A Boolean property or variable is one that can have only two possible values: true and false. It can not have any other values.
One property of a movie clip that is Boolean is the visible property. In this movie we change the visible property of the car each time we click the button.
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The code is shown below:
btnShow.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showCar);
function showCar(e:MouseEvent):void {
car.visible=!car.visible; // ! means not: Make the visible property the opposite of what it is now
}
Notice the exclamation point. In ActionScript ! means not. The statement car.visible=!car.visible; means to make the visiblity the opposite of its current value.
Another Boolean property for movie clips is the buttonMode. The statement below will make the cursor change to a hand when you move over the car. Usually you only set buttonMode to true when something will happen when you click the movie clip.
car.buttonMode=true;
car.buttonMode=true;
car.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,flipCar);
btnShow.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showCar);
function showCar(e:MouseEvent):void {
car.visible=!car.visible; // ! means not: Make the visible property the opposite of what it is now
}
function flipCar(e:MouseEvent):void {
car.scaleX=-1*car.scaleX; // flip the car on the X axis
}