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package — Statement
| Allows you to organize your code into discrete groups that can be imported by other scripts.
PAD — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.SpreadMethod
| Specifies that the gradient use the pad spread method.
PAGE_DOWN — Constant Static Property, class flash.ui.Keyboard
| Constant associated with the key code value for the Page Down key (34).
pageHeight — Property, class flash.printing.PrintJob
| The height of the actual printable area on the page, in points.
PAGE_UP — Constant Static Property, class flash.ui.Keyboard
| Constant associated with the key code value for the Page Up key (33).
pageWidth — Property, class flash.printing.PrintJob
| The width of the actual printable area on the page, in points.
paletteMap(sourceBitmapData:flash.display:BitmapData, sourceRect:flash.geom:Rectangle, destPoint:flash.geom:Point, redArray:Array, greenArray:Array, blueArray:Array, alphaArray:Array) — method, class flash.display.BitmapData
| Remaps the color channel values in an image that has up to four arrays of color palette data, one for each channel.
pan — Property, class flash.media.SoundTransform
| The left-to-right panning of the sound, ranging from -1 (full pan left) to 1 (full pan right).
paperHeight — Property, class flash.printing.PrintJob
| The overall paper height, in points.
paperWidth — Property, class flash.printing.PrintJob
| The overall paper width, in points.
parameters — Property, class flash.display.LoaderInfo
| An object that contains name-value pairs that represent the parameters provided to the loaded SWF file.
parent() — method, class XML
| Returns the parent of the XML object.
parent() — method, class XMLList
| Returns the parent of the XMLList object if all items in the XMLList object have the same parent.
parent — Property, class flash.display.DisplayObject
| Indicates the DisplayObjectContainer object that contains this display object.
parentAllowsChild — Property, class flash.display.LoaderInfo
| Expresses the trust relationship from Loader (parent) to the content (child).
parentDomain — Property, class flash.system.ApplicationDomain
| Gets the parent domain of this application domain.
parentNode — Property, class flash.xml.XMLNode
| An XMLNode value that references the parent node of the specified XML object, or returns null if the node has no parent.
parse(date:String) — Static Method , class Date
| Converts a string representing a date into a number equaling the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, UTC.
parseCSS(CSSText:String) — method, class flash.text.StyleSheet
| Parses the CSS in CSSText and loads the style sheet with it.
parseFloat(str:String) — Package Function, Top Level
| Converts a string to a floating-point number.
parseInt(str:String, radix:uint) — Package Function, Top Level
| Converts a string to an integer.
parseXML(source:String) — method, class flash.xml.XMLDocument
| Parses the XML text specified in the value parameter and populates the specified XMLDocument object with the resulting XML tree.
paste — Event, class flash.display.InteractiveObject
| Dispatched when the user activates the platform specific accelerator key combination for a paste operation or selects 'Paste' from the text context menu.
paste — Property, class flash.ui.ContextMenuClipboardItems
| Enables or disables the 'Paste' item on the clipboard menu.
PASTE — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.Event
| Defines the value of the type property of a paste event object.
pause() — method, class flash.net.NetStream
| Pauses playback of a video stream.
pause() — Static Method , class flash.system.System
| Pauses the Flash Player.
pauseSampling() — Package Function, flash.sampler
| Stops the sampling process momentarily.
peerStreams — Property, class flash.net.NetStream
| Holds all of the subscribing NetStreams that are listening to this publishing NetStream.
PENDING — Constant Static Property, class flash.net.SharedObjectFlushStatus
| Indicates that the user is being prompted to increase disk space for the shared object before the flush can occur.
perlinNoise(baseX:Number, baseY:Number, numOctaves:uint, randomSeed:int, stitch:Boolean, fractalNoise:Boolean, channelOptions:uint, grayScale:Boolean, offsets:Array) — method, class flash.display.BitmapData
| Generates a Perlin noise image.
perspectiveProjection — Property, class flash.geom.Transform
| Provides access to the PerspectiveProjection object of a three-dimensional display object.
