User Guide

Document object 117
Note: You can’t use this method to set values for read-only properties, such as element.elementType,
element.top, and element.left.
value
Specifies the value to set in the specified Element property.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; sets the specified Element property on selected object(s) in the document. This method
does nothing if there is no selection.
Example
The following example sets the width of all selected objects to 100 and the height to 50:
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementProperty("width", 100);
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementProperty("height", 50);
document.setElementTextAttr()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.setElementTextAttr( attrName, attrValue [, startIndex [, endIndex]] )
Parameters
attrName
A string that specifies the name of the TextAttrs property to change.
attrValue The value to which to set the TextAttrs property. For a list of property names and
expected values, see “Property summary for the TextAttrs object” on page 299.
startIndex An integer value that specifies the index of the first character that is affected. This
parameter is optional.
endIndex An integer value that specifies the index of the last character that is affected. This
parameter is optional.
Returns
A Boolean value: true if at least one text attribute property is changed; false otherwise.
Description
Method; sets the specified textAttrs property of the selected text items to the specified value.
For a list of property names and allowable values, see “Property summary for the TextAttrs object”
on page 299. If the optional parameters are not passed, the method sets the style of the currently
selected text range, or the whole text field if no text is selected. If only
startIndex is passed, the
method sets that character’s attributes. If
startIndex and endIndex are passed, the method sets
the attributes on the characters starting from
startIndex up to, but not including, endIndex. If
paragraph styles are specified, all the paragraphs that fall within the range are affected.