Controlling instances with behaviors
In FLA files where the ActionScript Publish setting is set to ActionScript 2.0, you can use behaviors to control movie clip and graphic instances in a document without writing ActionScript. Behaviors are prewritten ActionScript scripts that let you add ActionScript coding to your document without having to create the ActionScript code yourself. Behaviors are not available for ActionScript 3.0.
You can use behaviors with an instance to arrange it in the stacking order on a frame, as well as to load or unload, play, stop, duplicate, or drag a movie clip, or to link to a URL.
In addition, you can use behaviors to load an external graphic or an animated mask into a movie clip.
Flash includes the behaviors in the following table.
|
Behavior |
Purpose |
Select or input |
|---|---|---|
|
Load Graphic |
Loads an external JPEG file into a movie clip or screen. |
Path and filename of JPEG file. Instance name of movie clip or screen receiving the graphic. |
|
Load External Movieclip |
Loads an external SWF file into a target movie clip or screen. |
URL of external SWF file. Instance name of movie clip or screen receiving the SWF file. |
|
Duplicate Movieclip |
Duplicates a movie clip or screen. |
Instance name of movie clip to duplicate. X-offset and Y-offset of pixels from original to copy. |
|
Goto And Play at frame or label |
Plays a movie clip from a particular frame. |
Instance name of target clip to play. Frame number or label to play. |
|
Goto And Stop at frame or label |
Stops a movie clip, optionally moving the playhead to a particular frame. |
Instance name of target clip to stop. Frame number or label to stop. |
|
Bring To Front |
Brings target movie clip or screen to the top of the stacking order. |
Instance name of movie clip or screen. |
|
Bring Forward |
Brings target movie clip or screen one position higher in the stacking order. |
Instance name of movie clip or screen. |
|
Send To Back |
Sends the target movie clip to the bottom of the stacking order. |
Instance name of movie clip or screen. |
|
Send Backward |
Sends the target movie clip or screen one position lower in the stacking order. |
Instance name of movie clip or screen. |
|
Start Dragging Movieclip |
Starts dragging a movie clip. |
Instance name of movie clip or screen. |
|
Stop Dragging Movieclip |
Stops the current drag. |
|
|
Unload Movieclip |
Removes a movie clip that was loaded by means of loadMovie() from Flash Player. |
Instance name of movie clip. |
