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LocalConnection The LocalConnection class lets two SWF files running on the same computer
communicate. See the LocalConnection class entry in Chapter 12,
“ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
Mouse The Mouse class provides control over the mouse in a SWF file; for example,
this class lets you hide or show the mouse pointer. For more information, see
the Mouse class entry in Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
For an example of using the Mouse class, see “Creating a custom mouse
pointer” on page 94.
MovieClip Every movie clip in a Flash movie is an instance of the MovieClip class. You
use the methods and properties of this class to control movie clip objects.
See Chapter 7, “Working with Movie Clips,” on page 121 and the MovieClip
class entry in Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
MovieClipLoader The MovieClipLoader class lets you track the download progress of SWF
and JPEG files using an event listener mechanism. See “Preloading SWF
and JPEG files” on page 199 and the MovieClipLoader class entry in
Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
PrintJob The PrintJob class lets you print content that is rendered dynamically and
multipage documents. See the PrintJob class entry in Chapter 12,
“ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205 and “Using the ActionScript PrintJob
class” in Using Flash Help.
Selection The Selection class lets you get and set text field focus, text field selection
spans, and text field insertion points. See the Selection class entry in
Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
SharedObject The SharedObject class provides local data storage on the client computer.
See the SharedObject class entry in Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,”
on page 205.
Stage The Stage class provides information about a SWF file’s dimensions,
alignment, and scale mode, and reports Stage resize events. See the Stage
class entry in Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
System The System class provides information about Flash Player and the system on
which Flash Player is running (for example, screen resolution and current
system language). It also lets you show or hide the Flash Player Settings
panel and modify SWF file security settings. See the System class entry in
Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
TextField The TextField class provides control over dynamic and input text fields. See
Chapter 8, “Working with Text,” on page 135 and the TextField class entry in
Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,” on page 205.
TextField.StyleSheet The TextField.StyleSheet class (an “inner class” of the TextField class) lets
you create and apply CSS text styles to HTML- or XML-formatted text. See
“Formatting text with Cascading Style Sheets” on page 139 and the
TextField.StyleSheet class entry in Chapter 12, “ActionScript Dictionary,”
on page 205.
TextFormat The TextFormat class lets you apply formatting styles to characters or
paragraphs in a TextField object. See “Using the TextFormat class”
on page 137 and the TextFormat class entry in Chapter 12, “ActionScript
Dictionary,” on page 205.
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