targetPath()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

targetpath(movieClipObject:MovieClip) : String

Parameters

movieClipObject Reference (for example, _root or _parent) to the movie clip for which the target path is being retrieved.

Returns

A string containing the target path of the specified movie clip.

Description

Function; returns a string containing the target path of movieClipObject. The target path is returned in dot (.) notation. To retrieve the target path in slash (/) notation, use the _target property.

Example

The following example traces the target path of a movie clip as soon as it loads:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("myClip_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
trace(targetPath(myClip_mc));   //traces _level0.myClip_mc

See also

eval()

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