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<p><code><span style="">setProperty(target:Object,
property:Object, expression:Object) : Void</span></code></p>
<p>Changes a property value of a movie clip as the movie clip plays.</p>
<p><strong>Availability: </strong>ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4</p>
<h4><a name="146938"></a>Parameters</h4>
<p><strong>target</strong><code><span style="">:Object</span></code> - The path to the instance
name of the movie clip whose property is to be set. <strong><br></strong></p><p><strong>property</strong><code><span style="">:Object</span></code> - The property to be set.</p>
<p><strong>expression</strong><code><span style="">:Object</span></code> - Either the new literal value
of the property, or an equation that evaluates to the new value of the
property.</p>
<h4><a name="147008"></a>Example</h4>
<p>The following ActionScript creates a new movie clip and loads an image into
it. The <code><span style="">_x</span></code>and
<code><span style="">_y</span></code>
coordinates are set for the clip using <code><span style="">setProperty()</span></code>. When you click
the button called <code><span style="">right_btn</span></code>, the <code><span style="">_x</span></code> coordinate of a movie clip
named <code><span style="">params_mc</span></code>
is incremented by 20 pixels.</p>
<pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">this.createEmptyMovieClip("params_mc", 999);</span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">params_mc.loadMovie("<a href="http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/image1.jpg">http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/image1.jpg</a>");</span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">setProperty(this.params_mc, _y, 20);</span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">setProperty(this.params_mc, _x, 20);</span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">this.right_btn.onRelease = function() {</span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">setProperty(params_mc, _x, <span class="searchhilite">getProperty</span>(params_mc, _x)+20);</span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;">};</span></pre>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Dave Burnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:d_b_burnett@hotmail.com">d_b_burnett@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
<br>
I'm having another of my noticeably more frequent senior moments.<br>
At least I'll get half-price at the buffet soon...<br>
<br>
<br>
icon.previousSibling.clip().getProperty('id')<br>
<br>
What's the syntax to set this same property?<br>
<br>
Thnx.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Dave<br>
</font><div class="hm"><br>
<br>
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