| Package | mx.managers |
| Class | public class SystemManager |
| Inheritance | SystemManager  MovieClip Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object |
| Implements | IChildList, IFlexDisplayObject, IFlexModuleFactory, ISystemManager |
| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
mx.core.Application, which
is the main, or top-level, window within an application.
Every application has a SystemManager. The SystemManager sends an event if the size of the application window changes (you cannot change it from within the application, but only through interaction with the operating system window or browser). It parents all displayable things within the application like the main mx.core.Application instance and all popups, tooltips, cursors, and so on. Any object parented by the SystemManager is considered to be a top-level window, even tooltips and cursors.
The SystemManager also switches focus between top-level windows if there are more than one IFocusManagerContainer displayed and users are interacting with components within the IFocusManagerContainers.
All keyboard and mouse activity that is not expressly trapped is seen by the SystemManager, making it a good place to monitor activity should you need to do so.
If an application is loaded into another application, a SystemManager
will still be created, but will not manage an application window,
depending on security and domain rules.
Instead, it will be the content of the Loader
that loaded it and simply serve as the parent of the sub-application
The SystemManager maintains multiple lists of children, one each for tooltips, cursors,
popup windows. This is how it ensures that popup windows "float" above the main
application windows and that tooltips "float" above that and cursors above that.
If you simply examine the numChildren property or
call the getChildAt() method on the SystemManager, you are accessing
the main application window and any other windows that aren't popped up. To get the list
of all windows, including popups, tooltips and cursors, use
the rawChildren property.
The SystemManager is the first display class created within an application.
It is responsible for creating an mx.preloaders.Preloader that displays and
mx.preloaders.SparkDownloadProgressBar while the application finishes loading,
then creates the mx.core.Application instance.
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Show Inherited Public Properties| Property | Defined By | ||
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 | accessibilityImplementation : AccessibilityImplementation
The current accessibility implementation (AccessibilityImplementation)
for this InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |
| accessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties
The current accessibility options for this display object. | DisplayObject | |
| allowDomainsInNewRSLs : Boolean
Controls whether the domains allowed by calls to allowDomain()
are also allowed by RSLs loaded after the call. | SystemManager | ||
| allowInsecureDomainsInNewRSLs : Boolean
Controls whether the domains allowed by calls to allowInsecureDomain()
are also allowed by RSLs loaded after the call. | SystemManager | ||
| alpha : Number
Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified. | DisplayObject | |
| application : IUIComponent [read-only]
The application parented by this SystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
| blendMode : String
A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use. | DisplayObject | |
| blendShader : Shader [write-only]
Sets a shader that is used for blending the foreground and background. | DisplayObject | |
| buttonMode : Boolean
Specifies the button mode of this sprite. | Sprite | |
| cacheAsBitmap : Boolean
If set to true, Flash runtimes cache an internal bitmap representation of the
display object. | DisplayObject | |
| cacheAsBitmapMatrix : Matrix
If non-null, this Matrix object defines how a display object is rendered when
cacheAsBitmap is set to true. | DisplayObject | |
| childAllowsParent : Boolean [read-only]
| SystemManager | ||
| constructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object | |
| contextMenu : NativeMenu
Specifies the context menu associated with this object. | InteractiveObject | |
| currentFrame : int [read-only]
Specifies the number of the frame in which the playhead is located in the timeline of
the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
| currentFrameLabel : String [read-only]
The label at the current frame in the timeline of the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
| currentLabel : String [read-only]
The current label in which the playhead is located in the timeline of the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
| currentLabels : Array [read-only]
Returns an array of FrameLabel objects from the current scene. | MovieClip | |
| currentScene : Scene [read-only]
The current scene in which the playhead is located in the timeline of the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
| cursorChildren : IChildList [read-only]
An list of the custom cursors
being parented by this ISystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
| document : Object
A reference to the document object. | SystemManager | ||
| doubleClickEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether the object receives doubleClick events. | InteractiveObject | |
| dropTarget : DisplayObject [read-only]
Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on
which the sprite was dropped. | Sprite | |
| embeddedFontList : Object [read-only]
A table of embedded fonts in this application. | SystemManager | ||
