actionscript quick reference

 

Suffixes used in ActionScript for code hinting

Object	Suffix
Array	_array
Button	_btn
Camera	_cam
Color	_color
Date	_date
Local Connection	_connection
Microphone	_mic
MovieClip	_mc
NetConnection	_conn
NetStream	_stream
RecordSet	_rs
SharedObject	_so
Sound	_sound
String	_str
TextField	_txt
TextFormat	_fmt
Video	_video
XML	_xml
XMLSocket	_xmlsocket

 

Basic UI components, object types, and code hint suffixes

 

Component	Object type	Code hints suffix
CheckBox	FCheckBox	_ch
ComboBox	FComboBox	_cb
ListBox	FListBox	_lb
PushButton	FPushButton	_pb
RadioButton	FRadioButton	_rb
ScrollBar	FScrollBar	_sb
ScrollPane	FScrollPane	_sp

 

Standard UI Components Set 2 and Charting Controls, showing code hint suffixes and object types

Component	Object type	Code hints suffix
BarChart	FBarChart	_bc
Calendar	FCalendar	None
DraggablePane	FDraggablePane	_dp
IconButton	FIconButton	_ib
LineChart	FLineChart	_lc
MessageBox	FMessageBox	_mb
PieChart	FPieChart	_pc
ProgressBar	FProgressBar	_pr
SplitView	FSplitView	None
Ticker	FTicker	_tick
Tree	FTree	_tr
TreeNode (individual nodes of a Tree)	FTreeNode	_tn

 

UI Components Set 3, code hint suffixes, and object types

Component	Object type	Code hints suffix
AdvancedMessageBox	FAdvancedMessageBox	None available
LoadingBox	FLoadingBox	None available
PromptBox	FPromptBox	None available
Tooltip	FTooltip	None available
TooltipLite	FTooltipLite	None available

 

Accessing properties of various ActionScript objects

Object	Get the data
AdvancedMessageBox	FAdvancedMessageBox.getButtons( )[buttonIndex]
Calendar	FCalendar.getSelectedItem( ) or FCalendar.getSelectedItems( )
Checkbox	FCheckBox.getValue( )
ComboBox	FComboxBox.getSelectedItem( )
DataGrid	FDataGrid.getSelectedItem( ) or FDataGrid.getItemAt(index)
IconButton	FIconButton.getLabel( ) or FIconButton.getValue( )
ListBox	FListbox.getSelectedItem( ), FListbox.getSelectedItem( ), FListbox.getSelectedIndex( ), or FListbox.getSelectedIndices( )
MessageBox	FMessageBox.getButton( )[buttonIndex]
PromptBox	FPromptBox.getUserInput( )
PushButton	FPushButton.getLabel( )
RadioButton	FRadioButton.getData( ) or FRadioButton.getValue( )
TextField	TextField.text
Tree	FTree.getSelectedNode( )