The following table describes the differences between ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0.
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| Compiler directives | |||
| #endinitclip | Removed | The #endinitclip directive identifies the end of initialization code in ActionScript 2.0, but has no use in ActionScript 3.0. |
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| #include | Removed | See the include statement for similar functionality. |
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| #initclip | Removed | The #initclip directive identifies the beginning of initialization code in ActionScript 2.0, but has no use in ActionScript 3.0. |
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| Constants | |||
| false | false | The value false, rather than undefined, is the default value of a Boolean object. |
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| NaN | NaN | The value NaN, rather than undefined, is the default value of a Number object. |
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| newline | Removed | Use the escape sequence composed of the backslash character followed by the character "n" (\n). | |
| null | null | The value null, rather than undefined, is the default value of the Object and String classes. |
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| undefined | undefined | The value undefined can be assigned only to untyped variables; it is not the default value of any typed object. |
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| Global functions | |||
| asfunction | flash.text.TextField dispatches event: link | Replaced by the new event handling model. You now get the same functionality by using the syntax Event: instead of asfunction:. When a user clicks the link, Flash Player dispatches a TextEvent object of type TextEvent.LINK, which your code can listen for with the addEventListener() method. Any text that you decide to include is stored in the event object's text property. |
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| call() | Removed | The call() function was deprecated. > Use the function statement for similar functionality. |
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| chr() | Removed | Use String.fromCharCode() instead. | |
| clearInterval() | flash.utils.clearInterval() | Moved to flash.utils package. | |
| clearTimeout() | flash.utils.clearTimeout() | Moved to flash.utils package. | |
| duplicateMovieClip() | flash.display.MovieClip.MovieClip() | Replaced by new MovieClip class constructor function. | |
| eval() | Removed | There is no equivalent in ActionScript 3.0. | |
| fscommand() | flash.system.fscommand() | Moved to flash.system package. Also, see flash.external.ExternalInterface class for JavaScript/ActionScript communication. | |
| getProperty() | Removed | To directly access properties, use the dot (.) operator. | |
| getTimer() | flash.utils.getTimer() | Moved to flash.utils package. | |
| getURL() | flash.net.navigateToURL() | Replaced by the navigateToURL() function. |
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| getVersion() | flash.system.Capabilities.version | Moved to Capabilities class and changed to accessor property. | |
| gotoAndPlay() | flash.display.MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() | This function is no longer a global function, but is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| gotoAndStop() | flash.display.MovieClip.gotoAndStop() | This function is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| ifFrameLoaded() | flash.display.MovieClip.framesLoaded | ||
| int() | int() | Resurrected from deprecated status as a conversion function for the new int data type. | |
| length() | String.length | This property is no longer a global property, but it is still available as a property of the String class. | |
| loadMovie() | flash.display.Loader | Use the Loader class instead. | |
| loadMovieNum() | flash.display.Loader | Use the Loader class instead. | |
| loadVariables() | flash.net.URLLoader | Use the URLLoader class instead. | |
| loadVariablesNum() | flash.net.URLLoader | Use the URLLoader class instead. | |
| mbchr() | String.fromCharCode() | Removed. Use the static String.fromCharCode() method instead. |
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| mblength() | String.length | Removed. Use String.length instead. |
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| mbord() | String.charCodeAt() | Removed. Use String.charCodeAt() instead. |
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| mbsubstring() | String.substr() | Removed. Use String.substr() instead. |
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| nextFrame() | flash.display.MovieClip.nextFrame() | This function is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| nextScene() | flash.display.MovieClip.nextScene() | This function is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| on() | flash.events.EventDispatcher | Removed. Use the new event handling system in the flash.events package instead. | |
| onClipEvent() | flash.events.EventDispatcher | Removed. Use the new event handling system in the flash.events package instead. | |
| ord() | String | Removed. Use String class methods instead. | |
| parseInt() | parseInt() | A string with a leading 0 is interpreted as decimal rather than octal. For octal numbers, pass the number 8 for the radix parameter. | |
| play() | flash.display.MovieClip.play() | This function is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| prevFrame() | flash.display.MovieClip.prevFrame() | This function is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| prevScene() | flash.display.MovieClip.prevScene() | This function is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| print() | flash.printing.PrintJob | Removed. Use the PrintJob class instead. | |
| printAsBitmap() | flash.printing.PrintJob | Removed. Use the PrintJob class instead. | |
| printAsBitmapNum() | flash.printing.PrintJob | Removed. Use the PrintJob class instead. | |
| printNum() | flash.printing.PrintJob | Removed. Use the PrintJob class instead. | |
| random() | Math.random() | Removed. Use Math.random() instead. |
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| removeMovieClip() | Removed | Set all references to a movie clip to null to make the movie clip eligible for garbage collection. |
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| setInterval() | flash.utils.setInterval() | Moved to flash.utils package. Consider using the Timer class instead. | |
| setProperty() | Removed | To set the value of a writable property, use the dot (.) operator. | |
| setTimeout() | flash.utils.setTimeout() | Moved to flash.utils package. | |
| showRedrawRegions() | flash.profiler.showRedrawRegions() | Moved to flash.profiler package. | |
| startDrag() | flash.display.Sprite.startDrag() | This is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the Sprite class. | |
| stop() | flash.display.MovieClip.stop() | This is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the MovieClip class. | |
| stopAllSounds() | flash.media.SoundMixer.stopAll() | This is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the SoundMixer class, which provides global sound control. | |
| stopDrag() | flash.display.Sprite.stopDrag() | This is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the Sprite class. | |
| substring() | String.substring() | This is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the String class. | |
