User Guide

Layer object 211
Description
Property; a Boolean value that specifies the locked status of the layer. If set to true, the layer is
locked. The default value is
false.
Example
The following example stores the Boolean value for the status of the first layer in the lockStatus
variable:
var lockStatus = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].locked;
The following example sets the status of the first layer to unlocked:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].locked = false;
layer.name
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
layer.name
Description
Property; a string that specifies the name of the layer.
Example
The following example sets the name of the first layer in the current document to "foreground":
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].name = "foreground";
layer.outline
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
layer.outline
Description
Property; a Boolean value that specifies the status of outlines for all objects on the layer. If set to
true, all objects on the layer appear only with outlines. If false, objects appear as they were
created.
Example
The following example makes all objects on the first layer appear only with outlines:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].outline = true;