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Alexis Wilke — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:48:18 +0000

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Set Property

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:57:58 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Movie

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 2 (a), pop 1 (s)

Action Operation:

a₁ := pop();
a₂ := pop();
s₃ := pop();
s₃[a₂] = a₁;

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Get Member

Get Property

Set Member

Pop a value from the stack representing the new property value.

Pop the name of the property to be changed. Note that the property scheme is from version 4 and as such the property name can be represented by a number. Older version actually only accepted floating point numbers.

Finally, pop the name of the object where the specified field property is modified.

The following is the list of currently accepted properties or fields for the Get Property and the Set Property actions. Note that the properties can be specified with either an integer (type 7, requires V5.0+) or a single precision floating point (type 1, V4.0 compatible). And since strings are automatically transformed in a value when required, one can use a string to represent the property number (type 0). It works with a double value, I even tested a Boolean and null and it works. Obviously it isn't a good idea to use these. The default should be a single precision float. Please, see the Push Data action for more information about data types.

WARNING:

Adobe is trying to phase out this functionality. It is very likely not working in ABC code and it is not necessary since objects have member functions that can be used for the exact same purpose and it is a lot cleaner to use those instead.

Float	Decimal	Name	Comments	Version
`0x00000000`	0	x	x position in pixels (not TWIPs!)	4
`0x3F800000`	1	y	y position in pixels (not TWIPs!)	4
`0x40000000`	2	x scale	horizontal scaling factor in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — represents half the normal size!!!)	4
`0x40400000`	3	y scale	vertical scaling factor in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — represents half the normal size!!!)	4
`0x40800000`	4	current frame	the very frame being played; one can query the root current frame using an empty string ("") as the name of the object; note that the first current frame is number 1 and the last is equal to the total number of frames; on the other hand, the Goto instruction expects a frame number from 0 to the number of frames - 1	4
`0x40A00000`	5	number of frames	total number of frames in movie/sprite/thread	4
`0x40C00000`	6	alpha	alpha value in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — means half transparent)	4
`0x40E00000`	7	visibility	whether the object is visible	4
`0x41000000`	8	width	maximum width of the object (scales the object to that width)	4
`0x41100000`	9	height	maximum height of the object (scales the object to that height)	4
`0x41200000`	10	rotation	rotation angle in degrees	4
`0x41300000`	11	target	return the name (full path) of an object; this can be viewed as a reference to that object	4
`0x41400000`	12	frames loaded	number of frames already loaded	4
`0x41500000`	13	name	name of the object	4
`0x41600000`	14	drop target	object over which this object was last dropped	4
`0x41700000`	15	url	URL linked to that object	4
`0x41800000`	16	high quality	whether we are in high quality mode	4
`0x41880000`	17	show focus rectangle	whether the focus rectangle is visible	4
`0x41900000`	18	sound buffer time	position (or pointer) in the sound buffer; useful to synchronize the graphics to the music	4
`0x41980000`	19	quality	what the quality is (0 - Low, 1 - Medium or 2 - High)	5
`0x41A00000`	20	x mouse	current horizontal position of the mouse pointer within the Flash window	5
`0x41A80000`	21	y mouse	current vertical position of the mouse pointer within the Flash window	5
`0x46800000`	16384	clone	this flag has to do with the depth of sprites being duplicated	4

Push Data

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:45:16 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Stack

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

150

Action Structure:

struct {
	unsigned char   f_type
	<type>          f_data
} f_push_data[<variable>];

Action Length:

-1 byte(s)

Action Stack:

push <variable> (a)

Action Operation:

a₁ = f_data[0];1
push(a₁);
a₂ = f_data[1];
push(a₂);
a₃ = f_data[2];
push(a₃);
...
a_n = f_data[n];
push(a_n);

1. Notice that the first data in the action is the last accessible on your stack.

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Duplicate

Pop

Swap

Push some immediate data on the stack. This action was introduced in V4.0. The supported data types vary depending on the version of the player you have. As many values as necessary can be pushed at once. The f_push_data structure will be repeated multiple times as required. For instance, to push two strings on the stack at once, you would use the following code:

Get Timer

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:06:13 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Movie

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

push 1 (n)

Action Operation:

r := current_movie.get_timer();
push(r);

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Get Property

Goto Frame

Goto Label

Set Property

Set Target

Set Target (dynamic)

Get the current movie timer in milliseconds and push it on the stack. The current movie is defined with the Set Target action.

This is equivalent to the number of frames that have been played so far.

This action is similar to Get Property of frames loaded.

