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a — Property, class flash.geom.Matrix
| The value that affects the positioning of pixels along the x axis when scaling or rotating an image.
abs(val:Number) — Static Method , class Math
| Computes and returns an absolute value for the number specified by the parameter val.
accept() — Static Method , class adobe.utils.XMLUI
| Makes the current XMLUI dialog box close with an "accept" state.
Accessibility — final class, package flash.accessibility
| The Accessibility class manages communication with screen readers.
accessibilityProperties — Property, class flash.display.DisplayObject
| The current accessibility options for this display object.
AccessibilityProperties — class, package flash.accessibility
| The AccessibilityProperties class lets you control the presentation of Flash objects to accessibility aids, such as screen readers.
AccessibilityProperties() — Constructor, class flash.accessibility.AccessibilityProperties
| Creates a new AccessibilityProperties object.
acos(val:Number) — Static Method , class Math
| Computes and returns the arc cosine of the number specified in the parameter val, in radians.
ACTIONSCRIPT2 — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.ActionScriptVersion
| ActionScript language version 2.0 and earlier.
ACTIONSCRIPT3 — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.ActionScriptVersion
| ActionScript language version 3.0.
actionScriptVersion — Property, class flash.display.LoaderInfo
| The ActionScript version of the loaded SWF file.
ActionScriptVersion — final class, package flash.display
| The ActionScriptVersion class is an enumeration of constant values that indicate the language version of a loaded SWF file.
actionsList — Static Property, class adobe.utils.CustomActions
| Returns an Array object containing the names of all the custom actions that are registered with the Flash authoring tool.
activate — Event, class flash.events.EventDispatcher
| Dispatched when Flash Player gains operating system focus and becomes active.
ACTIVATE — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.Event
| Defines the value of the type property of an activate event object.
activating — Property, class flash.events.ActivityEvent
| Indicates whether the device is activating (true) or deactivating (false).
active — Static Property, class flash.accessibility.Accessibility
| Indicates whether a screen reader is currently active and the player is communicating with it.
activity — Event, class flash.media.Camera
| Dispatched when a camera begins or ends a session.
activity — Event, class flash.media.Microphone
| Dispatched when a microphone begins or ends a session.
ACTIVITY — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.ActivityEvent
| The ActivityEvent.ACTIVITY constant defines the value of the type property of an activity event object.
ActivityEvent — class, package flash.events
| A Camera or Microphone object dispatches an ActivityEvent object whenever a camera or microphone reports that it has become active or inactive.
ActivityEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean, cancelable:Boolean, activating:Boolean) — Constructor, class flash.events.ActivityEvent
| Creates an event object that contains information about activity events.
activityLevel — Property, class flash.media.Camera
| The amount of motion the camera is detecting.
activityLevel — Property, class flash.media.Microphone
| The amount of sound the microphone is detecting.
add(v:flash.geom:Point) — method, class flash.geom.Point
| Adds the coordinates of another point to the coordinates of this point to create a new point.
add(a:flash.geom:Vector3D) — method, class flash.geom.Vector3D
| Adds the value of the x, y, and z elements of the current Vector3D object to the values of the x, y, and z elements of another Vector3D object.
ADD — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.BlendMode
| Adds the values of the constituent colors of the display object to the colors of its background, applying a ceiling of 0xFF.
addCallback(functionName:String, closure:Function) — Static Method , class flash.external.ExternalInterface
| Registers an ActionScript method as callable from the container.
addChild(child:flash.display:DisplayObject) — method, class flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer
| Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
addChild(child:flash.display:DisplayObject) — method, class flash.display.Stage
| Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
addChildAt(child:flash.display:DisplayObject, index:int) — method, class flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer
| Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
addChildAt(child:flash.display:DisplayObject, index:int) — method, class flash.display.Stage
| Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
added — Event, class flash.display.DisplayObject
| Dispatched when a display object is added to the display list.
