Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 392)

FLASH CS3
User Guide
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Apply Block Comment Adds comment markers to the beginning and end of the selected code block.
Apply Line Comment Adds a single-line comment marker at the insertion point, or at the beginning of each line
of code in a multiline selection.
Remove Comment Removes comment markers from the current line or all lines of the current selection.
Show/Hide Toolbox Displays or hides the Actions Toolbox.
Script Assist (Actions panel only) In Script Assist mode, you are presented with a user-interface for entering the
elements needed to create scripts.
Help Displays reference information for the ActionScript element that is selected in the Script pane. For
example, if you click an import statement and then click Help, the reference information for import appears in the
Help panel.
Panel menu (Actions panel only) Contains the commands and preferences that apply to the Actions panel. For
example, you can set line numbers and word wrapping, access ActionScript preferences, and import or export
scripts.
See also
“Writing and managing scripts” on page 390
“Debugging ActionScript 3.0” on page 411
“Debugging ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0” on page 401
Set ActionScript preferences
Whether you edit code in the Actions panel or the Script window, you can set and modify a single set of preferences.
1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences (Macintosh), and then click ActionScript in the
Category list.
2 Set any of these preferences:
Automatic Indentation When automatic indentation is turned on, the text you type after an opening parenthesis “(“
or opening curly brace “{“ is automatically indented according to the Tab Size setting.
Tab Size Specifies the number of characters a new line is indented.
Code Hints Enables code hinting in the Script pane.
Delay Specifies the delay (in seconds) before code hints are displayed.
Font Specifies the font used for your script.
Use Dynamic Font Mapping Checks to ensure that the selected font family can render each character. If not, Flash
substitutes a font family that contains the necessary characters.
Open/Import Specifies the character encoding used when you open or import ActionScript files.
Save/Export Specifies the character encoding used when you save or export ActionScript files.
Reload Modified Files Specifies what happens when a script file is modified, moved, or deleted. Select Always, Never,
or Prompt.
• Always No warning is displayed, and the file is automatically reloaded.
• Never No warning is displayed, and the file remains in the current state.