Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 - Manual (Page 525)

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Tools object
Example
The following example displays the integer value of the most recently pressed key:
var theKey = fl.tools.getKeyDown();
fl.trace(theKey);
tools.mouseIsDown
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
tools.mouseIsDown
Description
Read-only property; a Boolean value that is
true if the left mouse button is currently down; false otherwise.
Example
The following example determines whether the left mouse button is pressed.
var isMouseDown = fl.tools.mouseIsDown;
tools.penDownLoc
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
tools.penDownLoc
Description
Read-only property; a point that represents the position of the last mouse-down event on the Stage. The
tools.penDownLoc property comprises two properties, x and y, corresponding to the x , y location of the mouse
pointer.
Example
The following example determines the position of the last mouse-down event on the Stage and displays the x and y
values in the Output panel:
var pt1 = fl.tools.penDownLoc;
fl.trace("x,y location of last mouseDown event was " + pt1.x + ", " + pt1.y)
See also
tools.penLoc