AnimatorBase

Package	fl.motion
Class	public class AnimatorBase
Inheritance	AnimatorBase EventDispatcher Object
Subclasses	Animator, Animator3D

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The AnimatorBase class applies an XML description of a motion tween to a display object. The properties and methods of the AnimatorBase class control the playback of the motion, and Flash Player broadcasts events in response to changes in the motion's status. The AnimatorBase class is primarily used by the Copy Motion as ActionScript command in Flash CS4 or higher. You can then edit the ActionScript using the application programming interface (API) or construct your own custom animation. The AnimatorBase class should not be used on its own. Use its subclasses: Animator or Animator3D, instead.

If you plan to call methods of the AnimatorBase class within a function, declare the AnimatorBase instance outside of the function so the scope of the object is not restricted to the function itself. If you declare the instance within a function, Flash Player deletes the AnimatorBase instance at the end of the function as part of Flash Player's routine "garbage collection" and the target object will not animate.

Default MXML Propertymotion

Related API Elements

Motion XML Elements

Public Properties

	Property		Defined By
		autoRewind : Boolean = false Sets the animation to restart after it finishes.	AnimatorBase
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		frameEvent : String The name of the event object created by the Event.ENTER_FRAME event.	AnimatorBase
		initialPosition : Array [write-only] An array of coordinates defining the starting location of the animation.	AnimatorBase
		instanceFactoryClass : Class When creating instances with ActionScript, this is the class that creates the instance.	AnimatorBase
		isPlaying : Boolean [read-only] Indicates whether the animation is currently playing.	AnimatorBase
		motion : MotionBase The object that contains the motion tween properties for the animation.	AnimatorBase
		motionArray : Array The Array of objects that contains the motion tween properties for the animation.	AnimatorBase
		orientToPath : Boolean = false Sets the position of the display object along the motion path.	AnimatorBase
		placeholderName : String When creating instances with ActionScript, this is the instance that appears on stage that we will replace.	AnimatorBase
		positionMatrix : Matrix The Matrix object that applies an overall transformation to the motion path.	AnimatorBase
		repeatCount : int = 1 Number of times to repeat the animation.	AnimatorBase
		sceneName : String A reference for exported scenes, for 3D motion, so the scene can be loaded into a parent timeline.	AnimatorBase
		spanEnd : int [read-only] Returns the frame of the target's parent on which the animation of the target ends.	AnimatorBase
		spanStart : int [read-only] Returns the frame of the target's parent on which the animation of the target begins.	AnimatorBase
		target : DisplayObject The display object being animated.	AnimatorBase
		targetName : String The name of the target object as seen by the parent DisplayObjectContainer.	AnimatorBase
		targetParent : DisplayObjectContainer The target parent DisplayObjectContainer being animated, which can be used in conjunction with targetName to retrieve the target object after it is removed and then replaced on the timeline.	AnimatorBase
		targetParentButton : SimpleButton	AnimatorBase
		targetState3D : Array The initial orientation for the target object.	AnimatorBase
		time : int A zero-based integer that indicates and controls the time in the current animation.	AnimatorBase
		transformationPoint : Point The point of reference for rotating or scaling a display object.	AnimatorBase
		transformationPointZ : int The z-coordinate point of reference for rotating or scaling a display object.	AnimatorBase
		usingCurrentFrame : Boolean [read-only] Indicates whether the currentFrame property is checked whenever a new frame is entered and whether the target's animation is synchronized to the frames in its parent's timeline, or always advancing no matter what the parent's current frame is.	AnimatorBase