| targetPath() | Removed | ActionScript 3.0 identifies display objects directly; therefore, identifying a > display object by its path is no longer necessary. | |
| tellTarget() | Removed | Use the dot (.) operator or the with statement instead. |
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| toggleHighQuality() | flash.display.Stage.quality | Removed as a global property. Use the Stage class version instead. | |
| trace() | trace() | The trace() method accepts a comma-delimited list of arguments. |
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| unloadMovie() | flash.display.Loader.unload() | Removed. Use Loader.unload() instead. |
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| unloadMovieNum() | flash.display.Loader.unload() | Removed. Use Loader.unload() instead. |
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| updateAfterEvent() | flash.events.TimerEvent.updateAfterEvent() | This is no longer a global function, but it is still available as a method of the TimerEvent, MouseEvent, and KeyboardEvent classes. | |
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| _accProps | flash.accessibility.AccessibilityProperties | Replaced by the AccessibilityProperties class. | |
| _focusrect | flash.display.InteractiveObject.focusRect | Replaced by the focusRect property of the InteractiveObject class. |
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| _global | Removed | Use a static member of a class instead. | |
| _highquality | flash.display.Stage.quality | Replaced by the quality property of the Stage class. |
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| _level | Removed | The concept of levels does not exist in ActionScript 3.0, which instead provides direct access to the display list. See the flash.display package for details. | |
| maxscroll | flash.text.TextField | Replaced by the maxScrollH and maxScrollV properties of the TextField class. |
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| _parent | flash.display.DisplayObject.parent | Replaced by the parent property of the DisplayObject class. |
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| _quality | flash.display.Stage.quality | Replaced by the quality property of the Stage class. |
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| _root | flash.display.DisplayObject.stage | Removed. The closest equivalent is the Stage, which serves as the root of the ActionScript 3.0 display list. | |
| scroll | flash.text.TextField | Removed. Replaced by the scrollH and scrollV properties of the TextField class. |
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| _soundbuftime | flash.media.SoundMixer.bufferTime | Replaced by the bufferTime property of the SoundMixer class. |
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| this | this | Instance methods are bound to the instance that implemented the method; therefore, the this reference inside the body of an instance method always refers to the instance that implemented the method. |
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| Operators | |||
| add (concatenation (strings)) | Removed | Use the concatenation (+) operator instead. | |
| eq (equality (strings)) | Removed | Use the equality (==) operator instead. | |
| gt (greater than (strings)) | Removed | Use the greater than (>) operator instead. |
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| ge (greater than or equal to (strings)) | Removed | Use the greater than or equal to (>=) operator instead. |
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| <> (inequality) | Removed | Use the inequality (!=) operator instead. |
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| instanceof | is | Although the instanceof operator is available, it only checks the prototype chain, which is not the primary inheritance mechanism in ActionScript 3.0. Use the is operator to check whether an object is a member of a specific data type. |
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| lt (less than (strings)) | Removed | Use the less than (<) operator instead. |
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| le (less than or equal to (strings)) | Removed | Use the less than or equal to (<=) operator instead. |
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| and (logical AND) | Removed | Use the logical AND (&&) operator instead. |
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| not (logical NOT) | Removed | Use the logical NOT (!) operator instead. |
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| or (logical OR) | Removed | Use the logical OR (||) operator instead. |
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| ne (not equal (strings)) | Removed | Use the inequality (!=) operator instead. |
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| Statements | |||
| delete | delete | The delete operator works only on properties of objects, but not on variables that hold references to objects. |
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| import | import | The import statement is not optional. To use a class, you must import it, whether or not you use a fully qualified name. |
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| intrinsic | Removed | ActionScript 3.0 has a similar, but not identical, keyword named native. The native keyword is similar to intrinsic in that it directs the compiler not to expect a function body, but is dissimilar in that native has no effect on compile-time type checking. |
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| private | private | The ActionScript 3.0 private keyword specifies that an identifier is visible only within a class, and does not extend to subclasses. Moreover, in ActionScript 3.0 the private keyword is enforced at both compile time and run time. |
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| set variable | Removed | Use the assignment (=) operator instead. |
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| super | super | In ActionScript 3.0, the call to super() in a subclass constructor does not have to be the first statement in the constructor body. |
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| Accessibility class | flash.accessibility.Accessibility | ||
| isActive() Method | flash.accessibility.Accessibility.active | Changed from function to accessor property. Name changed from isActive to active. |
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| updateProperties() Method | flash.accessibility.Accessibility.updateProperties() | ||
| arguments class | arguments | ||
| caller Property | Removed | You can achieve the same functionality by passing arguments.callee from the caller function as an argument to the callee function. See the Examples section of arguments.callee for an example. |
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| Array class | |||
| CASEINSENSITIVE Constant | Array.CASEINSENSITIVE | Data type changed to uint. | |
| DESCENDING Constant | Array.DESCENDING | Data type changed to uint. | |
| length Property | Array.length | Data type changed to uint. | |
| NUMERIC Constant | Array.NUMERIC | Data type changed to uint. | |
| RETURNINDEXEDARRAY Constant | Array.RETURNINDEXEDARRAY | Data type changed to uint. | |
| UNIQUESORT Constant | Array.UNIQUESORT | Data type changed to uint. | |
| Array Constructor | Array.Array() | Parameter changed to use the ...(rest) parameter format. | |
| push() Method | Array.push() | Parameter changed to use the ...(rest) parameter format. | |
| sort() Method | Array.sort() | Data type of the options parameter changed to uint. |
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| sortOn() Method | Array.sortOn() | Data type of the options parameter changed to uint. The ActionScript 3.0 version also has added functionality; you can now sort on more than one field name by passing an array of objects for the fieldName parameter, and each sort field can have its own matching options parameter if you also pass in a matching array of options flags for the options parameter. |
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| splice() Method | Array.splice() | The parameters can have any data type, but the preferred data types are int and uint. The value parameter changed to the ...(rest) parameter format. |
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| unshift() Method | Array.unshift() | The value parameter changed to the ...(rest) format. Data type of the return value changed to uint. |
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| AsBroadcaster class | flash.events.EventDispatcher | ||
| _listeners Property[read-only] | flash.events.EventDispatcher.willTrigger() | Not a direct equivalent. The willTrigger() method tells you whether any listeners are registered, but not how many. |
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| addListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.addEventListener() | Not a direct equivalent, because the ActionScript 3.0 event model lets you add event listeners to any object in the event flow, not just to the broadcasting object. | |
| broadcastMessage() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent() | Not a direct equivalent, because the ActionScript 3.0 event model works differently. The dispatchEvent() method dispatches an event object into the event flow, while the broadcastMessage() method sends messages directly to each registered listener object. |
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| initialize() Method | Removed | There is no direct equivalent in ActionScript 3.0, but similar functionality is achieved by subclassing the EventDispatcher class. For example, the DisplayObject class extends EventDispatcher, so all instances of the DisplayObject and DisplayObject subclasses are capable of sending and receiving event objects. | |
| removeListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.removeEventListener() | Not a direct equivalent, because the ActionScript 3.0 event model lets you add event listeners to and remove them from any object in the event flow, not just the broadcasting object. | |
| BitmapData class | flash.display.BitmapData | ActionScript 3.0 uses the BitmapDataChannel class as an enumeration of constants that indicate which channel to use. | |
| height Property[read-only] | flash.display.BitmapData.height | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| rectangle Property[read-only] | flash.display.BitmapData.rect | Property renamed for consistency with other members of the API. | |
| width Property[read-only] | flash.display.BitmapData.width | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| copyChannel() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.copyChannel() | The sourceChannel and destChannel parameters are now uint data types. |
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| draw() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.draw() | The source parameter is now IBitmapDrawable; DisplayObject and BitmapData both implement the IBitmapDrawable interface, so you can pass either a DisplayObject or a BitmapData object to the source parameter. |
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| fillRect() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.fillRect() | The color parameter is now a uint value. |
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| floodFill() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.floodFill() | Now accepts int values for the x and y parameters and a uint value for color. |
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| getColorBoundsRect() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.getColorBoundsRect() | Now accepts uint values for the mask and color parameters. |
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| getPixel() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.getPixel() | Now accepts int parameter values and returns a uint value. |
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| getPixel32() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.getPixel32() | Now accepts int parameter values and returns a uint value. |
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| hitTest() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.hitTest() | Now accepts uint values for the firstAlphaThreshold and secondAlphaThreshold parameters. |
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| loadBitmap() Method | Removed | This function is no longer needed because of the new bitmap support in ActionScript 3.0. | |
| merge() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.merge() | Now accepts uint values for the multiplier parameters. | |
| noise() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.noise() | Now accepts an int value for the randomSeed parameter and uint values for the low, high, and channelOptions parameters. |
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| perlinNoise() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.perlinNoise() | Now accepts an int value for the randomSeed parameter and uint values for the numOctaves and channelOptions parameters. |
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| pixelDissolve() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.pixelDissolve() | Now accepts an int value for the randomSeed and numPixels parameters and a uint value for the fillColor parameter. (The numPixels parameter is named numberOfPixels in ActionScript 2.0.) |
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| scroll() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.scroll() | Now accepts int values for the x and y parameters. |
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| setPixel() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.setPixel() | Now accepts int values for the x and y parameters and a uint value for color. |
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| setPixel32() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.setPixel32() | Now accepts int values for the x and y parameters and a unit value for color. |
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| threshold() Method | flash.display.BitmapData.threshold() | Now accepts uint values for the threshold, color, and mask parameters, and returns a uint value. |
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| BlurFilter class | |||
| quality Property | flash.filters.BlurFilter.quality | The quality property data type changed from a Number to uint. |
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| Button class | flash.display.SimpleButton | ||
| _alpha Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.alpha | ||
| blendMode Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.blendMode | ||
| cacheAsBitmap Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.cacheAsBitmap | ||
| enabled Property | flash.display.SimpleButton.enabled | ||
| filters Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.filters | In ActionScript 3.0, the data type is Array. | |
