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target

Syntax

timeoutObject.target

Description

Timeout object property; indicates the child object that the given timeoutObject will send its timeout events to. Timeout objects whose target property is VOID will send their events to a handler in a movie script.

This property is useful for debugging behaviors and parent scripts that use timeout objects.

Example

This statement displays the name of the child object that will receive timeout events from the timeout object timerOne in the Message window:

put timeout("timerOne").target

See also

name (timeout property), timeout(), timeoutHandler, timeoutList