ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

MovieClip.curveTo() Method

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// Make the border match the text size.

_root.welcome_txt.autoSize = true;

// Set the alignment mode of the movie.

Stage.align = "LT";

Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";

// Center the text field any time the movie changes size.

_root.welcome_txt.onResize = function () {

this._x = (Stage.width/2) - (this._width/2);

this._y = (Stage.height/2) - (this._height/2);

}

// Make the text field listen for the Stage.onResize() event.

Stage.addListener(_root.welcome_txt);

// Center the text field manually. This is required in the Standalone Player,

// which does not automatically trigger onResize() when the movie loads.

_root.welcome_txt.onResize();

See Also

MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip(), TextField.getDepth(), TextField.removeTextField(); the

Stage class, the TextField class

MovieClip._currentframe Property

the frame number of the playhead of a clip or movie

Flash 4

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mc._currentframe

Description

The integer _currentframe property represents the frame number at which the playhead of

mc currently resides. Note that the first frame is 1, not 0; therefore, _currentframe ranges

from 1 to

mc._totalframes.

Example

// Send the playhead backward two frames from its current location

this.gotoAndStop(this._currentframe - 2);

See Also

MovieClip.gotoAndPlay( ...