About Using Timelines With Screens (Flash Professional Only); About Using Actionscript With Screens (Flash Professional Only) - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

About using Timelines with screens (Flash Professional only)

Each screen has its own Timeline. The Timeline is collapsed by default. You must expand it to
work with frames or layers.
You cannot view or modify the main Timeline of a screen-based document.
You can add frames, keyframes, and layers, and manipulate content on a screen's Timeline.
In the Timeline, nested screens work much as nested movie clips do, with some exceptions. For
more information, see
on page 232.

About using ActionScript with screens (Flash Professional only)

You can use ActionScript to control screens in a document. You can insert, remove, rename, or
change the order of screens, and perform other operations.
ActionScript uses the screen instance name, class name, and registration point when controlling
screens. For more information, see
(Flash Professional only)" on page
information, see
Screens and movie clips interact with ActionScript in similar ways, but with some important
differences. For more information, see
Professional only)" on page
For more information, see "Screen class (Flash Professional only)", "Form class (Flash Professional
only)"" and "Slide class (Flash Professional only)", in Using Components.
Screen instance names, class names, and registration points (Flash
Professional only)
The screen name automatically generates the instance name and class name of the screen. You
need these identifying labels when you manipulate screens with ActionScript in various ways. You
can change a screen's registration point to adjust how the screen behaves. You can work with these
features in various ways, as described in the following list:
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The instance name is a unique name assigned to a screen, used when you target the screen in
ActionScript. You can change the instance name in the Property inspector. The instance name
is identical to the screen name in the Screen Outline pane and the linkage identifier for the
screen. If you update the instance name, the screen name and the linkage identifier also update.
For more information, see
only)" on page
Note: Symbol instances, including movie clips, buttons, and graphics, also have instance names.
For more information on symbol instances, see
Assets," on page
"How screens interact with ActionScript (Flash Professional only)"
"Screen instance names, class names, and registration points
231. ActionScript also uses the screen parameters. For more
"Setting parameters for a screen (Flash Professional only)" on page
232.
"Setting properties and parameters for a screen (Flash Professional
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About using ActionScript with screens (Flash Professional only)

"How screens interact with ActionScript (Flash
Chapter 3, "Using Symbols, Instances, and Library
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