User Guide

74 Chapter 3: Objects
document.breakApart()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.breakApart()
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; performs a break-apart operation on the current selection.
Example
The following example breaks apart the current selection:
fl.getDocumentDOM().breakApart();
document.canEditSymbol()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.canEditSymbol()
Parameters
None.
Returns
A Boolean value: true if the Edit Symbols menu and functionality are available for use; false
otherwise.
Description
Method; indicates whether the Edit Symbols menu and functionality are enabled. This is not
related to whether the selection can be edited. This method should not be used to test whether
fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode() is allowed.
Example
The following example displays in the Output panel the state of the Edit Symbols menu and
functionality:
fl.trace("fl.getDocumentDOM().canEditSymbol() returns: " +
fl.getDocumentDOM().canEditSymbol());