User Guide

SymbolInstance object 417

symbolInstance.actionScript

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

symbolInstance.actionScript

Description

Property; a string that specifies the actions assigned to the symbol. This applies only to movie

clip and button instances. For a graphic symbol instance, the value returns undefined.

Example

The following example assigns an onClipEvent action to the first item in the first frame of

the first layer in the timeline:

fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].actionScr

ipt

= "onClipEvent(enterFrame) {trace('movie clip enterFrame');}";

symbolInstance.blendMode

Availability

Flash 8.

Usage

symbolInstance.blendMode

Description

Property; a string that specifies the blend mode to be applied to a movie clip symbol.

Acceptable values are

"normal", "layer", "multiply", "screen", "overlay",

"hardlight", "lighten", "darken", "difference", "add", "subtract", "invert",

"alpha", and "erase".

Example

The following example sets the blend mode for the first movie clip symbol in the first frame

on the first level to

"add":

fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].blendMode

= 'add';