Sprite Properties

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:34:07 +0000

Get Property

Alexis Wilke — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:25:06 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Properties

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 1 (n), pop 1 (s), push 1 (a)

Action Operation:

n₁ := pop();
s₂ := pop();
r := s₂[n_1];
push(r);

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Call Method

Get Member

Set Property

Query the property n₁ of the object named s₂ (a field in a structure if you wish), and push the result on the stack. Note that since version 5, it is preferable to use Get Member or Call Method when a corresponding variable or function member is available on the object.

WARNING:

Float	Decimal	Name	Comments	Version
`0x00000000`	0	x	x position in pixels (not TWIPs!)	4
`0x3F800000`	1	y	y position in pixels (not TWIPs!)	4
`0x40000000`	2	x scale	horizontal scaling factor in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — represents half the normal size!!!)	4
`0x40400000`	3	y scale	vertical scaling factor in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — represents half the normal size!!!)	4
`0x40800000`	4	current frame	the very frame being played; one can query the root current frame using an empty string ("") as the name of the object; note that the first current frame is number 1 and the last is equal to the total number of frames; on the other hand, the Goto instruction expects a frame number from 0 to the number of frames - 1	4
`0x40A00000`	5	number of frames	total number of frames in movie/sprite/thread	4
`0x40C00000`	6	alpha	alpha value in percent (50 — NOT 0.5 — means half transparent)	4
`0x40E00000`	7	visibility	whether the object is visible	4
`0x41000000`	8	width	maximum width of the object (scales the object to that width)	4
`0x41100000`	9	height	maximum height of the object (scales the object to that height)	4
`0x41200000`	10	rotation	rotation angle in degrees	4
`0x41300000`	11	target	return the name (full path) of an object; this can be viewed as a reference to that object	4
`0x41400000`	12	frames loaded	number of frames already loaded	4
`0x41500000`	13	name	name of the object	4
`0x41600000`	14	drop target	object over which this object was last dropped	4
`0x41700000`	15	url	URL linked to that object	4
`0x41800000`	16	high quality	whether we are in high quality mode	4
`0x41880000`	17	show focus rectangle	whether the focus rectangle is visible	4
`0x41900000`	18	sound buffer time	position (or pointer) in the sound buffer; useful to synchronize the graphics to the music	4
`0x41980000`	19	quality	what the quality is (0 - Low, 1 - Medium or 2 - High)	5
`0x41A00000`	20	x mouse	current horizontal position of the mouse pointer within the Flash window	5
`0x41A80000`	21	y mouse	current vertical position of the mouse pointer within the Flash window	5
`0x46800000`	16384	clone	this flag has to do with the depth of sprites being duplicated	4

Delete

Alexis Wilke — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:32:40 +0000

SWF Action

Action Category:

Variables

Action Details:

Action Identifier:

Action Structure:

<n.a.>

Action Length:

0 byte(s)

Action Stack:

pop 1 (s), pop 2 (o), push 1 (b)

Action Operation:

s₁ := pop();
o₂ := pop(); // undefined or _root or _global for global variables
r := delete(s₁, o₂);
push(r);

Action Flash Version:

See Also:

Declare Object

Delete All

Set Member

Set Property

Pop one string representing the name of the property to be deleted. Then pop the object from which the property is to be deleted.

In version 5 through 8, it is necessary to Push Data type undefined (0x03)1 before the string as in:

96 04 00 03 00 'a' 00 3A
delete("a");

to delete a global variable.

1. Since player version 9, deleting a dynamic (global) variable requires _root (or _global) instead of undefined.

Appendix B — History of the SSWF reference

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:04:57 +0000

Dec 2, 2009

Moved the monolithic documentation to a multi-page hierarchical document that includes everything we had before plus many links, many terms attached to all pages (tags, English words.) And revision of most of the text for better English and clarification in some places.

Strengthen the formatting with CCK fields so all declarations look alike.

Broken up the actions from one large table to a set of pages.

DoAction

Alexis Wilke — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:03:06 +0000

Tag Info

Tag Number:

Tag Type:

Action

Tag Flash Version:

Tag Structure:

struct swf_doaction {
	swf_tag			f_tag;		/* 12 and 59 */
	if(f_tag == DoInitAction) {
		unsigned short	f_action_sprite;
	}
	swf_action		f_action_record[variable];
};

The DoAction tag will be used to execute a set of actions in place. Usually, actions are used on buttons to add interactivity to the SWF movies. In version 1 you had only one dynamic branch (WaitForFrame). In version 4 you can test many different things such as a position, angle or sound track cursor position. Since version 5, SWF has a complete scripting language supporting string and arithmetic operations.

Terms & Conditions

Alexis Wilke — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:23:23 +0000

Made to Order Software Corporation
Terms and Conditions for the Online Services
offered by Made to Order Software Corporation

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