Public Methods

	Method		Defined By
		AnimatorBase(xml:XML = null, target:DisplayObject = null) Creates an AnimatorBase object to apply the XML-based motion tween description to a display object.	AnimatorBase
		addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	EventDispatcher
		dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
		end(reset:Boolean = false, stopEnterFrame:Boolean = true, pastLastFrame:Boolean = false):void Stops the animation and Flash Player goes immediately to the last frame in the animation sequence.	AnimatorBase
		hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.	EventDispatcher
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		nextFrame(reset:Boolean = false, stopEnterFrame:Boolean = true):void Advances Flash Player to the next frame in the animation sequence.	AnimatorBase
		pause():void Pauses the animation until you call the resume() method.	AnimatorBase
		play(startTime:int = -1, startEnterFrame:Boolean = true):void Begins the animation.	AnimatorBase
		processCurrentFrame(parent:MovieClip, anim:AnimatorBase, startEnterFrame:Boolean, playOnly:Boolean = false):void [static]	AnimatorBase
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		registerParentFrameHandler(parent:MovieClip, anim:AnimatorBase, spanStart:int, repeatCount:int = 0, useCurrentFrame:Boolean = false):void [static] Registers the given MovieClip and an AnimatorBase instance for a child of that MovieClip.	AnimatorBase
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
		resume():void Resumes the animation after it has been paused by the pause() method.	AnimatorBase
		rewind():void Sets Flash Player to the first frame of the animation.	AnimatorBase
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		startFrameEvents():void Initiates frame events.	AnimatorBase
		stop():void Stops the animation and Flash Player goes back to the first frame in the animation sequence.	AnimatorBase
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		useCurrentFrame(enable:Boolean, spanStart:int):void Sets the currentFrame property whenever a new frame is entered, and sets whether the target's animation is synchronized to the frames in its parent MovieClips's timeline.	AnimatorBase
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object
		willTrigger(type:String):Boolean Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.	EventDispatcher

Events

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	Summary	Defined By
activate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
deactivate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher
motionEnd	Dispatched when the motion finishes playing, either when it reaches the end, or when the motion is interrupted by a call to the stop() or end() methods.	AnimatorBase
motionStart	Dispatched when the motion starts playing.	AnimatorBase
motionUpdate	Dispatched when the motion has changed and the screen has been updated.	AnimatorBase
timeChange	Dispatched when the Animator's time value has changed, but the screen has not yet been updated (i.e., the motionUpdate event).	AnimatorBase

Property Detail

autoRewind

property

public var autoRewind:Boolean = false

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Sets the animation to restart after it finishes.

frameEvent

property

frameEvent:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The name of the event object created by the Event.ENTER_FRAME event.

Implementation
public function get frameEvent():String
public function set frameEvent(value:String):void

initialPosition

property

initialPosition:Array [write-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

An array of coordinates defining the starting location of the animation.

Implementation
public function set initialPosition(value:Array):void

instanceFactoryClass

property

instanceFactoryClass:Class

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

When creating instances with ActionScript, this is the class that creates the instance.

Implementation
public function get instanceFactoryClass():Class
public function set instanceFactoryClass(value:Class):void

isPlaying

property

isPlaying:Boolean [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Indicates whether the animation is currently playing.

Implementation
public function get isPlaying():Boolean

motion

property

motion:MotionBase

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The object that contains the motion tween properties for the animation. You cannot set both motion and motionArray to non-null values; if you set motionArray to a non-null value, then motion is set to null automatically and vice versa.

Implementation
public function get motion():MotionBase
public function set motion(value:MotionBase):void

motionArray

property

motionArray:Array

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The Array of objects that contains the motion tween properties for the animation. You cannot set both motion and motionArray to non-null values; if you set motionArray to a non-null value, then motion is set to null automatically and vice versa. Animation using motionArray only works properly when usingCurrentFrame is true. The array should have MotionBase instances with the spanStart property set and the initialPosition property set if 3D is supported. The array instances should be placed in the array in spanStart order from lowest to highest. Also when motionArray is set, then the time property is not relative to one motion instance, but instead is absolute for the target parent, still zero-indexed, and restricted to the span of the motion (so it should be parent.currentFrame - 1 when currentFrame - 1 is greater than spanStart and less than spanEnd). Will not accept an empty array; passing an empty array is the equivalent of setting to null. The motionArray should have no null entries and the spanStart and duration entries should not have any holes in them (so for example if the first entry had spanStart == 5 and duration == 3, then the second entry would be required to have spanStart == 8).

Implementation
public function get motionArray():Array
public function set motionArray(value:Array):void

orientToPath

property

public var orientToPath:Boolean = false

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Sets the position of the display object along the motion path. If set to true the baseline of the display object orients to the motion path; otherwise the registration point orients to the motion path.

placeholderName

property

placeholderName:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

When creating instances with ActionScript, this is the instance that appears on stage that we will replace.

