The Flash Document Object Model

The Flash Document Object Model (DOM) for the Flash JavaScript API consists of a set of top-level functions (see Top-Level Functions and Methods) and two top-level objects--the FLfile object and the flash object (fl). Each object is guaranteed to be available to a script because it always exists when the Flash authoring environment is open. For more information, see FLfile object and flash object (fl).

When referring to the flash object, you can use flash or fl. For example, to close all open FLA files, you can use either of the following statements:

flash.closeAll();
fl.closeAll();

The flash object contains the following child objects:

Object	How to access
actionsPanel object	Use fl.actionsPanel to access the actionsPanel object. This object corresponds to the Actions panel in the Flash authoring environment.
compilerErrors object	Use fl.compilerErrors to access the compilerErrors object. This object corresponds to the Compiler Errors panel in the Flash authoring environment.
componentsPanel object	Use fl.componentsPanel to access the componentsPanel object. This object corresponds to the Components panel in the Flash authoring environment.
Document object	Use fl.documents to retrieve an array of all the open documents; use `fl.documents[index]` to access a particular document; use fl.getDocumentDOM() to access the current document (the one with focus).
drawingLayer object	Use fl.drawingLayer to access the drawingLayer object.
Effect object	Use fl.effects to retrieve an array of effect descriptors that corresponds to the effects registered when Flash starts; use `fl.effects[index]` to access a particular effect; use fl.activeEffect to access the effect descriptor for the current effect being applied.
Math object	Use fl.Math to access the Math object.
outputPanel object	Use fl.outputPanel to access the outputPanel object. This object corresponds to the Output panel in the Flash authoring environment.
Project object	Use fl.getProject() to return a Project object for the currently open project.
Tools object	Use fl.tools to access an array of Tools objects.
XMLUI object	Use fl.xmlui to access an XML User Interface (XMLUI) object. The XMLUI object provides the ability to get and set properties of an XMLUI dialog box.

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Flash CS3

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