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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > MovieClip > getInstanceAtDepth (MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth method)

getInstanceAtDepth (MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth method)

Determines if a particular depth is already occupied by a movie clip. You can use this method before using MovieClip.attachMovie(), MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip(), or MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip() to determine if the depth parameter you want to pass to any of these methods already contains a movie clip.

You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 7

Parameters

depth:Number - An integer that specifies the depth level to query.

Returns

MovieClip - A reference to the MovieClip instance located at the specified depth, or undefined if there is no movie clip at that depth.

Example

The following example displays the depth occupied by the triangle movie clip instance in the Output panel:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("triangle", 1);

triangle.beginFill(0x0000FF, 100);
triangle.moveTo(100, 100);
triangle.lineTo(100, 150);
triangle.lineTo(150, 100);
triangle.lineTo(100, 100);

trace(this.getInstanceAtDepth(1)); // _level0.triangle

See also

attachMovie (MovieClip.attachMovie method), duplicateMovieClip (MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip method), createEmptyMovieClip (MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip method), getDepth (MovieClip.getDepth method), getNextHighestDepth (MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth method), swapDepths (MovieClip.swapDepths method)

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