Implementation
public function get placeholderName():String
public function set placeholderName(value:String):void

positionMatrix

property

public var positionMatrix:Matrix

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The Matrix object that applies an overall transformation to the motion path. This matrix allows the path to be shifted, scaled, skewed or rotated, without changing the appearance of the display object.

repeatCount

property

public var repeatCount:int = 1

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Number of times to repeat the animation. Possible values are any integer greater than or equal to 0. A value of 1 means to play the animation once. A value of 0 means to play the animation indefinitely until explicitly stopped (by a call to the end() method, for example).

The default value is 1.

Related API Elements

end()

sceneName

property

sceneName:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

A reference for exported scenes, for 3D motion, so the scene can be loaded into a parent timeline.

Implementation
public function get sceneName():String
public function set sceneName(value:String):void

spanEnd

property

spanEnd:int [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Returns the frame of the target's parent on which the animation of the target ends. This value is determined using spanStart and the motion's duration property.

Implementation
public function get spanEnd():int

spanStart

property

spanStart:int [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Returns the frame of the target's parent on which the animation of the target begins.

Implementation
public function get spanStart():int

target

property

target:DisplayObject

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The display object being animated. Any subclass of flash.display.DisplayObject can be used, such as a MovieClip, Sprite, or Bitmap.

Implementation
public function get target():DisplayObject
public function set target(value:DisplayObject):void

Related API Elements

flash.display.DisplayObject

targetName

property

targetName:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The name of the target object as seen by the parent DisplayObjectContainer. This can be used in conjunction with targetParent to retrieve the target object after it is removed and then replaced on the timeline.

Implementation
public function get targetName():String
public function set targetName(value:String):void

targetParent

property

targetParent:DisplayObjectContainer

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The target parent DisplayObjectContainer being animated, which can be used in conjunction with targetName to retrieve the target object after it is removed and then replaced on the timeline.

Implementation
public function get targetParent():DisplayObjectContainer
public function set targetParent(value:DisplayObjectContainer):void

targetParentButton

property

targetParentButton:SimpleButton

Implementation
public function get targetParentButton():SimpleButton
public function set targetParentButton(value:SimpleButton):void

targetState3D

property

targetState3D:Array

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The initial orientation for the target object. All 3D rotation is absolute to the motion data. If you target another object that has a different starting 3D orientation, it is reset to this target state first.

Implementation
public function get targetState3D():Array
public function set targetState3D(value:Array):void

time

property

time:int

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

A zero-based integer that indicates and controls the time in the current animation. At the animation's first frame the time value is 0. If the animation has a duration of 10 frames, at the last frame the time value is 9.

If motionArray is set to non-null, then instead of being a zero-based relative index, the time is absolute for the target parent, restricted to the span of the motion and still zero indexed (so it should be parent.currentFrame - 1 when currentFrame - 1 is greater than spanStart and less than spanEndwithin the span).

Implementation
public function get time():int
public function set time(value:int):void

transformationPoint

property

public var transformationPoint:Point

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The point of reference for rotating or scaling a display object. For 2D motion, the transformation point is relative to the display object's bounding box. The point's coordinates must be scaled to a 1px x 1px box, where (1, 1) is the object's lower-right corner, and (0, 0) is the object's upper-left corner. For 3Dmotion (when the AnimatorBase instance is an Animator3D), the transformationPoint's x and y plus the transformationPointZ are absolute values in the target parent's coordinate space.

transformationPointZ

property

public var transformationPointZ:int

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

The z-coordinate point of reference for rotating or scaling a display object. The transformationPointZ property (or setter) is overridden in the AnimatorFactory3D subclass, In 3D, the points are not percentages like they are in 2D; they are absolute values of the original object's transformation point.

usingCurrentFrame

property

usingCurrentFrame:Boolean [read-only]

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Indicates whether the currentFrame property is checked whenever a new frame is entered and whether the target's animation is synchronized to the frames in its parent's timeline, or always advancing no matter what the parent's current frame is.

