Attach movie clip + INVISIBLE

hey,
is there a way to attach a movie clip and make the object
INVISIBLE (i.e. make the object's alpha 0 as it is attached).
here's the line of code to attach the clip:
holder.attachMovie("frame1", "frame1_mc", 20, {_x: 30, _y:
35});
-donkeyboy

you can set any additional properties inside your brackets:
holder.attachMovie("frame1", "frame1_mc", 20, {_x: 30, _y:
35,_visible:false})
or
holder.attachMovie("frame1", "frame1_mc", 20, {_x: 30, _y:
35,_alpha:0})

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movie clips
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which defines
all movie clips. (Note, also, that the TextField class
defines all input
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etc. This is a
very handy arrangement of the ActionScript 2.0 Language
Reference.)
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of each new MovieClip instance as you create it. Take a look
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all movie clips.
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Reference, just
replace that with the instance name of your clip -- or a
reference to that
clip (which even includes the global "this" property).
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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