Name
play( ) Global Function — begin the sequential display of frames in a movie
Availability
Flash 2 and later
Synopsis
play( )
Description
Invoking the play( )
function initiates the
sequential display of the frames in the current main movie or movie
clip. The “current” movie or movie clip is the one that
bears the play( )
function invocation statement.
Frames are displayed at a rate dictated by the frames per second (or
FPS) setting of the entire movie, which is set under the Movie
Properties (Modify → Movie → Frame Rate).
Once started, the playback of a movie or movie clip continues until
another function invocation specifically stops the playback. All
movie clips loop (begin playing again at frame 1) when the playhead
reaches the end of the timeline. In a browser, however, main movies
loop only if the code used to embed the movie in the HTML page
specifies that the movie should loop, as determined by the
LOOP
attribute. (If you’re using the Publish
command to embed your movie in an HTML page, set the
LOOP
attribute by selecting File → Publish
Settings → HTML → Playback → Loop.)
See Also
gotoAndPlay( )
, MovieClip.play(
)
, stop( )
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