Implementation
public function get usingCurrentFrame():Boolean

Constructor Detail

AnimatorBase

()

Constructor

public function AnimatorBase(xml:XML = null, target:DisplayObject = null)

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Creates an AnimatorBase object to apply the XML-based motion tween description to a display object. If XML is null (which is the default value), then you can either supply XML directly to a Motion instance or you can set the arrays of property values in the Motion instance.

Parameters

	`xml:XML` (default = `null`) — An E4X object containing an XML-based motion tween description.

	`target:DisplayObject` (default = `null`) — The display object using the motion tween.

Related API Elements

Motion XML Elements

Method Detail

end

()

method

public function end(reset:Boolean = false, stopEnterFrame:Boolean = true, pastLastFrame:Boolean = false):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Stops the animation and Flash Player goes immediately to the last frame in the animation sequence. If the autoRewind property is set to true, Flash Player goes to the first frame in the animation sequence.

Parameters

	`reset:Boolean` (default = `false`) — Indicates whether `_lastRenderedTime` and `_target` should be reset to their original values. `_target` only resets if `targetParent` and `targetName` have been supplied.

	`stopEnterFrame:Boolean` (default = `true`)

	`pastLastFrame:Boolean` (default = `false`)

Related API Elements

autoRewind

nextFrame

()

method

public function nextFrame(reset:Boolean = false, stopEnterFrame:Boolean = true):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Advances Flash Player to the next frame in the animation sequence.

Parameters

	`reset:Boolean` (default = `false`)

	`stopEnterFrame:Boolean` (default = `true`)

pause

()

method

public function pause():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Pauses the animation until you call the resume() method.

Related API Elements

resume()

play

()

method

public function play(startTime:int = -1, startEnterFrame:Boolean = true):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Begins the animation. Call the end() method before you call the play() method to ensure that any previous instance of the animation has ended before you start a new one.

Parameters

	`startTime:int` (default = `-1`) — Indicates an alternate start time (relative frame) to use. If not specified, then the default start time of 0 is used. If motionArray is set to non-null, then startTime is not relative but absolute, just like the time property.

	`startEnterFrame:Boolean` (default = `true`) — Indicates whether the event listener needs to be added to the parent in order to capture frame events. The value can be `false` if the parent was registered to its AnimatorBase instance via `registerParentFrameHandler()`.

Related API Elements

end()

processCurrentFrame

()

method

 public static function processCurrentFrame(parent:MovieClip, anim:AnimatorBase, startEnterFrame:Boolean, playOnly:Boolean = false):void

Parameters

	`parent:MovieClip`

	`anim:AnimatorBase`

	`startEnterFrame:Boolean`

	`playOnly:Boolean` (default = `false`)

registerParentFrameHandler

()

method

 public static function registerParentFrameHandler(parent:MovieClip, anim:AnimatorBase, spanStart:int, repeatCount:int = 0, useCurrentFrame:Boolean = false):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Registers the given MovieClip and an AnimatorBase instance for a child of that MovieClip. The parent MovieClip's FRAME_CONSTRUCTED events are processed, and its currentFrame and the AnimatorBase's spanStart properties are used to determine the current relative frame of the animation that should be playing.

Calling this function automatically sets the AnimatorBase's useCurrentFrame property to true, and its spanStart property using the parameter of the same name.

Parameters

	`parent:MovieClip` — The parent MovieClip of the AnimatorBase instance.

	`anim:AnimatorBase` — The AnimatorBase instance associated with the parent MovieClip.

	`spanStart:int` — The start frame of the animation in terms of the parent MovieClip's timeline.

	`repeatCount:int` (default = `0`) — The number of times the animation should play. The default value is 0, which means the animation will loop indefinitely.

	`useCurrentFrame:Boolean` (default = `false`) — Indicates whether the useCurrentFrame property is checked whenever a new frame is entered.

resume

()

method

public function resume():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Resumes the animation after it has been paused by the pause() method.

Related API Elements

pause()

rewind

()

method

public function rewind():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Sets Flash Player to the first frame of the animation. If the animation was playing, it continues playing from the first frame. If the animation was stopped, it remains stopped at the first frame.

startFrameEvents

()

method

public function startFrameEvents():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Initiates frame events.

stop

()

method

public function stop():void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Stops the animation and Flash Player goes back to the first frame in the animation sequence.

