Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 - Manual (Page 86)

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Document object
type A string that defines the type of data to add. Acceptable values are "integer" , "integerArray" , "double" ,
"doubleArray" , "string" , and "byteArray" .
data The value to add. Valid types depend on the type parameter.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; stores specified data with a document. Data is written to the FLA file and is available to JavaScript when the
file reopens.
Example
The following example adds an integer value of 12 to the current document:
fl.getDocumentDOM().addDataToDocument("myData", "integer", 12);
The following example returns the value of the data named "myData" and displays the result in the Output panel:
fl.trace(fl.getDocumentDOM().getDataFromDocument("myData"));
See also
document.getDataFromDocument() , document.removeDataFromDocument()
document.addDataToSelection()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.addDataToSelection(name, type, data)
Parameters
name A string that specifies the name of the persistent data.
type Defines the type of data. Acceptable values are "integer" , "integerArray" , "double" , "doubleArray" ,
"string" , and "byteArray" .
data The value to add. Valid types depend on the type parameter.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; stores specified data with the selected object(s). Data is written to the FLA file and is available to JavaScript
when the file reopens. Only symbols and bitmaps support persistent data.
Example
The following example adds an integer value of 12 to the selected object: