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850 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
System class
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Description
This is a top-level class that contains the capabilities object (see System.capabilities object), the
security object (see System.security object), and the methods, properties, and event handlers
listed in the following table.
Method summary for the System class
Property summary for the System class
Event handler summary for the System class
Method Description
System.setClipboard()
Replaces the contents of the system Clipboard with a text string.
System.showSettings()
Displays a Flash Player Settings panel.
Method Description
System.exactSettings
Specifies whether to use superdomain or exact-domain matching rules
when accessing local settings.
System.useCodepage
Tells Flash Player whether to use Unicode or the traditional code page
of the operating system running the player to interpret external text files.
Method Description
System.onStatus
Provides a super event handler for certain objects.
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