SWF::MovieClip(3)

NAME
SWF::MovieClip - MovieClip Class

SYNOPSIS
        use SWF::MovieClip;
        my $movieclip = new SWF::MovieClip();

DESCRIPTION
SWF::MovieClip allows you to add animated objects to your Flash movies.

METHODS

$mc= new SWF::MovieClip()
    Returns an SWF::MovieClip object.

$item = $mc->add($swfobject)
    When you add following types of objects to the $mc they will return a SWF::DisplayItem:

    SWF::Button
    SWF::PrebuiltClip (a whole external swf file)
    SWF::MovieClip (you can nest them like a tree)
    SWF::Shape
    SWF::Text
    SWF::TextField
    SWF::VideoStream

    [ToDo: to be verified: When you add a SWF::Sound the return value is a SWF::SoundInstance: $si = $mc->add($sound); ]

$si = $mc->startSound($sound)
    Starts making noise and returns an object of SWF::SoundInstance class.

$mc->stopSound($sound)
    Stops sound started by startSound() method.

$mc->remove($di)
    Removes SWF::DisplayItem $di from the display list.

$mc->nextFrame()
    Move to the next frame in the timeline of SWF::MovieClip $mc

$mc->setNumberOfFrames($i)
$mc->setFrames($i)
    Sets total number of $mc frames to $i This is an optional autofiller, e.g. when you want to be sure that 2 different movieclips have 100 frames when playing, but the number of nextFrame() calls in these 2 movieclips is unknown or dynamic (dependent on data from databases, whatever). By default a movieclip the number of frames in the timeline is how often you called $mc->nextFrame for this clip.

$mc->labelFrame($name)
    Sets frame name to $name. You are then able to access this frame by name in ActionScript, not just by frame number.

$mc->setScalingGrid($x, $y, $w, $h)
    This function (available from SWF>=8) sets a 9 slice scaling grid: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X, y, w and h define a rectangle, which is the dimension of the center slice (5). All other slices are determined out of the characters bounds and the defined rect. While slice 5 is scaled vertical and horizontal, slice 2 and 8 are only scaled horizontal. Slice 4 and 6 only vertical. The 4 corner slices are not scaled (1, 3, 7, 9). [ToDo: to be verified]

$mc->removeScalingGrid()
    Removes scaling grid rectangles.

$mc->addInitAction($action)
    Adds an initial ActionScript block to MovieClip $mc. These actions are executed before the MovieClip is available as a script object. [ToDo: to be verified]

$mc->setSoundStream($sound, $rate, [$skip])
    Includes streaming sound to a movie. [ToDo: add more doc and a demo here.]

AUTHOR
Soheil Seyfaie (soheil@netcom.ca) Peter Liscovius

see AUTHORS of ming distribution (ming.sf.net)

SEE ALSO
SWF::DisplayItem for how you can modify the instances in a SWF::MovieClip or SWF::Movie SWF, SWF::Action, SWF::InitAction, SWF::Button, SWF::Movie, SWF::Shape, SWF::Sound, SWF::SoundStream, SWF::Text, SWF::TextField, SWF::VideoStream