MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH Manual page 481

timeline.findLayerIndex()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
timeline.findLayerIndex(name)
Parameters
A string that specifies the name of the layer to find.
name
Returns
An array of index values for the specified layer. If the specified layer is not found, Flash returns
.
undefined
Description
Method; finds an array of indexes for the layers with the given name. The layer index is flat, so
folders are considered part of the main index.
Example
The following example shows the index values of all layers named Layer 7 in the
Output panel:
var layerIndex = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().findLayerIndex("Layer
7");
fl.trace(layerIndex);
The following example illustrates how to pass the values returned from this method back to
timeline.setSelectedLayers()
var layerIndex = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().findLayerIndex("Layer
1");
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().setSelectedLayers(layerIndex[0], true);
timeline.frameCount
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
timeline.frameCount
:
Timeline object 481