User Guide

flash object 163
fl.activeEffect
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
fl.activeEffect
Description
Read-only property; the Effect object for the current effect being applied. For a list of properties
available to
fl.activeEffect, see “Property summary for the Effect object” on page 146.
Example
The following example stores an object that represents the current effect in the ef variable.
var ef = fl.activeEffect;
fl.browseForFileURL()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
fl.browseForFileURL( browseType [, title [, previewArea ] ])
Parameters
browseType
A string that specifies the type of file browse operation. Valid values are "open",
"select" or "save". The values "open" and "select" open the system File Open dialog box.
Each value is provided for compatibility with Dreamweaver. The value
"save" opens a system
File Save dialog box.
title A string that specifies the title for the File Open or File Save dialog box. If this parameter
is omitted, a default value is used. This parameter is optional.
previewArea An optional parameter that is ignored by Flash and Fireworks and is present only
for compatibility with Dreamweaver.
Returns
A string containing the URL of the file.
Description
Method; opens a File Open or File Save system dialog box and lets the user specify a file to be
opened or saved.
Example
The following example lets the user choose a FLA file to open and then opens the file. (The
fl.browserForFileURL() method can browse for any type of file, but fl.openDocument() can
open only FLA files.)