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Movieclip

Movie clips are symbols that can play animation in a Flash movie. They are the only data type that refers to a graphic element. The movieclip data type allows you to control movie clip symbols using the methods of the MovieClip object. You call the methods using the dot (.) operator, as shown here:

myClip.startDrag(true);
parentClip.getURL("http://www.macromedia.com/support/" + product);