MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 74

Displaying movie clip properties and changing editable properties
The Debugger's Properties tab displays all the property values of any movie clip on the Stage. You
can change a value and see its effect in the SWF file while it runs. Some movie clip properties are
read-only and cannot be changed.
To display a movie clip's properties in the Debugger:
Select a movie clip from the display list.
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Click the Properties tab in the Debugger.
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To modify a property value:
•
Double-click the value, and enter a new value.
The value cannot be an expression. For example, you can enter
cannot enter
x + 50
number, or a Boolean value (
{id: "rogue"}
For more information, see
values in expressions" on page
Note: To write the value of an expression to the Output panel in test mode, use the
See "Using the trace statement" on page
Setting and removing breakpoints
A breakpoint lets you stop a SWF file running in Flash Player at a specific line of ActionScript.
You can use breakpoints to test possible trouble spots in your code. For example, if you've written
a set of
if..else if
breakpoint before the statements and step through them one by one in the Debugger.
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. The value can be a string (any value surrounded by quotation marks), a
or
true false
or ) in the Debugger.
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"String operators" on page 46
45.
statements and can't determine which one is executing, you can add a
). You can't enter object or array values (for example,
and "Using operators to manipulate
79.
or , but you
50 "clearwater"
trace
statement.