MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-FLASH JAVASCRIPT DICTIONARY Manual page 28

configureTool()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
function configureTool() {
// statements
}
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
This function is called when Macromedia Flash opens and the tool is loaded. Use this function to
set any information Flash needs to know about the tool.
Example
The following examples show two possible implementations of this function:
function configureTool() {
theTool = fl.tools.activeTool;
theTool.setToolName("myTool");
theTool.setIcon("myTool.png");
theTool.setMenuString("My Tool's menu string");
theTool.setToolTip("my tool's tool tip");
theTool.setOptionsFile( "mtTool.xml" );
}
function configureTool() {
theTool = fl.tools.activeTool;
theTool.setToolName("ellipse");
theTool.setIcon("Ellipse.png");
theTool.setMenuString("Ellipse");
theTool.setToolTip("Ellipse");
theTool.showTransformHandles( true );
}
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