Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 - Manual (Page 30)

8 EXTENDING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Introduction
Contour object A Contour object represents a closed path of half edges on the boundary of
a shape.
Document object The Document object represents the Stage.
drawingLayer object The drawingLayer object is accessible from JavaScript as a child of the flash
object.
Edge object The Edge object represents an edge of a shape on the Stage.
Element object Everything that appears on the Stage is of the type Element.
Fill object The Fill object contains all the properties of the Fill color setting of the Tools
panel or of a selected shape.
Filter object The Filter object contains all the properties for all filters.
flash object (fl) The flash object represents the Flash application.
FLfile object The FLfile object lets you write Flash extensions that can access, modify, and
remove files and folders on the local file system.
folderItem object The folderItem object is a subclass of the Item object.
fontItem object The fontItem object is a subclass of the Item object.
Frame object The Frame object represents frames in the layer.
HalfEdge object Directed side of the edge of a Shape object.
Instance object The Instance object is a subclass of the Element object.
Item object The Item object is an abstract base class.
Layer object The Layer object represents a layer in the timeline.
library object The library object represents the Library panel.
Math object The Math object is available as a read-only property of the flash object
(
fl.Math ).
Matrix object The Matrix object represents a transformation matrix.
outputPanel object The outputPanel object represents the Output panel, which displays
troubleshooting information such as syntax errors. It is a property of the flash
object (
fl.outputPanel ).
Oval object The Oval object is a shape that is drawn using the Oval tool. To determine if
an item is an Oval object, use
shape.isOvalObject .
Parameter object The Parameter object type is accessed from the screen.parameters array
(which corresponds to the screen Property inspector in the Flash authoring
tool) or by the
componentInstance.parameters array (which
corresponds to the component Property inspector in the authoring tool).
Path object The Path object defines a sequence of line segments (straight, curved, or
both), which you typically use when creating extensible tools.
presetItem object The presetItem object represents an item (preset or folder) in the Motion
Presets panel.
presetPanel object The presetPanel object represents the Motion Presets panel (Window >
Motion Presets). It is a property of the flash object (
fl.presetPanel ).
Object Description