Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS5 - Manual (Page 331)

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Chapter 23: Instance object
Inheritance Element object > Instance object
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Description
Instance is a subclass of the
Element object .
Property summary
In addition to all of the Element object properties, Instance has the following properties:
instance.instanceType
Availability
Flash MX 2004; possible value of
"video" added in Flash 8.
Usage
instance.instanceType
Description
Read-only property; a string that represents the type of instance. Possible values are
"symbol" , "bitmap" , "embedded
video" , "linked video" , "video" , and "compiled clip" .
In Flash MX 2004, the value of instance.instanceType for an item added to the library using
library.addNewItem ( "video" ) is "embedded_video" . In Flash 8 and later, the value is "video" . See
library.addNewItem() .
Example
The following example shows that the instance type of a movie clip is
symbol :
// Select a movie clip and then run this script.
var type = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].instanceType;
fl.trace("This instance type is " + type);
Property Description
instance.instanceType Read-only; a string that represents the type of instance.
instance.libraryItem Library item used to instantiate this instance.