PerspectiveProjection — class, package flash.geom
| The PerspectiveProjection class provides an easy way to assign or modify the perspective transformations of a display object and all of its children.
PerspectiveProjection() — Constructor, class flash.geom.PerspectiveProjection
| Creates an instance of a PerspectiveProjection object.
PI — Constant Static Property, class Math
| A mathematical constant for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, expressed as pi, with a value of 3.141592653589793.
PIXEL — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.GridFitType
| Fits strong horizontal and vertical lines to the pixel grid.
pixelAspectRatio — Static Property, class flash.system.Capabilities
| Specifies the pixel aspect ratio of the screen.
pixelBounds — Property, class flash.geom.Transform
| A Rectangle object that defines the bounding rectangle of the display object on the stage.
pixelDissolve(sourceBitmapData:flash.display:BitmapData, sourceRect:flash.geom:Rectangle, destPoint:flash.geom:Point, randomSeed:int, numPixels:int, fillColor:uint) — method, class flash.display.BitmapData
| Performs a pixel dissolve either from a source image to a destination image or by using the same image.
pixelHinting — Property, class flash.display.GraphicsStroke
pixelSnapping — Property, class flash.display.Bitmap
| Controls whether or not the Bitmap object is snapped to the nearest pixel.
PixelSnapping — final class, package flash.display
| The PixelSnapping class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the pixel snapping options by using the pixelSnapping property of a Bitmap object.
play() — method, class flash.display.MovieClip
| Moves the playhead in the timeline of the movie clip.
play(startTime:Number, loops:int, sndTransform:flash.media:SoundTransform) — method, class flash.media.Sound
| Generates a new SoundChannel object to play back the sound.
play(... rest) — method, class flash.net.NetStream
| Begins playback of video files.
play — Property, class flash.ui.ContextMenuBuiltInItems
| Lets the user start a paused SWF file (does not appear for a single-frame SWF file).
play2(param:flash.net:NetStreamPlayOptions) — method, class flash.net.NetStream
| This is an enhanced version of the play above which could be used to do all the things play did like begin playback of a video file or queue up another video file and create a playlist.
playbackBytesPerSecond — Property, class flash.net.NetStreamInfo
| Returns the stream playback rate in Bytes Per Second.
playerType — Static Property, class flash.system.Capabilities
| Specifies the type of player.
Point — class, package flash.geom
| The Point object represents a location in a two-dimensional coordinate system, where x represents the horizontal axis and y represents the vertical axis.
Point(x:Number, y:Number) — Constructor, class flash.geom.Point
| Creates a new point.
pointAt(pos:flash.geom:Vector3D, at:flash.geom:Vector3D, up:flash.geom:Vector3D) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Rotates the display object so that it faces a specified position.
pointTowards(percent:Number, mat:flash.geom:Matrix3D, pos:flash.geom:Vector3D, at:flash.geom:Vector3D, up:flash.geom:Vector3D) — Static Method , class flash.geom.Utils3D
| Interpolates the orientation of an object toward a position.
polar(len:Number, angle:Number) — Static Method , class flash.geom.Point
| Converts a pair of polar coordinates to a Cartesian point coordinate.
pop() — method, class Array
| Removes the last element from an array and returns the value of that element.
pop() — method, class Vector
| Removes the last element from the Vector and returns that element.
PORTRAIT — Constant Static Property, class flash.printing.PrintJobOrientation
| The portrait (vertical) image orientation for printing.
position — Property, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| A Vector3D object that holds the position, the three-dimensional coordinate (x,y,z) of a display object within the transformation's frame of reference.
position — Property, class flash.media.SoundChannel
| When the sound is playing, the position property indicates the current point that is being played in the sound file.
position — Property, class flash.text.engine.TabStop
| The position of the tab stop, in pixels, relative to the start of the text line.
position — Property, class flash.utils.ByteArray
| Moves, or returns the current position, in bytes, of the file pointer into the ByteArray object.