| enabled : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether a movie clip is enabled. | MovieClip | |
| explicitHeight : Number
The explicit width of this object. | SystemManager | ||
| explicitWidth : Number
The explicit width of this object. | SystemManager | ||
| filters : Array
An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object. | DisplayObject | |
| focusPane : Sprite
The focus pane associated with this object. | SystemManager | ||
| focusRect : Object
Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle. | InteractiveObject | |
| framesLoaded : int [read-only]
The number of frames that are loaded from a streaming SWF file. | MovieClip | |
| graphics : Graphics [read-only]
Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector
drawing commands can occur. | Sprite | |
| height : Number [override]
The height of this object. | SystemManager | ||
| hitArea : Sprite
Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite. | Sprite | |
| isPlaying : Boolean [read-only]
Indicates whether this movie clip is curently playing. | MovieClip | |
| isProxy : Boolean [read-only]
True if SystemManager is a proxy and not a root class
| SystemManager | ||
| loaderInfo : LoaderInfo [read-only]
Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file
to which this display object belongs. | DisplayObject | |
| mask : DisplayObject
The calling display object is masked by the specified mask object. | DisplayObject | |
| measuredHeight : Number [read-only]
The measuredHeight is the explicit or measuredHeight of
the main mx.core.Application window
or the starting height of the SWF if the main window
has not yet been created or does not exist. | SystemManager | ||
| measuredWidth : Number [read-only]
The measuredWidth is the explicit or measuredWidth of
the main mx.core.Application window,
or the starting width of the SWF if the main window
has not yet been created or does not exist. | SystemManager | ||
| mouseChildren : Boolean
Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse, or user input device, enabled. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
| mouseEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object receives mouse, or other user input, messages. | InteractiveObject | |
| mouseX : Number [read-only]
Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels. | DisplayObject | |
| mouseY : Number [read-only]
Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels. | DisplayObject | |
| name : String
Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject. | DisplayObject | |
| needsSoftKeyboard : Boolean
Specifies whether a virtual keyboard (an on-screen, software keyboard) should display
when this InteractiveObject instance receives focus. | InteractiveObject | |
| numChildren : int [override] [read-only]
The number of non-floating windows. | SystemManager | ||
| numModalWindows : int
The number of modal windows. | SystemManager | ||
| opaqueBackground : Object
Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color. | DisplayObject | |
| parent : DisplayObjectContainer [override] [read-only]
Override parent property to handle the case where the parent is in
a differnt sandbox. | SystemManager | ||
| parentAllowsChild : Boolean [read-only]
Tests if the parent allows its child to access its display objects or listen
to messages that originate in the parent. | SystemManager | ||
| popUpChildren : IChildList [read-only]
An list of the topMost (popup)
windows being parented by this ISystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
| preloadedRSLs : Dictionary [read-only]
The RSLs loaded by this SystemManager or FlexModuleFactory before the
application starts. | SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundAlpha : Number [read-only]
The background alpha used by the child of the preloader. | SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundColor : uint [read-only]
The background color used by the child of the preloader. | SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundImage : Object [read-only]
The background color used by the child of the preloader. | SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundSize : String [read-only]
The background size used by the child of the preloader. | SystemManager | ||
| prototype : Object [static]
A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object. | Object | |
| rawChildren : IChildList [read-only]
A list of all children
being parented by this ISystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
| root : DisplayObject [read-only]
For a display object in a loaded SWF file, the root property is the
top-most display object in the portion of the display list's tree structure represented by that SWF file. | DisplayObject | |
| rotation : Number
Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation. | DisplayObject | |
| rotationX : Number
Indicates the x-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | |
| rotationY : Number
Indicates the y-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | |
| rotationZ : Number
Indicates the z-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | |
| scale9Grid : Rectangle
The current scaling grid that is in effect. | DisplayObject | |
| scaleX : Number
Indicates the horizontal scale (percentage) of the object as applied from the registration point. | DisplayObject | |
| scaleY : Number
Indicates the vertical scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object. | DisplayObject | |
| scaleZ : Number
Indicates the depth scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object. | DisplayObject | |
| scenes : Array [read-only]
An array of Scene objects, each listing the name, the number of frames,
