Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 416)

FLASH CS3
User Guide
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• The properties appear in the following order: variable , text , htmlText , html , textWidth , textHeight ,
maxChars , borderColor , backgroundColor , textColor , border , background , wordWrap , password ,
multiline , selectable , scroll , hscroll , maxscroll , maxhscroll , bottomScroll , type , embedFonts ,
restrict , length , tabIndex , autoSize .
The Debug > List Objects command lists TextField objects. If an instance name is specified for a text field, the Output
panel shows the full target path including the instance name in the following form:
Target = "target path"
See also
“Control compiler warnings” on page 407
Use the trace statement
A trace() statement sends specific information to the Output panel. For example, while testing a SWF file, you can
send results to the Output panel when a button is pressed or a frame plays. The trace() statement is similar to the
JavaScript alert statement.
When you use the trace() statement in a script, you can use expressions as parameters. The value of an expression
appears in the Output panel in the test environment.
1 Select a frame in the Timeline and add a trace() statement. For example, you might select Frame 1 and add the
following ActionScript 2.0 code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("img_mc", 10);
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
trace(target_mc+" loaded in "+getTimer()+" ms");
};
mclListener.onLoadError = function(target_mc:MovieClip, errorCode:String,
httpStatus:Number) {
trace(">> error downloading image into "+target_mc);
trace(">>\t errorCode="+errorCode+", httpStatus="+httpStatus);
};
var img_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
img_mcl.addListener(mclListener);
img_mcl.loadClip("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/404.jpg", img_mc);
2 Select Control > Test Movie to test the SWF file.
The Output panel displays the results of the trace() statement. For example, the panel might display the following
message:
Output panel