POSITIVE — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.TriangleCulling
| Specifies culling of all triangles facing away from the current view point.
POSITIVE_INFINITY — Constant Static Property, class Number
| Specifies the IEEE-754 value representing positive infinity.
POSSIBLY_INVALID — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.TextLineValidity
| Specifies that the text line is possibly invalid.
POST — Constant Static Property, class flash.net.URLRequestMethod
| Specifies that the URLRequest object is a POST.
pow(val1:Number, val2:Number) — Static Method , class Math
| Computes and returns val1 to the power of val2.
precisionHint — Property, class flash.display.Shader
| The precision of math operations performed by the shader.
prefix — Property, class Namespace
| The prefix of the namespace.
prefix — Property, class flash.xml.XMLNode
| The prefix portion of the XML node name.
prepend(rhs:flash.geom:Matrix3D) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Prepends a matrix by multiplying the current Matrix3D object by another Matrix3D object.
prependChild(value:Object) — method, class XML
| Inserts a copy of the provided child object into the XML element before any existing XML properties for that element.
prependRotation(degrees:Number, axis:flash.geom:Vector3D, pivotPoint:flash.geom:Vector3D) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Prepends an incremental rotation to a Matrix3D object.
prependScale(xScale:Number, yScale:Number, zScale:Number) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Prepends an incremental scale change along the x, y, and z axes to a Matrix3D object.
prependTranslation(x:Number, y:Number, z:Number) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Prepends an incremental translation, a repositioning along the x, y, and z axes, to a Matrix3D object.
preserveAlpha — Property, class flash.filters.ConvolutionFilter
| Indicates if the alpha channel is preserved without the filter effect or if the convolution filter is applied to the alpha channel as well as the color channels.
prettyIndent — Static Property, class XML
| Determines the amount of indentation applied by the toString() and toXMLString() methods when the XML.prettyPrinting property is set to true.
prettyPrinting — Static Property, class XML
| Determines whether the toString() and toXMLString() methods normalize white space characters between some tags.
preventDefault() — method, class flash.events.Event
| Cancels an event's default behavior if that behavior can be canceled.
prevFrame() — method, class flash.display.MovieClip
| Sends the playhead to the previous frame and stops it.
previousLine — Property, class flash.text.engine.TextLine
| The previous TextLine in the TextBlock, or null if the line is the first line in the block or the validity of the line is TextLineValidity.STATIC.
previousRegion — Property, class flash.text.engine.TextLineMirrorRegion
| The previous TextLineMirrorRegion in the set derived from the text element, or null if this is the first mirror region in the set.
previousSibling — Property, class flash.xml.XMLNode
| An XMLNode value that references the previous sibling in the parent node's child list.
prevScene() — method, class flash.display.MovieClip
| Moves the playhead to the previous scene of the MovieClip instance.
print — Property, class flash.ui.ContextMenuBuiltInItems
| Lets the user send the displayed frame image to a printer.
printAsBitmap — Property, class flash.printing.PrintJobOptions
| Specifies whether the content in the print job is printed as a bitmap or as a vector.
PrintJob — class, package flash.printing
| The PrintJob class lets you create content and print it to one or more pages.
PrintJob() — Constructor, class flash.printing.PrintJob
| Creates a PrintJob object that you can use to print one or more pages.
PrintJobOptions — class, package flash.printing
| The PrintJobOptions class contains properties to use with the options parameter of the PrintJob.addPage() method.
PrintJobOptions(printAsBitmap:Boolean) — Constructor, class flash.printing.PrintJobOptions
| Creates a new PrintJobOptions object.
PrintJobOrientation — final class, package flash.printing
| This class provides values that are used by the PrintJob.orientation property for the image position of a printed page.
PRIORITIZE_LEAST_ADJUSTMENT — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.JustificationStyle
| Bases justification on either expanding or compressing the line, whichever gives a result closest to the desired width.