| _focusrect Property | flash.display.InteractiveObject.focusRect | ||
| _height Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.height | ||
| _highquality Property | Removed | See Stage.quality. | |
| _name Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.name | ||
| _parent Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.parent | ||
| _quality Property | Removed | You can set rendering quality for all display objects by using flash.display.Stage.quality. |
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| _rotation Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.rotation | ||
| scale9Grid Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.scale9Grid | ||
| _soundbuftime Property | flash.media.SoundMixer.bufferTime | Moved to the SoundMixer class, which is used for global sound control. Renamed without abbreviations. Removed the initial underscore from the name. | |
| tabEnabled Property | flash.display.InteractiveObject.tabEnabled | ||
| tabIndex Property | flash.display.InteractiveObject.tabIndex | ||
| _target Property[read-only] | Removed | ActionScript 3.0 identifies display objects directly; therefore, identifying a display object by its path is no longer necessary. | |
| trackAsMenu Property | flash.display.SimpleButton.trackAsMenu | ||
| _url Property[read-only] | Removed | See DisplayObject.loaderInfo.url. | |
| useHandCursor Property | flash.display.SimpleButton.useHandCursor | ||
| _visible Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.visible | ||
| _width Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.width | ||
| _x Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.x | ||
| _xmouse Property[read-only] | flash.display.DisplayObject.mouseX | ||
| _xscale Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.scaleX | ||
| _y Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.y | ||
| _ymouse Property[read-only] | flash.display.DisplayObject.mouseY | ||
| _yscale Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.scaleY | ||
| getDepth() Method | flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer.getChildIndex() | ActionScript 3.0 provides direct access to the display list, so depth is handled differently. | |
| onDragOut() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseOut | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseOut event. |
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| onDragOver() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseOver | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseOver event. |
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| onKeyDown() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: keyDown | Replaced in the new event model by a keyDown event. |
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| onKeyUp() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: keyUp | Replaced in the new event model by a keyUp event. |
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| onKillFocus() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: focusOut | Replaced in the new event model by a focusOut event. |
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| onPress() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseDown | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseDown event. |
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| onRelease() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseUp | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseUp event. |
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| onReleaseOutside() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseUp | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseUp event. |
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| onRollOut() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseOut | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseOut event. |
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| onRollOver() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseOver | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseOver event. |
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| onSetFocus() EventHandler | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: focusIn | Replaced in the new event model by a focusIn event. |
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| Camera class | flash.media.Camera | ||
| activityLevel Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.activityLevel | ||
| bandwidth Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.bandwidth | ||
| currentFps Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.currentFPS | Change in capitalization of FPS. | |
| fps Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.fps | ||
| height Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.height | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| index Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.index | Data type changed from String to int. | |
| motionLevel Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.motionLevel | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| motionTimeOut Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.motionTimeout | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| muted Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.muted | ||
| name Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.name | ||
| names Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.names | ||
| quality Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.quality | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| width Property[read-only] | flash.media.Camera.width | Data type changed from Number to int. | |
| get() Method | flash.media.Camera.getCamera() | ||
| onActivity() EventHandler | flash.events.ActivityEvent.ACTIVITY | ||
| onStatus() EventHandler | flash.media.Camera dispatches event: status | Replaced in the new event model by a status StatusEvent object. |
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| setMode() Method | flash.media.Camera.setMode() | The width and height parameters changed to data type int. |
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| setMotionLevel() Method | flash.media.Camera.setMotionLevel() | Both parameters changed to data type int. | |
| setQuality() Method | flash.media.Camera.setQuality() | Both parameters changed to data type int. | |
| capabilities class | flash.system.Capabilities | The class name changed from lowercase to initial capitalization. | |
| Color class | flash.geom.ColorTransform | The Color class has been removed because all of its functionality can be achieved with the flash.geom.ColorTransform class. Color values can be assigned directly by using the ColorTransform class constructor or properties. ColorTransform objects can then be assigned to the colorTransform property of a Transform object, which in turn can be assigned to the transform property of a DisplayObject instance. |
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| Color Constructor | flash.geom.ColorTransform.ColorTransform() | Removed. You can specify color values by using the ColorTransform() constructor. |
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| getRGB() Method | flash.geom.ColorTransform.color | The RGB color value can be accessed by using the color accessor property of the ColorTransform class. |
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| getTransform() Method | Removed | Color values can be assigned directly by using the ColorTransform() class constructor or properties. |
