User Guide

Timeline object 483
Example
The following example retrieves the name of the first frame in the current document’s top
layer and displays the name in the Output panel:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentLayer = 0;
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().setSelectedFrames(0, 0, true);
var frameName = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().getFrameProperty("name");
fl.trace(frameName);
timeline.getLayerProperty()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
timeline.getLayerProperty(property)
Parameters
property A string that specifies the name of the property whose value you want to retrieve.
For a list of properties, see “Property summary for the Layer object” on page 305.
Returns
The value of the specified property. Flash looks at the layer’s properties to determine the type.
If all the specified layers don’t have the same property value, Flash returns
undefined.
Description
Method; retrieves the specified property’s value for the selected layers.
Example
The following example retrieves the name of the top layer in the current document and
displays it in the Output panel:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentLayer = 0;
var layerName = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().getLayerProperty("name");
fl.trace(layerName);
timeline.getSelectedFrames()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Parameters
None.