User Guide

capabilities (System.capabilities) 317
MIMETypes (capabilities.MIMETypes property)
public static MIMETypes : Array [read-only]
Returns an array that contains all MIME types that the loadMovie function, Sound and
Video objects support.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Example
The following example traces the value of this read-only property:
trace(System.capabilities.MIMETypes);
os (capabilities.os property)
public static os : String [read-only]
A string that indicates the current operating system. The os property can return the following
strings: "
Windows XP", "Windows 2000", "Windows NT", "Windows 98/ME", "Windows 95",
"
Windows CE" (available only in Flash Player SDK, not in the desktop version), "Linux", and
"
MacOS". The server string is OS.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Example
The following example traces the value of this read-only property:
trace(System.capabilities.os);
screenOrientation (capabilities.screenOrientation
property)
public static screenOrientation : String [read-only]
This member variable of the System.capabilities object that indicates the current screen
orientation.
Possible values for screenOrientation property:
■ normal the screen is in its normal orientation
■ rotated90 the screen is rotated by 90 degrees
■ rotated180 the screen is rotated by 180 degrees
■ rotated270 the screen is rotated by 270 degrees
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0