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| setRGB() Method | flash.geom.ColorTransform.color | The RGB color value can be set by using the color accessor property of the ColorTransform class. |
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| setTransform() Method | Removed | Color values can be assigned directly by using the ColorTransform() class constructor or properties. |
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| ContextMenu class | flash.ui.ContextMenu | The ContextMenu class is now part of the flash.ui package. | |
| builtInItems Property | flash.ui.ContextMenu.builtInItems | ||
| customItems Property | flash.ui.ContextMenu.customItems | ||
| ContextMenu Constructor | flash.ui.ContextMenu.ContextMenu() | ||
| copy() Method | flash.ui.ContextMenu.clone() | ||
| hideBuiltInItems() Method | flash.ui.ContextMenu.hideBuiltInItems() | ||
| onSelect() EventHandler | flash.ui.ContextMenu dispatches event: menuSelect | Instead of invoking the onSelect() event handler, the ActionScript 3.0 class dispatches a menuSelect event. |
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| ContextMenuItem class | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem | The ContextMenuItem class is now part of the flash.ui package. | |
| caption Property | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem.caption | ||
| enabled Property | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem.enabled | ||
| separatorBefore Property | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem.separatorBefore | ||
| visible Property | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem.visible | ||
| ContextMenuItem Constructor | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem.ContextMenuItem() | ||
| copy() Method | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem.clone() | ||
| onSelect() EventHandler | flash.ui.ContextMenuItem dispatches event: menuItemSelect | Instead of invoking the onSelect() event handler, the ActionScript 3.0 class dispatches a menuSelect event. |
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| ConvolutionFilter class | |||
| clone() Method | flash.filters.ConvolutionFilter.clone() | Now returns a BitmapFilter object. | |
| Date class | Date | ActionScript 3.0 includes a new set of read accessors for all the methods that start with getxxx(). For example, in ActionScript 3.0, Date.getDate() and Date.date return the same value. |
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| getUTCYear() Method | Date.getUTCFullYear() | This method was removed because it is not part of ECMAScript. Use Date.getUTCFullYear() instead. |
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| getYear() Method | Date.getFullYear() | This method was removed because it is not part of ECMAScript. Use Date.getFullYear() instead. |
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| setYear() Method | Date.setFullYear() | This method was removed because it is not part of ECMAScript. Use Date.setFullYear() instead. |
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| DisplacementMapFilter class | flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter | The data type of several parameters changed from Number to uint. | |
| color Property | flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter.color | The data type of this parameter is now uint. | |
| componentX Property | flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter.componentX | The data type of this parameter is now uint. | |
| componentY Property | flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter.componentY | The data type of this parameter is now uint. | |
| DisplacementMapFilter Constructor | flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter.DisplacementMapFilter() | The data type of the componentX, componentY, and color parameters is now uint. |
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| clone() Method | flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter.clone() | Now returns a BitmapFilter object. | |
| DropShadowFilter class | flash.filters.DropShadowFilter | ||
| color Property | flash.filters.DropShadowFilter.color | The data type of this parameter changed from Number to uint. | |
| quality Property | flash.filters.DropShadowFilter.quality | The data type of this parameter changed from Number to uint. | |
| DropShadowFilter Constructor | flash.filters.DropShadowFilter.DropShadowFilter() | All parameters now have a default value, and some parameter types have changed. | |
| clone() Method | flash.filters.DropShadowFilter.clone() | Now returns a BitmapFilter object instead of a DropShadowFilter object. | |
| Error class | Error | Added a new getStackTrace() method to assist in debugging. |
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| ExternalInterface class | flash.external.ExternalInterface | Parameters changed for two methods in this class. | |
| addCallback() Method | flash.external.ExternalInterface.addCallback() | The ActionScript 3.0 version of this method does not accept the instance parameter. The method parameter is replaced by a closure parameter, which can take a reference to a function, a class method, or a method of a particular class instance. In addition, if the calling code cannot access the closure reference for security reasons, a SecurityError exception is thrown. |
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| call() Method | flash.external.ExternalInterface.call() | If a problem occurs, the ActionScript 3.0 version of this method throws an Error or SecurityError exception, in addition to returning null. |
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| FileReference class | flash.net.FileReference | The ActionScript 3.0 version inherits the addEventListener() and removeEventListener() methods from the EventDispatcher class. Dispatched events replace the event handler functions. |
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| postData Property | flash.net.URLRequest.data | The postData property is added to ActionScript 2.0 in Flash Player 9 to send POST data with the file upload or download. In ActionScript 3.0, use the data property of the URLRequest class to send either POST or GET data. See flash.net.URLRequest.data in this language reference for details. |
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| size Property[read-only] | flash.net.FileReference.size | Returns a uint data type instead of a Number data type. | |
| addListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.addEventListener() | In the new event model, there is no need to have a class-specific addListener() method, because the class inherits the addEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| browse() Method | flash.net.FileReference.browse() | In ActionScript 2.0, returns false when there is an error. In ActionScript 3.0, throws an IllegalOperationError or ArgumentError exception. However, the method still returns false if the parameters are invalid, the file-browsing dialog box does not open, or another browser session is in progress. Also, the typelist parameter changed. In ActionScript 2.0, you can pass the browse() method an array of strings to specify a file filter. In ActionScript 3.0, you pass an array of FileFilter objects. |
