User Guide

90 Objects

Description

Method; converts the selected Stage item(s) to a new symbol. For information on defining

linkage and shared asset properties for a symbol, see Item object.

Example

The following examples create a movie clip symbol with a specified name, a button symbol

with a specified name, and a movie clip symbol with a default name:

newMc = fl.getDocumentDOM().convertToSymbol("movie clip", "mcSymbolName",

"top left");

newButton = fl.getDocumentDOM().convertToSymbol("button", "btnSymbolName",

"bottom right");

newClipWithDefaultName = fl.getDocumentDOM().convertToSymbol("movie clip",

"", "top left");

document.crop()

Availability

Flash 8.

Usage

document.crop()

Parameters

None.

Returns

A Boolean value: true if successful; false otherwise.

Description

Method; uses the top selected drawing object to crop all selected drawing objects underneath

it. This method returns

false if there are no drawing objects selected or if any of the selected

items are not drawing objects.

Example

The following example crops the currently selected objects:

fl.getDocumentDOM().crop();