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Fl.scripturi, Fl.selectelement() – Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 User Manual

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EXTENDING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL

flash object (fl)

fl.scriptURI

Availability
Flash CS3 Professional.

Usage

fl.scriptURI

Description
Read-only property; a string that represents the path of the currently running JSFL script, expressed as a file:/// URI.
If the script was called from

fl.runScript()

, this property represents the path of the immediate parent script. That

is, it doesn’t traverse multiple calls to

fl.runScript()

to find the path of the original calling script.

Example
The following example displays the path of the currently running JSFL script in the Output panel:

fl.trace(fl.scriptURI);

See also

fl.runScript()

fl.selectElement()

Availability
Flash CS3 Professional.

Usage

fl.selectElement(elementObject, editMode)

Parameters

elementObject

The

Element object

you want to select.

editMode

A Boolean value that specifies whether you want to edit the element (

true

) or want only to select it (

false

).

Returns
A Boolean value of

true

if the element was successfully selected;

false

otherwise.

Description
Method; enables selection or editing of an element. Generally, you will use this method on objects returned by

fl.findObjectInDocByName()

or

fl.findObjectInDocByType()

.

Example
The following example selects an element named "

second text field

" if one is found in the document: