Adobe FLASH CS3 PRO User Manual page 398

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LocalConnection

MovieClipLoader

NetConnection

SharedObject

Comments and code hints

You can also use ActionScript comments to specify an object's class for code hints. In the following example, a

comment tells ActionScript that the class of the

// Object theObject;// Array theArray;// MovieClip theMC;

If you subsequently enter

properties appear. If you enter

properties appear, and so on.

Instead of this technique, however, Adobe recommends that you use strict data typing or suffixes, because these

techniques enable code hints automatically and make your code more understandable.

Your code can be formatted and indented automatically or manually. If you use dynamic font mapping, you ensure

that the correct fonts are used for multilingual text.

Set Auto Format options

Do one of the following:

• From the panel menu

• In the Script window, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences (Macintosh).

Variable suffix

followed by a period, code hints that display the list of MovieClip methods and

followed by a period, code hints that display the list of Array methods and

(at the upper-right corner of the Actions panel), select Preferences.

instance is Object, and so on.

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