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getProperty

getproperty

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

    getProperty(instancename , property)

Parameters

`instancename` The instance name of a movie clip for which the property is being retrieved.

`property` A property of a movie clip.

Returns

The value of the specified property.

Description

Function; returns the value of the specified `property` for the movie clip `instancename`.

Example

The following example retrieves the horizontal axis coordinate (`_x`) for the movie clip `myMovie` and assigns it to the variable `myMovieX`:

    myMovieX = getProperty(_root.myMovie, _x);