User Guide

outputPanel object 335
Example
The following example clears the current contents of the Output panel:
fl.outputPanel.clear();
outputPanel.save()
Availability
Flash MX 2004; bUseSystemEncoding parameter added in Flash 8.
Usage
outputPanel.save(fileURI [, bAppendToFile [ , bUseSystemEncoding ] ])
Parameters
fileURI A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, that specifies the local file to contain the
contents of the Output panel.
bAppendToFile An optional Boolean value. If true, it appends the Output panel’s
contents to the output file, and if
false, the method overwrites the output file if it already
exists. The default value is
false.
bUseSystemEncoding An optional Boolean value. If true, it saves the Output panel text
using the system encoding; if
false, it saves the Output panel text using UTF-8 encoding,
with Byte Order Mark characters at the beginning of the text. The default value is
false.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; saves the contents of the Output panel to a local text file. You can also specify that
the contents be appended to the contents of a local file, rather than being overwritten. If
fileURI is invalid or unspecified, an error is reported.
This method is useful for batch processing. For example, you can create a JSFL file that
compiles several components. Any compile errors appear in the Output panel, and you can
use this method to save the resulting errors to a text file, which can be automatically parsed by
the build system in use.
Example
The following example saves the Output panel’s contents to the batch.log file in the /tests
folder, overwriting the batch.log file if it already exists:
fl.outputPanel.save("file:///c|/tests/batch.log");