User Guide

Form class (Flash Professional only) 439
Example
if (myForm.parentIsForm) {
trace("I have "+myForm._parent.numChildScreens+" sibling screens");
} else {
trace("I am the root form and have no siblings");
}
Form.parentForm
Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0 79.0).
Edition
Flash MX Professional 2004.
Usage
myForm.parentForm
Description
Property (read-only): a reference to the form’s parent form.
Example
The following example code resides on a screen named myForm that is a child of the default form1
screen created when you choose Flash Form Application from the New Document dialog box.
onClipEvent(keyDown){
var parentForm:mx.screens.Form = this.parentForm;
trace(parentForm);
}
// output: _level0.application.form1
Form.rootForm
Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0 79.0).
Edition
Flash MX Professional 2004.
Usage
myForm.rootForm
Description
Property (read-only); returns the form at the top of the form hierarchy that contains myForm. If
myForm is contained by an object that is not a form (that is, a slide), this property returns myForm.