Related API Elements

end()

useCurrentFrame

()

method

public function useCurrentFrame(enable:Boolean, spanStart:int):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Sets the currentFrame property whenever a new frame is entered, and sets whether the target's animation is synchronized to the frames in its parent MovieClips's timeline. spanStart is the start frame of the animation in terms of the parent's timeline. If enable is true, then in any given enter frame event within the span of the animation, the time property is set to a frame number relative to the spanStart frame.

For example, if a 4-frame animation starts on frame 5 (spanStart=5), and you have a script on frame 5 to gotoAndPlay frame 8, then upon entering frame 8 the time property is set to 3 (skipping time = 1 and time = 2).

Parameters

	`enable:Boolean` — The true or false value that determines whether the currentFrame property is checked.

	`spanStart:int` — The start frame of the animation in terms of the parent MovieClip's timeline.

Event Detail

motionEnd

Event

Event Object Type: fl.motion.MotionEvent
property MotionEvent.type = fl.motion.MotionEvent.MOTION_END

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Dispatched when the motion finishes playing, either when it reaches the end, or when the motion is interrupted by a call to the stop() or end() methods.

Indicates that the motion has stopped, whether by an explicit call to Animator.stop() or Animator.end(), or by reaching the end of the Motion instance.

The properties of the event object have the following values:

Property	Value
`bubbles`	false
`cancelable`	false
`currentTarget`	The object that defines the event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use `myButton.addEventListener()` to register an event listener, `myButton` is the value of the `currentTarget`.
`target`	The object that dispatched the event; it is not always the object listening for the event. Use the `currentTarget` property to always access the object listening for the event.

motionStart

Event

Event Object Type: fl.motion.MotionEvent
property MotionEvent.type = fl.motion.MotionEvent.MOTION_START

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Dispatched when the motion starts playing.

Indicates that the Motion instance has started playing.

The properties of the event object have the following values:

Property	Value
`bubbles`	false
`cancelable`	false
`currentTarget`	The object that defines the event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use `myButton.addEventListener()` to register an event listener, `myButton` is the value of the `currentTarget`.
`target`	The object that dispatched the event; it is not always the object listening for the event. Use the `currentTarget` property to always access the object listening for the event.

motionUpdate

Event

Event Object Type: fl.motion.MotionEvent
property MotionEvent.type = fl.motion.MotionEvent.MOTION_UPDATE

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Dispatched when the motion has changed and the screen has been updated.

Indicates that the Motion instance has changed and the screen has been updated.

The properties of the event object have the following values:

Property	Value
`bubbles`	false
`cancelable`	false
`currentTarget`	The object that defines the event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use `myButton.addEventListener()` to register an event listener, `myButton` is the value of the `currentTarget`.
`target`	The object that dispatched the event; it is not always the object listening for the event. Use the `currentTarget` property to always access the object listening for the event.

timeChange

Event

Event Object Type: fl.motion.MotionEvent
property MotionEvent.type = fl.motion.MotionEvent.TIME_CHANGE

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flash CS4

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0

Dispatched when the Animator's time value has changed, but the screen has not yet been updated (i.e., the motionUpdate event).

Indicates that the Animator instance's time value has changed, but the screen has not yet been updated (Flash Player has not dispatched the motionUpdate event).

The properties of the event object have the following values:

Property	Value
`bubbles`	false
`cancelable`	false
`currentTarget`	The object that defines the event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use `myButton.addEventListener()` to register an event listener, `myButton` is the value of the `currentTarget`.
`target`	The object that dispatched the event; it is not always the object listening for the event. Use the `currentTarget` property to always access the object listening for the event.

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autoRewind

frameEvent

initialPosition

instanceFactoryClass

isPlaying

motion

motionArray

orientToPath

placeholderName

positionMatrix

repeatCount

sceneName

spanEnd

spanStart

target

targetName

targetParent

targetParentButton

targetState3D

time

transformationPoint

transformationPointZ

usingCurrentFrame

AnimatorBase

end

nextFrame

pause

play

processCurrentFrame

registerParentFrameHandler

resume

rewind

startFrameEvents

stop

useCurrentFrame

motionEnd

motionStart

motionUpdate

timeChange