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| download() Method | flash.net.FileReference.download() | When an error occurs, throws exceptions instead of returning false. The data type for the first parameter has changed. In ActionScript 2.0, the first parameter you pass to download() is a string. In ActionScript 3.0, you pass a URLRequest object. |
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| removeListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.removeEventListener() | In the new event model, there is no need to have a class-specific removeListener() method, because the class inherits the removeEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| upload() Method | flash.net.FileReference.upload() | Various changes have occurred:
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| onCancel Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: cancel | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onCancel() event handler, this class dispatches an event named cancel. |
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| onComplete Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: complete | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onComplete() event handler, this class dispatches an event named complete. |
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| onHTTPError Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: httpStatus | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onHTTPError() event handler, this class dispatches an event named httpStatus. |
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| onIOError Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: ioError | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onIOError() event handler, this class dispatches an event named ioError. |
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| onOpen Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: open | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onOpen() event handler, this class dispatches an event named open. |
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| onProgress Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: progress | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onProgress() event handler, this class dispatches an event named progress. |
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| onSecurityError Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: securityError | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onSecurityError() event handler, this class dispatches an event named securityError. |
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| onSelect Listener | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: select | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onSelect() event handler, this class dispatches an event named select. |
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| onUploadCompleteData | flash.net.FileReference dispatches event: complete | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onUploadCompleteData() event handler, this class dispatches an event named uploadCompleteData. |
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| FileReferenceList class | flash.net.FileReferenceList | The ActionScript 3.0 class inherits the addEventListener() and removeEventListener() methods from the EventDispatcher class. Instead of the onCancel() and onSelect() event handlers, the ActionScript 3.0 class uses events named cancel and select. |
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| addListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.addEventListener() | In the new event model, there is no need to have a class-specific addListener() method, because the class inherits the addEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| browse() Method | flash.net.FileReferenceList.browse() | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of returning false when there is an error, this method throws an IllegalOperationError exception. Also, the typelist parameter changed. In ActionScript 2.0, you can pass the browse() method an array of strings to specify a file filter. In ActionScript 3.0, you pass an array of FileFilter objects. |
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| removeListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.removeEventListener() | In the new event model, there is no need to have a class-specific removeListener() method, because the class inherits the removeEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| onCancel Listener | flash.net.FileReferenceList dispatches event: cancel | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onCancel() event handler, this class dispatches an event named cancel. |
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| onSelect Listener | flash.net.FileReferenceList dispatches event: select | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onSelect() event handler, this class dispatches an event named select. |
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| GlowFilter class | flash.filters.GlowFilter | The data type of several properties changed from Number to unit. | |
| color Property | flash.filters.GlowFilter.color | The data type of this property changed from Number to unit. | |
| quality Property | flash.filters.GlowFilter.quality | The data type of this property changed from Number to unit. | |
| GlowFilter Constructor | flash.filters.GlowFilter.GlowFilter() | The color and quality parameters are now uint and int data types, respectively, instead of Number. All parameters are now assigned a default value. |
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| clone() Method | flash.filters.GlowFilter.clone() | Returns a BitmapFilter object instead of a GlowFilter object. | |
| GradientBevelFilter class | flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter | ||
| quality Property | flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter.quality | The data type of this property changed from Number to int. | |
| clone() Method | flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter.clone() | Returns a BitmapFilter object instead of a GradientBevelFilter object. | |
| GradientGlowFilter class | flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter | ||
| quality Property | flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter.quality | The data type of this property changed from Number to int. | |
| GradientGlowFilter Constructor | flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter.GradientGlowFilter() | Default values added to all parameters and the data type of the quality parameter changed from Number to int. |
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| clone() Method | flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter.clone() | Returns a BitmapFilter object instead of a GradientGlowFilter object. | |
| IME class | flash.system.IME | This class has been moved to the flash.system package. | |
| ALPHANUMERIC_FULL Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.ALPHANUMERIC_FULL | ||
| ALPHANUMERIC_HALF Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.ALPHANUMERIC_HALF | ||
| CHINESE Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.CHINESE | ||
| JAPANESE_HIRAGANA Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.JAPANESE_HIRAGANA | ||
| JAPANESE_KATAKANA_FULL Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.JAPANESE_KATAKANA_FULL | ||
| JAPANESE_KATAKANA_HALF Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.JAPANESE_KATAKANA_HALF | ||
| KOREAN Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.KOREAN | ||
