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System


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public class System
extends Object

The System class contains properties related to certain operations that take place on the user's computer, such as operations with shared objects, local settings for cameras and microphones, and use of the Clipboard. The following additional properties and methods are in specific classes within the System package: the capabilities class, the security class, and the IME class.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

See also

capabilities (System.capabilities), security (System.security), IME (System.IME)

Property summary

Modifiers

Property

Description

static

exactSettings:Boolean

A Boolean value that specifies whether to use superdomain (false) or exact domain (true) matching rules when accessing local settings (such as camera or microphone access permissions) or locally persistent data (shared objects).

static

useCodepage:Boolean

A Boolean value that tells Flash Player whether to use Unicode or the traditional code page of the operating system running the player to interpret external text files.

Properties inherited from class Object

constructor, __proto__, prototype, __resolve


Event summary

Event

Description

onStatus = function(infoObject:Object) {}

Event handler: provides a super event handler for certain objects.

Method summary

Modifiers

Signature

Description

static

setClipboard(text:String) : Void

Replaces the contents of the Clipboard with a specified text string.

static

showSettings([tabID:Number]) : Void

Shows the specified Flash Player Settings panel.

Methods inherited from class Object

addProperty, hasOwnProperty, isPropertyEnumerable, isPrototypeOf, registerClass, toString, unwatch, valueOf, watch


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