User Guide

Document object 147
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; sets the stroke settings for the Tools panel, Property inspector, and any selected
shapes. This allows a script to set the stroke settings before drawing the object, rather than
drawing the object, selecting it, and changing the stroke settings. It also lets a script change
the Tools panel and Property inspector stroke settings.
Example
The following example changes the stroke thickness setting in the Tools panel, Property
inspector, and any selected shapes:
var stroke = fl.getDocumentDOM().getCustomStroke();
stroke.thickness += 2;
fl.getDocumentDOM().setCustomStroke(stroke);
See also
document.getCustomStroke()
document.setElementProperty()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.setElementProperty( property, value )
Parameters
property A string that specifies the name of the Element property to set. For a complete
list of properties and values, see “Property summary for the Element object” on page 193.
value An integer that specifies the value to set in the specified Element property.
Returns
Nothing.
NOTE
You can’t use this method to set values for read-only properties, such as
element.elementType, element.top, and element.left.