drawingLayer object

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Description

The drawingLayer object is accessible from JavaScript as a child of the flash object. The drawingLayer object is used for extensible tools when the user wants to temporarily draw while dragging--for example, when creating a selection marquee. You should call drawingLayer.beginFrame() before you call any other drawingLayer methods.

Method summary for the drawingLayer object

The following methods are available for the drawingLayer object:

Methods	Description
drawingLayer.beginDraw()	Puts Flash in drawing mode.
drawingLayer.beginFrame()	Erases what was previously drawn using the drawingLayer and prepares for more drawing commands.
drawingLayer.cubicCurveTo()	Draws a cubic curve from the current pen location using the parameters as the coordinates of the cubic segment.
drawingLayer.curveTo()	Draws a quadratic curve segment starting at the current drawing position and ending at a specified point.
drawingLayer.drawPath()	Draws the specified path.
drawingLayer.endDraw()	Exits drawing mode.
drawingLayer.endFrame()	Signals the end of a group of drawing commands.
drawingLayer.lineTo()	Draws a line from the current drawing position to the point (x,y).
drawingLayer.moveTo()	Sets the current drawing position.
drawingLayer.newPath()	Returns a new Path object.
drawingLayer.setColor()	Sets the color of subsequently drawn data.

Flash CS3

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