- description

- clear
- lineStyle
- beginFill
- beginGradientFill
- moveTo
- lineTo
- curveTo
- endFill

clear

description: Method; removes all the graphics created during runtime using the movie clip draw methods, including line styles specified with MovieClip.lineStyle(). Shapes and lines that are manually drawn during authoring time (with the Flash drawing tools) are unaffected.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

No parameters provided

returns: nothing

lineStyle

description: Method; specifies a line style that Flash uses for subsequent calls to lineTo() and curveTo() until you call lineStyle() with different parameters. You can call lineStyle() in the middle of drawing a path to specify different styles for different line segments within a path.
Note: Calls to clear() will set the line style back to undefined.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

• thickness An integer that indicates the thickness of the line in points; valid values are 0 to 255. If a number is not specified, or if the parameter is undefined, a line is not drawn. If a value of less than 0 is passed, Flash uses 0. The value 0 indicates hairline thickness; the maximum thickness is 255. If a value greater than 255 is passed, the Flash interpreter uses 255.
• rgb A hex color value (for example, red is 0xFF0000, blue is 0x0000FF, and so on) of the line. If a value isn’t indicated, Flash uses 0x000000 (black).
• alpha An integer that indicates the alpha value of the line’s color; valid values are 0–100. If a value isn’t indicated, Flash uses 100 (solid). If the value is less than 0, Flash uses 0; if the value is greater than 100, Flash uses 100.

returns: nothing

beginFill

description: Method; indicates the beginning of a new drawing path. If an open path exists (that is, if the current drawing position does not equal the previous position specified in a MovieClip.moveTo() method) and it has a fill associated with it, that path is closed with a line and then filled. This is similar to what happens when MovieClip.endFill() is called.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

• rgb A hex color value (for example, red is 0xFF0000, blue is 0x0000FF, and so on). If this value is not provided or is undefined, a fill is not created.
• alpha An integer between 0–100 that specifies the alpha value of the fill. If this value is not provided, 100 (solid) is used. If the value is less than 0, Flash uses 0. If the value is greater than 100, Flash uses 100.

returns: nothing

beginGradientFill

description: Method; indicates the beginning of a new drawing path. If the first parameter is undefined, or if no parameters are passed, the path has no fill. If an open path exists (that is if the current drawing position does not equal the previous position specified in a MovieClip.moveTo() method), and it has a fill associated with it, that path is closed with a line and then filled. This is similar to what happens when you call MovieClip.endFill().

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

• fillType Either the string "linear" or the string "radial".
• colors An array of RGB hex color values to be used in the gradient (for example, red is 0xFF0000, blue is 0x0000FF, and so on).
• alphas An array of alpha values for the corresponding colors in the colors array; valid values are 0–100. If the value is less than 0, Flash uses 0. If the value is greater than 100, Flash uses 100.
• ratios An array of color distribution ratios; valid values are 0–255. This value defines the percentage of the width where the color is sampled at 100 percent.
• matrix A transformation matrix that is an object with one of two sets of properties.

returns: nothing

moveTo

description: Method; moves the current drawing position to (x, y). If any of the parameters are missing, this method fails and the current drawing position is not changed.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

• x An integer indicating the horizontal position relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.
• y An integer indicating the vertical position relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.

returns: nothing

lineTo

description: Method; draws a line using the current line style from the current drawing position to (x, y); the current drawing position is then set to (x, y). If the movie clip that you are drawing in contains content that was created with the Flash drawing tools, calls to lineTo() are drawn underneath the content. If you call lineTo() before any calls to the moveTo() method, the current drawing position defaults to (0, 0). If any of the parameters are missing, this method fails and the current drawing position is not changed.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

• x An integer indicating the horizontal position relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.
• y An integer indicating the vertical position relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.

returns: nothing

curveTo

description: Method; draws a curve using the current line style from the current drawing position to (x, y) using the control point specified by (cx, cy). The current drawing position is then set to (x, y). If the movie clip you are drawing in contains content created with the Flash drawing tools, calls to curveTo() are drawn underneath this content. If you call curveTo() before any calls to moveTo(), the current drawing position defaults to (0, 0). If any of the parameters are missing, this method fails and the current drawing position is not changed.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

• cx An integer that specifies the horizontal position of the control point relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.
• cy An integer that specifies the vertical position of the control point relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.
• x An integer that specifies the horizontal position of the next anchor point relative to the registration. point of the parent movie clip.
• y An integer that specifies the vertical position of the next anchor point relative to the registration point of the parent movie clip.

returns: nothing

endFill

description: Method; applies a fill to the lines and curves added since the last call to beginFill() or beginGradientFill(). Flash uses the fill that was specified in the previous call to beginFill() or beginGradientFill(). If the current drawing position does not equal the previous position specified in a moveTo() method and a fill is defined, the path is closed with a line and then filled.

usage: No usage provided

parameters:

No parameters provided

returns: nothing