setProperty function

setProperty(target:Object, property:Object, expression:Object) : Void

Changes a property value of a movie clip as the movie clip plays.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Parameters

target:Object - The path to the instance name of the movie clip whose property is to be set.

property:Object - The property to be set.

expression:Object - Either the new literal value of the property, or an equation that evaluates to the new value of the property.

Example

The following ActionScript creates a new movie clip and loads an image into it. The _xand _y coordinates are set for the clip using setProperty(). When you click the button called right_btn, the _x coordinate of a movie clip named params_mc is incremented by 20 pixels.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("params_mc", 999);
params_mc.loadMovie("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/image1.jpg");
setProperty(this.params_mc, _y, 20);
setProperty(this.params_mc, _x, 20);
this.right_btn.onRelease = function() {
 setProperty(params_mc, _x, getProperty(params_mc, _x)+20);
};

setProperty function

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Example

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