ADDED — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.Event
| Defines the value of the type property of an added event object.
addedToStage — Event, class flash.display.DisplayObject
| Dispatched when a display object is added to the on stage display list, either directly or through the addition of a sub tree in which the display object is contained.
ADDED_TO_STAGE — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.Event
| Defines the value of the type property of an addedToStage event object.
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean, priority:int, useWeakReference:Boolean) — method, class flash.display.Stage
| Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean, priority:int, useWeakReference:Boolean) — method, class flash.events.EventDispatcher
| Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean, priority:int, useWeakReference:Boolean) — method, interface flash.events.IEventDispatcher
| Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.
addHeader(operation:String, mustUnderstand:Boolean, param:Object) — method, class flash.net.NetConnection
| Adds a context header to the Action Message Format (AMF) packet structure.
addNamespace(ns:Object) — method, class XML
| Adds a namespace to the set of in-scope namespaces for the XML object.
addPage(sprite:flash.display:Sprite, printArea:flash.geom:Rectangle, options:flash.printing:PrintJobOptions, frameNum:int) — method, class flash.printing.PrintJob
| Sends the specified Sprite object as a single page to the print spooler.
adobe.utils — package
| The adobe.utils package contains functions and classes used by Flash authoring tool developers.
ADVANCED — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.AntiAliasType
| Sets anti-aliasing to advanced anti-aliasing.
album — Property, class flash.media.ID3Info
| The name of the album; corresponds to the ID3 2.0 tag TALB.
align — Property, class flash.display.Stage
| A value from the StageAlign class that specifies the alignment of the stage in Flash Player or the browser.
align — Property, class flash.text.TextFormat
| Indicates the alignment of the paragraph.
alignment — Property, class flash.text.engine.TabStop
| Specifies the tab alignment for this tab stop.
alignmentBaseline — Property, class flash.text.engine.ElementFormat
| Specifies which of the baselines of the line containing the element the dominantBaseline snaps to, thus determining the vertical position of the element in the line.
ALL — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity
| Treats all characters in the ContentElement object as mandatory line break opportunities.
ALL_BUT_LAST — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.LineJustification
| Directs the text engine to justify all but the last line.
ALL_INCLUDING_LAST — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.LineJustification
| Directs the text engine to justify all lines.
allowDomain(... rest) — method, class flash.net.LocalConnection
| Specifies one or more domains that can send LocalConnection calls to this LocalConnection instance.
allowDomain(... rest) — Static Method , class flash.system.Security
| Lets SWF files files in the identified domains access objects and variables in the SWF file that contains the allowDomain() call.
allowInsecureDomain(... rest) — method, class flash.net.LocalConnection
| Specifies one or more domains that can send LocalConnection calls to this LocalConnection object.
allowInsecureDomain(... rest) — Static Method , class flash.system.Security
| Lets SWF files and HTML files in the identified domains access objects and variables in the calling SWF file, which is hosted by means of the HTTPS protocol.
alpha — Property, class flash.display.DisplayObject
| Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified.
alpha — Property, class flash.display.GraphicsSolidFill
alpha — Property, class flash.filters.ConvolutionFilter
| The alpha transparency value of the substitute color.
alpha — Property, class flash.filters.DisplacementMapFilter
| Specifies the alpha transparency value to use for out-of-bounds displacements.
alpha — Property, class flash.filters.DropShadowFilter
| The alpha transparency value for the shadow color.
alpha — Property, class flash.filters.GlowFilter
| The alpha transparency value for the color.
alpha — Property, class flash.text.engine.ElementFormat
| Provides a way for the author to automatically set the alpha property of all line atoms based on the element format to the specified Number.
ALPHA — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.BitmapDataChannel
| The alpha channel.
ALPHA — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.BlendMode
| Applies the alpha value of each pixel of the display object to the background.
alphaMultiplier — Property, class flash.geom.ColorTransform
| A decimal value that is multiplied with the alpha transparency channel value.
ALPHANUMERIC_FULL — Constant Static Property, class flash.system.IMEConversionMode
| The string "ALPHANUMERIC_FULL", for use with the IME.conversionMode property.
ALPHANUMERIC_HALF — Constant Static Property, class flash.system.IMEConversionMode
| The string "ALPHANUMERIC_HALF", for use with the IME.conversionMode property.
alphaOffset — Property, class flash.geom.ColorTransform
| A number from -255 to 255 that is added to the alpha transparency channel value after it has been multiplied by the alphaMultiplier value.
alphas — Property, class flash.display.GraphicsGradientFill
| An array of alpha values for the corresponding colors in the colors array; valid values are 0 to 1.
alphas — Property, class flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter
| An array of alpha transparency values for the corresponding colors in the colors array.
alphas — Property, class flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter
| An array of alpha transparency values for the corresponding colors in the colors array.
altKey — Property, class flash.events.KeyboardEvent
| Indicates whether the Alt key is active (true) or inactive (false).
altKey — Property, class flash.events.MouseEvent
| Indicates whether the Alt key is active (true) or inactive (false).
ALWAYS — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.PixelSnapping
| A constant value used in the pixelSnapping property of a Bitmap object to specify that the bitmap image is always snapped to the nearest pixel, independent of any transformation.
alwaysShowSelection — Property, class flash.text.TextField
| When set to true and the text field is not in focus, Flash Player highlights the selection in the text field in gray.
AMF0 — Constant Static Property, class flash.net.ObjectEncoding
| Specifies that objects are serialized using the Action Message Format for ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0.
AMF3 — Constant Static Property, class flash.net.ObjectEncoding
| Specifies that objects are serialized using the Action Message Format for ActionScript 3.0.
angle — Property, class flash.filters.BevelFilter
| The angle of the bevel.
angle — Property, class flash.filters.DropShadowFilter
| The angle of the shadow.
angle — Property, class flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter
| The angle, in degrees.
angle — Property, class flash.filters.GradientGlowFilter
| The angle, in degrees.
angleBetween(a:flash.geom:Vector3D) — method, class flash.geom.Vector3D
| Returns the angle in radians between the current and a specified Vector3D object.
antiAliasType — Property, class flash.text.TextField
| The type of anti-aliasing used for this text field.
antiAliasType — Property, class flash.text.engine.FontDescription
| The type of anti-aliasing used for this text.
AntiAliasType — final class, package flash.text
| The AntiAliasType class provides values for anti-aliasing in the flash.text.TextField class.
ANY — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity
| Treats any character in the ContentElement object as a line break opportunity.
append(lhs:flash.geom:Matrix3D) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Appends the matrix by multiplying another Matrix3D object by the current Matrix3D object.
APPEND — Constant Static Property, class flash.net.NetStreamPlayTransitions
| This mode queues up streams into a play list.
appendChild(child:Object) — method, class XML
| Appends the given child to the end of the XML object's properties.
appendChild(node:flash.xml:XMLNode) — method, class flash.xml.XMLNode
| Appends the specified node to the XML object's child list.
appendRotation(degrees:Number, axis:flash.geom:Vector3D, pivotPoint:flash.geom:Vector3D) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Appends an incremental rotation to a Matrix3D object.
appendScale(xScale:Number, yScale:Number, zScale:Number) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Appends an incremental scale change along the x, y, and z axes to a Matrix3D object.
appendText(newText:String) — method, class flash.text.TextField
| Appends the string specified by the newText parameter to the end of the text of the text field.
appendTranslation(x:Number, y:Number, z:Number) — method, class flash.geom.Matrix3D
| Appends an incremental translation, a repositioning along the x, y, and z axes, to a Matrix3D object.
applicationDomain — Property, class flash.display.LoaderInfo
| When an external SWF file is loaded, all ActionScript 3.0 definitions contained in the loaded class are stored in the applicationDomain property.
applicationDomain — Property, class flash.system.LoaderContext
| Specifies the application domain to use for the Loader.load() or Loader.loadBytes() method.
