User Guide

flash object (fl) 225
fl.activeEffect
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
fl.activeEffect
Description
Read-only property; the Effect object for the current effect being applied. For a list of
properties available to
fl.activeEffect, see “Property summary for the Effect object”
on page 190.
Example
The following example stores an object that represents the current effect in the ef variable.
var ef = fl.activeEffect;
fl.browseForFileURL()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
fl.browseForFileURL( browseType [, title [, previewArea ] ])
Parameters
browseType A string that specifies the type of file browse operation. Acceptable values are
"open", "select" or "save". The values "open" and "select" open the system File Open
dialog box. Each value is provided for compatibility with Dreamweaver. The value
"save"
opens a system File Save dialog box.
title A string that specifies the title for the File Open or File Save dialog box. If this
parameter is omitted, a default value is used. This parameter is optional.
previewArea An optional parameter that is ignored by Flash and Fireworks and is present
only for compatibility with Dreamweaver.
Returns
The URL of the file, expressed as a file:/// URI; returns null if the user cancels out of the
dialog box.