MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH Manual page 427

Description
Property; a Boolean value that enables or disables the accessibility of the object. This property
is equivalent to the inverse logic of the Make Object Accessible setting in the Accessibility
panel. For example, if is , it is the same as the Make Object Accessible option
silent true
being unchecked. If is , it is the same as the Make Object Accessible option
silent false
being checked.
This property is not available for graphic objects.
Example
The following example checks to see if the object is accessible; a return value of means
false
the object is accessible:
var isSilent = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].silent;
The following example sets the object to be accessible:
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].silent = false;
symbolInstance.symbolType
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
symbolInstance.symbolType
Description
Property; a string that specifies the type of symbol. This property is equivalent to the value for
Behavior in the Create New Symbol and Convert To Symbol dialog boxes. Acceptable values
are , , and .
"button" "movie clip" "graphic"
Example
The following example sets the first symbol in the first frame of the first layer in the timeline
of the current document to behave as a graphic symbol:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].symbolTyp
e = "graphic";
SymbolInstance object 427