MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT - Page 503

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MovieClip.getDepth()
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_mc.getDepth()
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the depth of a movie clip instance. For more information, see “Managing movie
clip depths” on page 129.
See also
MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth()
, MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth(),
MovieClip.swapDepths()
MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth()
Availability
Flash Player 7.
Usage
my_mc.getInstanceAtDepth(depth)
Parameters
depth
An integer that specifies the depth level to query.
Returns
A string representing the name of the movie clip located at the specified depth, or undefined if
there is no movie clip at that depth.
Description
Method; lets you determine if a particular depth is already occupied by a movie clip. You can use
this method before using
MovieClip.attachMovie(), MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip(), or
MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip() to determine if the depth parameter you want to pass to
any of these methods already contains a movie clip. For more information, see “Managing movie
clip depths” on page 129.
See also
MovieClip.getDepth(), MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth(), MovieClip.swapDepths()