MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE - Play (Movieclip.play Method)

MovieClip 913
Example
The following example traces the reference to a movie clip and its parent timeline. Create a
movie clip with the instance name
my_mc, and add it to the main timeline. Add the following
ActionScript to your FLA or AS file:
my_mc.onRelease = function() {
trace("You clicked the movie clip: "+this);
trace("The parent of "+this._name+" is: "+this._parent);
}
When you click the movie clip, the following information appears in the Output panel:
You clicked the movie clip: _level0.my_mc
The parent of my_mc is: _level0
See also
_parent (Button._parent property), _root property, targetPath function,
_parent (TextField._parent property)
play (MovieClip.play method)
public play() : Void
Moves the playhead in the timeline of the movie clip.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Example
Use the following ActionScript to play the main timeline of a SWF file. This ActionScript is
for a movie clip button called
my_mc on the main Timeline:
stop();
my_mc.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.play();
};
Use the following ActionScript to play the timeline of a movie clip in a SWF file. This
ActionScript is for a button called
my_btn on the main Timeline that plays a movie clip called
animation_mc:
animation_mc.stop();
my_btn.onRelease = function(){
animation_mc.play();
};