PRIVACY — Constant Static Property, class flash.system.SecurityPanel
| When passed to Security.showSettings(), displays the Privacy Settings panel in Flash Player Settings.
private — Statement
| Specifies that a variable, constant, method or namespace is available only to the class that defines it.
processingInstructions(name:String) — method, class XML
| If a name parameter is provided, lists all the children of the XML object that contain processing instructions with that name.
processingInstructions(name:String) — method, class XMLList
| If a name parameter is provided, lists all the children of the XMLList object that contain processing instructions with that name.
progress — Event, class flash.display.LoaderInfo
| Dispatched when data is received as the download operation progresses.
progress — Property, class flash.display.ShaderJob
| The progress of a running shader.
progress — Event, class flash.media.Sound
| Dispatched when data is received as a load operation progresses.
progress — Event, class flash.net.FileReference
| Dispatched periodically during the file upload or download operation.
progress — Event, class flash.net.URLLoader
| Dispatched when data is received as the download operation progresses.
progress — Event, class flash.net.URLStream
| Dispatched when data is received as the download operation progresses.
PROGRESS — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.ProgressEvent
| Defines the value of the type property of a progress event object.
ProgressEvent — class, package flash.events
| Flash® Player dispatches ProgressEvent objects when a load operation has begun or a socket has received data.
ProgressEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean, cancelable:Boolean, bytesLoaded:uint, bytesTotal:uint) — Constructor, class flash.events.ProgressEvent
| Creates an Event object that contains information about progress events.
project() — method, class flash.geom.Vector3D
| Divides the value of the x, y, and z properties of the current Vector3D object by the value of its w property.
projectionCenter — Property, class flash.geom.PerspectiveProjection
| A two-dimensional point representing the center of the projection, the vanishing point for the display object.
projectVector(m:flash.geom:Matrix3D, v:flash.geom:Vector3D) — Static Method , class flash.geom.Utils3D
| Using a projection Matrix3D object, projects a Vector3D object from one space coordinate to another.
projectVectors(m:flash.geom:Matrix3D, verts:Vector, projectedVerts:Vector, uvts:Vector) — Static Method , class flash.geom.Utils3D
| Using a projection Matrix3D object, projects a Vector of three-dimensional space coordinates (verts) to a Vector of two-dimensional space coordinates (projectedVerts).
propertyIsEnumerable(name:String) — method, class Object
| Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
propertyIsEnumerable(p:String) — method, class XML
| Checks whether the property p is in the set of properties that can be iterated in a for..in statement applied to the XML object.
propertyIsEnumerable(p:String) — method, class XMLList
| Checks whether the property p is in the set of properties that can be iterated in a for..in statement applied to the XMLList object.
PROPORTIONAL — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.DigitWidth
| Used to specify proportional digit width.
protected — Statement
| Specifies that a variable, constant, method, or namespace is available only to the class that defines it and to any subclasses of that class.
protocol — Property, class flash.net.NetConnection
| Indicates what protocol was used to establish the connection.
prototype — Static Property, class Object
| A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Proxy — class, package flash.utils
| The Proxy class lets you override the default behavior of ActionScript operations (such as retrieving and modifying properties) on an object.
proxyType — Property, class flash.net.NetConnection
| Determines which fallback methods are tried if an initial connection attempt to the server fails.
public — Statement
| Specifies that a class, variable, constant or method is available to any caller.
publish(name:String, type:String) — method, class flash.net.NetStream
| Sends streaming audio, video, and text messages from a client to Flash Media Server, optionally recording the stream during transmission.
push(... rest) — method, class Array
| Adds one or more elements to the end of an array and returns the new length of the array.
push(... rest) — method, class Vector
| Adds one or more elements to the end of the Vector and returns the new length of the Vector.
PUSH_IN_KINSOKU — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.JustificationStyle
| Bases justification on compressing kinsoku at the end of the line, or expanding it if there is no kinsoku or if that space is insufficient.
PUSH_OUT_ONLY — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.JustificationStyle
| Bases justification on expanding the line.
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