User Guide

294 Objects
Instance object
Inheritance Element object > Instance object
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Description
Instance is a subclass of the Element object.
Property summary for the Instance object
In addition to all of the Element object properties, Instance has the following properties:
instance.instanceType
Availability
Flash MX 2004; acceptable value of "video" added in Flash 8.
Usage
instance.instanceType
Description
Read-only property; a string that represents the type of Instance. Acceptable values are
"symbol", "bitmap", "embedded video", "linked video", "video", and
"compiled clip".
Example
The following example shows that the instance type of a movie clip is "symbol":
// Select a movie clip, and then run this script.
var type = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].instanceType;
fl.trace("This instance type is " + type);
Property Description
instance.instanceType Read-only; a string that represents the type of Instance.
instance.libraryItem Library item used to instantiate this instance.
NOTE
In Flash MX 2004, the value of instance.instanceType for an item added to the library
using
library.addNewItem("video") is "embedded_video". In Flash 8, the value is "video".
See
library.addNewItem().
CHAPTER 22
Objects