| UNKNOWN Constant | flash.system.IMEConversionMode.UNKNOWN | ||
| addListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.addEventListener() | In the new event model, there is no need to have a class-specific addListener() method, because the class inherits the addEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| getConversionMode() Method | flash.system.IME.conversionMode | Changed to an accessor property. | |
| getEnabled() Method | flash.system.IME.enabled | Changed to an accessor property. | |
| removeListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.removeEventListener() | In the new event model, there is no need to have a class-specific removeListener() method, because the class inherits the removeEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| setConversionMode() Method | flash.system.IME.conversionMode | Changed to an accessor property. | |
| setEnabled() Method | flash.system.IME.enabled | Changed to an accessor property. | |
| onIMEComposition Listener | flash.system.IME dispatches event: imeComposition | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onIMEComposition() event handler, this class dispatches an event named imeComposition. |
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| Key class | flash.ui.Keyboard | This class has a new name in ActionScript 3.0 to match other classes that pertain to the Keyboard class, such as KeyboardEvent. | |
| BACKSPACE Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.BACKSPACE | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to unit. | |
| CAPSLOCK Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.CAPS_LOCK | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0, underscore added, and data type changed to uint. | |
| CONTROL Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.CONTROL | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| DELETEKEY Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.DELETE | Name changed to DELETE in ActionScript 3.0, declared as a constant, and data type changed to uint. |
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| DOWN Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.DOWN | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| END Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.END | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| ENTER Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.ENTER | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| ESCAPE Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.ESCAPE | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| HOME Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.HOME | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| INSERT Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.INSERT | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| LEFT Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.LEFT | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| _listeners Property[read-only] | flash.events.EventDispatcher.willTrigger() | Not a direct equivalent. The willTrigger() method tells you whether any listeners are registered, but not how many. |
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| PGDN Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.PAGE_DOWN | Name changed to PAGE_DOWN in ActionScript 3.0, declared as a constant, and data type changed to uint. |
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| PGUP Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.PAGE_UP | Name changed to PAGE_UP in ActionScript 3.0, declared as a constant, and data type changed to uint. |
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| RIGHT Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.RIGHT | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| SHIFT Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.SHIFT | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| SPACE Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.SPACE | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| TAB Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.TAB | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| UP Constant | flash.ui.Keyboard.UP | Declared as a constant in ActionScript 3.0 and data type changed to uint. | |
| addListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.addEventListener() | In ActionScript 3.0, there is no need to have a class-specific addListener() method, because all display objects inherit the addEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| getAscii() Method | flash.events.KeyboardEvent.charCode | ||
| getCode() Method | flash.events.KeyboardEvent.keyCode | ||
| isAccessible() Method | flash.ui.Keyboard.isAccessible() | ||
| isDown() Method | Removed | Removed for security reasons. | |
| isToggled() Method | Removed | Removed for security reasons. | |
| removeListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.removeEventListener() | In ActionScript 3.0, there is no need to have a class-specific removeListener() method, because all display objects inherit the removeEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| onKeyDown Listener | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: keyDown | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onKeyDown event handler, the InteractiveObject class dispatches a keyDown KeyboardEvent object. |
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| onKeyUp Listener | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: keyUp | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onKeyUp event handler, the InteractiveObject class dispatches a keyUp KeyboardEvent object. |
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| LoadVars class | flash.net.URLLoader | The LoadVars class functionality is replaced by the URLLoader, URLRequest, URLStream, and URLVariables classes. | |
| contentType Property | flash.net.URLRequest.contentType | ||
| loaded Property | Removed | There is no corresponding Boolean property in ActionScript 3.0, but you can use flash.events.Event.COMPLETE to set up listeners that receive notification when data is loaded. |
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| LoadVars Constructor | flash.net.URLLoader.URLLoader() | ||
| addRequestHeader() Method | flash.net.URLRequestHeader | ||
| decode() Method | flash.net.URLVariables.decode() | ||
| getBytesLoaded() Method | flash.net.URLLoader.bytesLoaded | Class changed to URLLoader; changed from function to property accessor; and name changed from getBytesLoaded to bytesLoaded. |
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| getBytesTotal() Method | flash.net.URLLoader.bytesTotal | Class changed to URLLoader; changed from function to property accessor; and name changed from getBytesTotal to bytesTotal. |
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| load() Method | flash.net.URLLoader.load() | ||
| onData() EventHandler | flash.net.URLLoader dispatches event: complete | See the URLLoader class. A complete event is dispatched when the download operation is complete but before any data is parsed. |
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| onHTTPStatus() EventHandler | flash.net.URLLoader dispatches event: httpStatus | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onHTTPStatus event handler, the URLLoader class dispatches an HTTPStatusEvent object named httpStatus. |
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| onLoad() EventHandler | flash.net.URLLoader dispatches event: complete | See the URLLoader class. A complete event is dispatched when the download operation is complete. |