ApplicationDomain — final class, package flash.system
| The ApplicationDomain class is a container for discrete groups of class definitions.
ApplicationDomain(parentDomain:flash.system:ApplicationDomain) — Constructor, class flash.system.ApplicationDomain
| Creates a new application domain.
apply(thisObject:Object, argArray:Array) — method, class Function
| Specifies the value of thisObject to be used within any function that ActionScript calls.
applyFilter(sourceBitmapData:flash.display:BitmapData, sourceRect:flash.geom:Rectangle, destPoint:flash.geom:Point, filter:flash.filters:BitmapFilter) — method, class flash.display.BitmapData
| Takes a source image and a filter object and generates the filtered image.
applyNonLinearFontScaling — Property, class flash.text.engine.TextBlock
| Specifies that you want to enhance screen appearance at the expense of what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) print fidelity.
areInaccessibleObjectsUnderPoint(point:flash.geom:Point) — method, class flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer
| Indicates whether the security restrictions would cause any display objects to be omitted from the list returned by calling the DisplayObjectContainer.getObjectsUnderPoint() method with the specified point point.
areSoundsInaccessible() — Static Method , class flash.media.SoundMixer
| Determines whether any sounds are not accessible due to security restrictions.
ArgumentError — Dynamic Class, Top Level
| The ArgumentError class represents an error that occurs when the arguments supplied in a function do not match the arguments defined for that function.
ArgumentError(message:String) — Constructor, class ArgumentError
| Creates an ArgumentError object.
arguments — class, Top Level
| An arguments object is used to store and access a function's arguments.
Array — Dynamic Class, Top Level
| The Array class lets you access and manipulate arrays.
Array(... rest) — Package Function, Top Level
| Creates a new array.
Array(numElements:int) — Constructor, class Array
| Lets you create an array of the specified number of elements.
Array(... rest) — Constructor, class Array
| Lets you create an array that contains the specified elements.
ARROW — Constant Static Property, class flash.ui.MouseCursor
| Used to specify that the arrow cursor should be used.
artist — Property, class flash.media.ID3Info
| The name of the artist; corresponds to the ID3 2.0 tag TPE1.
as — Operator
| Evaluates whether an expression specified by the first operand is a member of the data type specified by the second operand.
AS3 — Statement
| Defines methods and properties of the core ActionScript classes that are fixed properties instead of prototype properties.
ascent — Property, class flash.text.TextLineMetrics
| The ascent value of the text is the length from the baseline to the top of the line height in pixels.
ascent — Property, class flash.text.engine.TextLine
| Specifies the number of pixels from the baseline to the top of the tallest characters in the line.
ASCENT — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.TextBaseline
| Specifies an ascent baseline.
asin(val:Number) — Static Method , class Math
| Computes and returns the arc sine for the number specified in the parameter val, in radians.
asyncError — Event, class flash.net.LocalConnection
| Dispatched when an exception is thrown asynchronously — that is, from native asynchronous code.
asyncError — Event, class flash.net.NetConnection
| Dispatched when an exception is thrown asynchronously — that is, from native asynchronous code.
asyncError — Event, class flash.net.NetStream
| Dispatched when an exception is thrown asynchronously — that is, from native asynchronous code.
asyncError — Event, class flash.net.SharedObject
| Dispatched when an exception is thrown asynchronously — that is, from native asynchronous code.
ASYNC_ERROR — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.AsyncErrorEvent
| The AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR constant defines the value of the type property of an asyncError event object.
AsyncErrorEvent — class, package flash.events
| Flash® Player dispatches an AsyncErrorEvent when an exception is thrown from native asynchronous code, which could be from, for example, LocalConnection, NetConnection, SharedObject, or NetStream.
AsyncErrorEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean, cancelable:Boolean, text:String, error:Error) — Constructor, class flash.events.AsyncErrorEvent
| Creates an AsyncErrorEvent object that contains information about asyncError events.
atan(val:Number) — Static Method , class Math
| Computes and returns the value, in radians, of the angle whose tangent is specified in the parameter val.
atan2(y:Number, x:Number) — Static Method , class Math
| Computes and returns the angle of the point y/x in radians, when measured counterclockwise from a circle's x axis (where 0,0 represents the center of the circle).
atomCount — Property, class flash.text.engine.TextLine
| The number of atoms in the line, which is the number of indivisible elements, including spaces and graphic elements.
attachAudio(microphone:flash.media:Microphone) — method, class flash.net.NetStream
| Specifies an audio stream sent over the NetStream object, from a Microphone object passed as the source.
attachCamera(camera:flash.media:Camera) — method, class flash.media.Video
| Specifies a video stream from a camera to be displayed within the boundaries of the Video object in the application.
attachCamera(theCamera:flash.media:Camera, snapshotMilliseconds:int) — method, class flash.net.NetStream
| Starts capturing video from a camera, or stops capturing if theCamera is set to null.
attachNetStream(netStream:flash.net:NetStream) — method, class flash.media.Video
| Specifies a video stream to be displayed within the boundaries of the Video object in the application.
AT_TARGET — Constant Static Property, class flash.events.EventPhase
| The target phase, which is the second phase of the event flow.
attribute(attributeName) — method, class XML
| Returns the XML value of the attribute that has the name matching the attributeName parameter.
attribute(attributeName) — method, class XMLList
| Calls the attribute() method of each XML object and returns an XMLList object of the results.
attributes() — method, class XML
| Returns a list of attribute values for the given XML object.
attributes() — method, class XMLList
| Calls the attributes() method of each XML object and returns an XMLList object of attributes for each XML object.
attributes — Property, class flash.xml.XMLNode
| An object containing all of the attributes of the specified XMLNode instance.
audioBufferByteLength — Property, class flash.net.NetStreamInfo
| Provides the Netstream audio buffer size informtion in bytes.
audioBufferLength — Property, class flash.net.NetStreamInfo
| Provides Netstream audio buffer size information in time (seconds).
audioByteCount — Property, class flash.net.NetStreamInfo
| Specifies the total audio bytes which have arrived into the queue regardless of how many have played or flushed.
audioBytesPerSecond — Property, class flash.net.NetStreamInfo
| Specifies the rate at which Netstream audio buffer is being filled in Bytes per second, calculated as a smooth average for the audio data received in the last second.
AUTO — Constant Static Property, class flash.display.PixelSnapping
| A constant value used in the pixelSnapping property of a Bitmap object to specify that the bitmap image is snapped to the nearest pixel if it is drawn with no rotation or skew and it is drawn at a scale factor of 99.9% to 100.1%.
AUTO — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity
| Bases line break opportunities on Unicode character properties.
AUTO — Constant Static Property, class flash.text.engine.Kerning
| Used to indicate kerning is enabled only for characters appropriate in Asian typography.
AUTO — Constant Static Property, class flash.ui.MouseCursor
| Used to specify that the cursor should be selected automatically based on the object under the mouse.
autoSize — Property, class flash.text.TextField
| Controls automatic sizing and alignment of text fields.
available — Static Property, class flash.external.ExternalInterface
| Indicates whether this player is in a container that offers an external interface.
avHardwareDisable — Static Property, class flash.system.Capabilities
| Specifies whether access to the user's camera and microphone has been administratively prohibited (true) or allowed (false).
AVM1Movie — class, package flash.display
| AVM1Movie is a simple class that represents AVM1 movie clips, which use ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0.
AXIS_ANGLE — Constant Static Property, class flash.geom.Orientation3D
| The axis angle orientation uses a combination of an axis and an angle to determine the orientation.
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