User Guide

96 Chapter 3: Objects

document.getTimeline()

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

document.getTimeline()

Parameters

None.

Returns

The current Timeline object.

Description

Method; retrieves the current Timeline object in the document. The current Timeline can be the

current scene, the current symbol being edited, or the current screen. See

document.currentTimeline, document.timelines, and symbolItem.timeline.

Example

The following example gets the Timeline object and returns the number of frames in the longest

layer:

var longestLayer = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().frameCount;

fl.trace("The longest layer has" + longestLayer + "frames");

The following example enters edit-in-place mode for the selected symbol on the Stage and inserts

a frame on the symbol’s Timeline.

fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode("inPlace");

fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().insertFrames();

The following example gets the Timeline object and displays its name:

var timeline = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline();

alert(timeline.name);

document.getTransformationPoint()