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| send() Method | flash.net.sendToURL() | ||
| sendAndLoad() Method | flash.net.sendToURL() | The sendToURL() method sends a URL request to the server, but ignores the response. To receive the response, use flash.net.sendToURL(). |
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| toString() Method | Removed | This method is no longer necessary in ActionScript 3.0. | |
| LocalConnection class | flash.net.LocalConnection | This class has been moved to the flash.net package. | |
| LocalConnection Constructor | flash.net.LocalConnection.LocalConnection() | ||
| allowDomain() EventHandler | flash.net.LocalConnection.allowDomain() | Changed to a regular method in ActionScript 3.0, no longer an event handler. Parameter changed to use the ...(rest) parameter format. Return value changed to void. |
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| allowInsecureDomain() EventHandler | flash.net.LocalConnection.allowInsecureDomain() | Changed to a regular method in ActionScript 3.0, no longer an event handler. Parameter changed to use the ...(rest) parameter format. Return value changed to void. |
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| close() Method | flash.net.LocalConnection.close() | ||
| connect() Method | flash.net.LocalConnection.connect() | ||
| domain() Method | flash.net.LocalConnection.domain | Changed to a property accessor. | |
| onStatus() EventHandler | flash.net.LocalConnection dispatches event: status | In the new event model, callback functions are replaced by event objects. | |
| send() Method | flash.net.LocalConnection.send() | Third parameter changed to use the ...(rest) parameter format. Return type changed to void. |
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| Microphone class | flash.media.Microphone | This class has been moved to the flash.media package. | |
| index Property[read-only] | flash.media.Microphone.index | Data type changed to uint. | |
| rate Property[read-only] | flash.media.Microphone.rate | Data type changed to uint. | |
| silenceTimeOut Property[read-only] | flash.media.Microphone.silenceTimeout | Change in capitalization to "Timeout." Data type changed to int. | |
| get() Method | flash.media.Microphone.getMicrophone() | Name changed from get() to getMicrophone(). Data type of parameter changed to uint. |
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| onActivity() EventHandler | flash.media.Microphone dispatches event: activity | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onActivity event handler, this class dispatches an activity event. |
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| onStatus() EventHandler | flash.media.Microphone dispatches event: status | In ActionScript 3.0, instead of invoking the onStatus event handler, this class dispatches a status event. |
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| setGain() Method | flash.media.Microphone.gain | Combined gain property and setGain() method into a get/set property accessor named gain. Data type changed to uint. |
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| setRate() Method | flash.media.Microphone.rate | Combined rate property and setRate() method into a get/set property accessor named rate. Data type changed to uint. |
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| setSilenceLevel() Method | flash.media.Microphone.setSilenceLevel() | Data type of timeOut parameter changed to int. Capitalization of the timeOut parameter changed to timeout. |
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| setUseEchoSuppression() Method | flash.media.Microphone.setUseEchoSuppression() | ||
| Mouse class | flash.ui.Mouse | ||
| addListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.addEventListener() | In the new ActionScript 3.0 event model, there is no need to have a class-specific addListener() method, because all display objects inherit the addEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| hide() Method | flash.ui.Mouse.hide() | Changed to return void. |
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| removeListener() Method | flash.events.EventDispatcher.removeEventListener() | In the new ActionScript 3.0 event model, there is no need to have a class-specific removeListener() method, because all display objects inherit the removeEventListener() method from the EventDispatcher class. |
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| show() Method | flash.ui.Mouse.show() | Changed to return void. |
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| onMouseDown Listener | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseDown | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseDown event. |
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| onMouseMove Listener | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseMove | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseMove event. |
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| onMouseUp Listener | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseUp | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseUp event. |
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| onMouseWheel Listener | flash.display.InteractiveObject dispatches event: mouseWheel | Replaced in the new event model by a mouseWheel event. |
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| MovieClip class | flash.display.MovieClip | Many of the MovieClip methods have been moved to other classes in ActionScript 3.0. All event handlers have been replaced by event objects in the new event model. | |
| _alpha Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.alpha | Moved to DisplayObject class and removed initial underscore from name. | |
| blendMode Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.blendMode | ||
| cacheAsBitmap Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.cacheAsBitmap | ||
| _currentframe Property[read-only] | flash.display.MovieClip.currentFrame | Removed initial underscore from name. | |
| _droptarget Property[read-only] | flash.display.Sprite.dropTarget | Moved to Sprite class, removed initial underscore from name, and changed to mixed case. | |
| filters Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.filters | ||
| focusEnabled Property | Removed | In ActionScript 3.0, all interactive objects are focus enabled; therefore, this property is no longer needed. | |
| _focusrect Property | flash.display.InteractiveObject.focusRect | Moved to InteractiveObject class, removed initial underscore from name, and changed to mixed case. | |
| _framesloaded Property[read-only] | flash.display.MovieClip.framesLoaded | Removed initial underscore from name and changed to mixed case. | |
| _height Property | flash.display.DisplayObject.height | Moved to DisplayObject class and removed initial underscore from name. | |
| _highquality Property | Removed | See Stage.quality. | |
| hitArea Property | flash.display.Sprite.hitArea | Moved to Sprite class. | |
| _lockroot Property | Removed | In ActionScript 3.0, the root of a display object is set automatically; therefore, the _lockroot property is effectively always on. See flash.display.DisplayObject.root for details. |
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| menu Property | Removed | See InteractiveObject.contextMenu. | |
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