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CHAPTER 3
Objects
This chapter describes the Flash JSAPI objects, listed in alphabetical order. The objects are listed
in the following table:
Object Description
BitmapInstance object The BitmapInstance object is a subclass of the Instance object and
represents a bitmap in a frame.
BitmapItem object A BitmapItem object refers to a bitmap in the library of a document.
The BitmapItem object is a subclass of the Item object.
CompiledClipInstance object The CompiledClipInstance object is a subclass of the Instance
object.
ComponentInstance object The ComponentInstance object is a subclass of the SymbolInstance
object and represents a component in a frame.
componentsPanel object The componentsPanel object, which represents the Components
panel, is a property of the flash object and can be accessed by
fl.componentsPanel.
Contour object A Contour object represents a closed path of half edges on the
boundary of a shape.
Document object The Document object represents the Stage.
drawingLayer object The drawingLayer object is accessible from JavaScript as a child of
the flash object.
Edge object The Edge object represents an edge of a shape on the Stage.
Effect object The Effect object represents an instance of a Timeline effect.
Element object Everything that appears on the Stage is of the type Element.
EmbeddedVideoInstance
object
The EmbeddedVideoInstance object is a subclass of the Instance
object.
Fill object The Fill object contains all the properties of the Fill color setting of
the Tools panel or of a selected shape.
flash object The flash object represents the Flash application.
folderItem object The folderItem object is a subclass of the Item object.