MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH Manual page 478

Example
The following example makes the top layer active:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentLayer = 0;
The following example stores the index of the currently active layer in the variable:
curLayer
var curLayer = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentLayer;
timeline.cutFrames()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
timeline.cutFrames([startFrameIndex [, endFrameIndex]])
Parameters
A zero-based index that specifies the beginning of a range of frames to
startFrameIndex
cut. If you omit , the method uses the current selection. This parameter is
startFrameIndex
optional.
A zero-based index that specifies the frame at which to stop cutting. The
endFrameIndex
range of frames goes up to, but does not include, . If you specify only
endFrameIndex
, defaults to the value. This parameter
startFrameIndex endFrameIndex startFrameIndex
is optional.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; cuts a range of frames on the current layer from the timeline and saves them to the
Clipboard.
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