MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 815

text fields 135
and HTML text 143
applying cascading style sheets 142
avoiding variable name conflicts 136
creating and removing at runtime 137
default properties 138
determining required size 139
displaying properties for debugging 78
flowing text around embedded images 147, 149
formatting 137
formatting with cascading style sheets 139
instance and variable names compared 136
See also TextField class, TextFormat class,
TextField.StyleSheet class
TextField class 135
creating scrolling text 153
TextField.StyleSheet class 139
and cascading style sheets 140
and TextField.styleSheet property 139, 142
creating text styles 142
TextFormat class 137
this keyword 108
Timeline variables 42
tooltips. See code hints
transferring variables between movie and server 180
troubleshooting. See debugging
typing variables 37
typographical conventions 10
U
undefined data type 36
Unicode
and Test Movie command 26, 68
support 26
URL-encoded format, sending information 178
user event, defined 83
UTF-8 (Unicode) 26
V
values, manipulating in expressions 45
variables
about 40
and Debugger Variables tab 72
and Debugger Watch list 73
assigning multiple 48
avoiding name conflicts 136
checking and setting values 41
converting to XML 182
defined 29
determining data type 37
modifying in Debugger 72
naming 62
naming rules 41
passing content 43
referencing value 44
scoping 41
sending to URL 93
setting dynamically 49
suffixes 62
testing 41
transferring between movie and server 180
using in scripts 43
Variables tab, Debugger 72
video, alternative to importing 197
View Options pop-up menu 66, 67
volume, creating sliding control 103
W
Watch tab, Debugger 73
web applications, continuous connection 184
word wrapping in code, enabling 67
X
XML 181
DOM 181
example of using with styles 146
hierarchy 181
in server-side scripts 182
sample variable conversion 181
sending information via TCP/IP socket 178
sending information with XML methods 178
XML class, methods of 181
XMLSocket object
checking for data 178
methods of 185
using 184
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