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Pop-up menu Actions panel only. Contains the many commands and preferences that
apply to the Actions panel or Script window. For example, you can set line numbers and
word wrapping in the ActionScript editor, access the ActionScript preferences, and import
or export scripts. For more information, see “About ActionScript editing options”
on page 41.
About ActionScript editing options
The Script window and Actions panel provide you with many code-assistance features—tools
that make writing and maintaining your scripts much easier. These tool options are available
from the Actions panel or Script window toolbar and the Actions panel pop-up menu. When
you edit ActionScript in the Script window, these options are available in the toolbar and the
Flash menu system.
The Actions panel provides more options than are available in the Script window. This is
because these additional options are useful in the context of creating ActionScript embedded
into a Flash document, but not when writing external ActionScript files. For information
about which of these options are available in the Script window, see “About the Script
window” on page 37.
The options that are available in the Script window and Actions panel are discussed in “About
the Actions panel and Script window toolbars” on page 39.
The following options are available from the Actions panel pop-up menu, and from a variety
of menus in the Script window.
Reload code hints Actions panel only. If you customize the Script assist mode by writing
custom methods, you can reload code hints without restarting Flash 8.
Pin script Actions panel only. Pins (locks in place) the script currently displayed in the
Script pane. For more information, see “Pinning scripts in the Actions panel” on page 59.
Close script Actions panel only. Closes the currently open script.
Close all scripts Actions panel only. Closes all currently open scripts.
Go to line Locates and highlights the specified line in the Script pane.
Find and replace Finds and replaces text within your scripts in the Script pane. For
more information, see “Using the Find tool” on page 54.
Find again Repeats the find action for the last search string that you entered in the Find
tool. For more information, see “Using the Find tool” on page 54.
NOTE
Some of the following options are found in the Actions panel only. These features are
marked Actions panel only.
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