Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 403)

FLASH CS3
User Guide
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Display hidden characters
Characters such as spaces, tabs, and line breaks are hidden in ActionScript code. You may need to display these
characters; for example, you must find and remove double-byte spaces that are not part of a string value, because they
cause compiler errors.
• From the panel menu (at the upper-right corner of the Actions panel), Select Hidden Characters.
• Press Control+Shift+8 (Windows) or Command+Shift+8 (Macintosh).
The following symbols are used to display hidden characters.
Find text in a script
The Find tool lets you find and replace text strings in your scripts.
Note: To search through text in every script in a Flash document, use the Movie Explorer.
See also
“Use the Movie Explorer” on page 42
Find text
1 In the Actions panel or Script window, click Find or press Control+F (Windows) or Command+F
(Macintosh).
2 Enter the search string.
3 Click Find Next.
Find and replace text in a script
1 In the Actions panel or Script window, click Find or press Control+F (Windows) or Command+F
(Macintosh).
2 Enter the search string.
3 In the Replace box, enter the new string.
4 Click Find Next.
5 To replace the string, click Replace; to replace all occurrences of the string, click Replace All.
Repeat a search in the Actions panel
❖ From the panel menu (at the upper-right corner of the Actions panel), select Find Again.
Repeat a search in the Script window
❖ Select Edit > Find Again.
Hidden character Symbol
Single-byte space .
Double-byte space l
Tab >>
line break