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Screen object

Example
The following example checks to see if the current document allows screens (because it is a slide or form document).
Then, it assigns the

name

value of the first child screen in the array to the

myName

variable and opens the Output panel

to show the name of the screen:

var myChildren = new Array();

if(fl.getDocumentDOM().allowScreens) {

var myName = fl.getDocumentDOM().screenOutline.rootScreen.childScreens[0].name;

fl.trace("The name of the screen is "+myName+". ");

}

screen.nextScreen

Availability
Flash MX 2004.

Usage

screen.nextScreen

Description
Read-only property; an object that represents the next peer screen in the parent’s

childScreens

array. That is,

screen.nextScreen

is found by moving down an array of child screens to the next screen in the array. See

screen.prevScreen

.

If there isn’t a peer screen, the value is

null

.

Example
The following example first checks to see if the current document is a slide or form, and if it is, retrieves and shows the
sequence of screens in the Output panel:

if(fl.getDocumentDOM().allowScreens) {

var myCurrent = fl.getDocumentDOM().screenOutline.rootScreen.childScreens[0].name;

var myNext = fl.getDocumentDOM().screenOutline.rootScreen.childScreens[0].nextScreen.name;

fl.trace(" The next screen to "+myCurrent+" is "+myNext+". ");

}

screen.parameters

Availability
Flash MX 2004.

Usage

screen.parameters

Description
Read-only property; an array of ActionScript 2.0 properties that are accessible from the screen Property inspector.