Control Tags
Control Tags Contents...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Control Tags......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
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SetBackgroundColor............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
FrameLabel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Protect........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
End.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
There are three categories of ControlTags:
1.
Display List
2.
Action
3.
Control
Display List and Action tags are covered in other sections (see The Display List and Actions).
Control tags manage some overall aspects of files and frames.
SetBackgroundColor — Sets the background color displayed in the frame.
FrameLabel — Labels a frame for your easy reference.
Protect — Marks the file so that it cannot be opened in the authoring system.
StartSound — Starts and stops a sound.
End — Marks the end of the SWF file.
The SetBackgroundColor tag sets the background color of the display. (SWF 1.0)
(See class FCTSetBackgroundColor in the Flash File Format SDK)
SetBackgroundColor |
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Field |
Type |
Comment |
Header |
RECORDHEADER |
Tag ID = 9 |
BackgroundColor |
Color of the movie
background |
The FrameLabel tag gives the specified Name to the current frame. This name is used by ActionGotoLabel to identify the frame.
(See class FCTFrameLabel in the Flash File Format SDK)
FrameLabel |
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Field |
Type |
Comment |
Header |
RECORDHEADER |
Tag ID = 43 |
Name |
Null-terminated STRING. (0 is NULL) |
Label for frame.. |
The Protect tag marks a file as not importable for editing in the authoring tool. If this tag is present in the file, the authoring tool should prevent loading of the file for editing. (SWF 2.0)
(See class FCTProtect in the Flash File Format SDK)
Protect |
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Field |
Type |
Comment |
Header |
RECORDHEADER |
Tag ID = 24 |
The End tag marks the end of a file. This should always be the last tag in a file. (SWF 1.0)
End |
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Field |
Type |
Comment |
Header |
RECORDHEADER |
Tag ID = 0 |