MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual page 46

To specify a delay for code hints:
1. In the Actions panel or Script window, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash >
Preferences (Macintosh) from the main menu.
2. Click ActionScript in the Category list.
3. Use the slider to select an amount of delay.
The amount of delay is in seconds.
To work with tooltip-style code hints:
1.
Display the code hint by typing an opening parenthesis [
parentheses (for example, after a method name, a command such as
so on).
The code hint appears.
If a code hint doesn't appear, make sure you didn't disable Code Hints in the
ActionScript preferences (Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences
(Macintosh) and then click ActionScript in the Category list). To display code hints
for a variable or object you created, make sure that you named your variable or object
correctly (see
use strict typing for your variable or object (see
hints" on page
2.
Enter a value for the parameter.
If more than one parameter is present, separate the values with commas. For functions or
statements, such as the
Overloaded commands (functions or methods that can be invoked with different sets of
parameters) such as
parameter you want to set. Click the small arrow buttons or press Control+Left Arrow and
Control+Right Arrow to select the parameter.
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