flash.system.System (Flex 3)

	Property	Defined By
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		ime : IME [static] [read-only] The currently installed system IME.	System
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object
		totalMemory : uint [static] [read-only] The amount of memory (in bytes) currently in use by Adobe® Flash® Player or Adobe® AIR™.	System
		useCodePage : Boolean [static] A Boolean value that determines which code page to use to interpret external text files.	System

	Method	Defined By
		exit(code:uint):void [static] Closes Flash Player.	System
		gc():void [static] Forces the garbage collection process.	System
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		pause():void [static] Pauses Flash Player or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL).	System
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		resume():void [static] Resumes the application after calling System.pause().	System
		setClipboard(string:String):void [static] Replaces the contents of the Clipboard with a specified text string.	System
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

Property Detail

ime

property

ime:IME [read-only]

The currently installed system IME. To register for imeComposition events, call addEventListener() on this instance.

Implementation
public static function get ime():IME

See also

IMEConversionMode

totalMemory

property

totalMemory:uint [read-only]

The amount of memory (in bytes) currently in use by Adobe^® Flash^® Player or Adobe^® AIR™.

Implementation
public static function get totalMemory():uint

useCodePage

property

useCodePage:Boolean [read-write]

A Boolean value that determines which code page to use to interpret external text files. When the property is set to false, external text files are interpretted as Unicode. (These files must be encoded as Unicode when you save them.) When the property is set to true, external text files are interpretted using the traditional code page of the operating system running the application. The default value of useCodePage is false.

Text that you load as an external file (using Loader.load(), the URLLoader class or URLStream) must have been saved as Unicode in order for the application to recognize it as Unicode. To encode external files as Unicode, save the files in an application that supports Unicode, such as Notepad on Windows.

If you load external text files that are not Unicode-encoded, set useCodePage to true. Add the following as the first line of code in the file that is loading the data:

System.useCodePage = true;

When this code is present, the application interprets external text using the traditional code page of the operating system. This is generally CP1252 for an English Windows operating system and Shift-JIS for a Japanese operating system. If you set useCodePage to true, Flash Player 6 and later treat text as Flash Player 5 does. (Flash Player 5 treated all text as if it were in the traditional code page of the operating system running the player.)

If you set useCodePage to true, remember that the traditional code page of the operating system running the application must include the characters used in your external text file in order to display your text. For example, if you load an external text file that contains Chinese characters, those characters cannot display on a system that uses the CP1252 code page because that code page does not include Chinese characters.

To ensure that users on all platforms can view external text files used in your application, you should encode all external text files as Unicode and leave useCodePage set to false. This way, the application (Flash Player 6 and later) interprets the text as Unicode.

Implementation
public static function get useCodePage():Boolean
public function set useCodePage(value:Boolean):void

See also

flash.display.Loader.load()

Method Detail

exit

()

method

public static function exit(code:uint):void

Closes Flash Player.

For the standalone Flash Player debugger version only.

AIR applications should call the NativeApplication.exit() method to exit the application.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3 or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL).

Parameters

code:uint — A value to pass to the operating system. Typically, if the process exits normally, the value is 0.

See also

flash.desktop.NativeApplication.exit()

()

method

public static function gc():void

Forces the garbage collection process.

For the Flash Player debugger version and AIR applications only. In an AIR application, the gc() method is only enabled in content running in the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL) or, in an installed applcation, in content in the application security sandbox.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3 or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL).

pause

()

method

public static function pause():void

Pauses Flash Player or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL). After calling this method, nothing in the application continues except the delivery of Socket events.

For the Flash Player debugger version or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL) only.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3.

See also

resume()

resume

()

method

public static function resume():void

Resumes the application after calling System.pause().

For the Flash Player debugger version or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL) only.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3 or the AIR Debug Launcher (ADL).

See also

pause()

setClipboard

()

method

public static function setClipboard(string:String):void

Replaces the contents of the Clipboard with a specified text string.

Note: Because of security concerns, it is not possible for Flash Player content to read the contents of the system Clipboard. In other words, there is no corresponding System.getClipboard() method. However, content in the application security sandbox in AIR applications can access the clipboard contents via the Clipboard.getData() method.

This method is provided for SWF content running in Flash Player. Content in the the application security sandbox in an AIR application should call the Clipboard.setData() method.

Parameters

string:String — A plain-text string of characters to put on the system Clipboard, replacing its current contents (if any).

See also

flash.desktop.Clipboard

Examples How to use examples

SystemExample.as

The following example shows how to copy information about your system's total memory to the system Clipboard using a call to System.totalMemory within a call to the System.setClipboard() method.

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.system.System;

    public class SystemExample extends Sprite {
        public function SystemExample() {
            System.setClipboard("System.totalMemory: " + System.totalMemory);
        }
    }
}

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Package	flash.system
Class	public final class System
Inheritance	System Object