScript"
thisFrame = "myScript";
trace ("Calling the script in frame: " add thisFrame);

// to execute functions in any other frame on the same timeline
call("myScript");

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