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pathName (cast member property)
Syntax
member(
whichFlashMember
).pathName
the pathName of member
whichFlashMember
Description
Cast member property; controls the location of an external file that stores the assets of a Flash movie cast member are stored. You can link a Flash movie to any path on a local or network drive or to a URL.
Setting the path of an unlinked cast member converts it to a linked cast member.
This property can be tested and set. The pathName
property of an unlinked member is an empty string.
This property is the same as the fileName
property for other member types, and you can use fileName
instead of pathName
.
Example
This startMovie
script creates a new Flash cast member using the new
command, sets the newly created cast member's linked
property so that the cast member's assets are stored in an external file, and then sets the cast member's pathName
property to the location of a Flash movie on the World Wide Web:
on startMovie member(new(#flash)).pathName = \ "http://www.someURL.com/myFlash.swf" end
See also
fileName (cast member property)
, linked
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