and the frame labels for a scene in the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
| screen : Rectangle [read-only]
The size and position of the application window. | SystemManager | ||
| scrollRect : Rectangle
The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object. | DisplayObject | |
| softKeyboardInputAreaOfInterest : Rectangle
Defines the area that should remain on-screen when a soft keyboard is displayed. | InteractiveObject | |
| soundTransform : flash.media:SoundTransform
Controls sound within this sprite. | Sprite | |
| stage : Stage [read-only]
The Stage of the display object. | DisplayObject | |
| tabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
| tabEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object is in the tab order. | InteractiveObject | |
| tabIndex : int
Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file. | InteractiveObject | |
| textSnapshot : flash.text:TextSnapshot [read-only]
Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
| toolTipChildren : IChildList [read-only]
A list of the tooltips
being parented by this ISystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
| topLevelSystemManager : ISystemManager [read-only]
Returns the SystemManager responsible for the application window. | SystemManager | ||
| totalFrames : int [read-only]
The total number of frames in the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
| trackAsMenu : Boolean
Indicates whether other display objects that are SimpleButton or MovieClip objects can receive
mouse release events or other user input release events. | MovieClip | |
| transform : flash.geom:Transform
An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds. | DisplayObject | |
| useHandCursor : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether the pointing hand (hand cursor) appears when the pointer rolls
over a sprite in which the buttonMode property is set to true. | Sprite | |
| visible : Boolean
Whether or not the display object is visible. | DisplayObject | |
| width : Number [override]
The width of this object. | SystemManager | ||
| x : Number
Indicates the x coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of
the parent DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObject | |
| y : Number
Indicates the y coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of
the parent DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObject | |
| z : Number
Indicates the z coordinate position along the z-axis of the DisplayObject
instance relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | |
| Method | Defined By | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Constructor. | SystemManager | ||
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Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
|
Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer
instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
| addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener
receives notification of an event. | EventDispatcher | |
Adds an RSL to the preloadedRSLs list. | SystemManager | ||
Calls Security.allowDomain() for the SWF associated with this SystemManager
plus all the SWFs assocatiated with RSLs preloaded by this SystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
Calls Security.allowInsecureDomain() for the SWF associated with this SystemManager
plus all the SWFs assocatiated with RSLs preloaded by this SystemManager. | SystemManager | ||
|
Indicates whether the security restrictions
would cause any display objects to be omitted from the list returned by calling
the DisplayObjectContainer.getObjectsUnderPoint() method
with the specified point point. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
|
Determines whether the specified display object is a child of the DisplayObjectContainer instance or
the instance itself. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
A factory method that requests an instance of a
definition known to the module. | SystemManager | ||
Deploy or remove mouse shields. | SystemManager | ||
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Dispatches an event into the event flow. | EventDispatcher | |
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Returns a rectangle that defines the area of the display object relative to the coordinate system
of the targetCoordinateSpace object. | DisplayObject | |
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Returns the child display object instance that exists at the specified index. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Returns the child display object that exists with the specified name. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
Converts the given String to a Class or package-level Function. | SystemManager | ||
A convenience method for determining whether to use the
explicit or measured height. | SystemManager | ||
A convenience method for determining whether to use the
explicit or measured width. | SystemManager | ||
|
Returns an array of objects that lie under the specified point and are children
(or grandchildren, and so on) of this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
|
Returns a rectangle that defines the boundary of the display object,
based on the coordinate system defined by the targetCoordinateSpace
parameter, excluding any strokes on shapes. | DisplayObject | |
Go up the parent chain to get the top level system manager in this
SecurityDomain. | SystemManager | ||
[static]
Returns the root DisplayObject of the SWF that contains the code
for the given object. | SystemManager | ||
Go up the parent chain to get the top level system manager. | SystemManager | ||
Get the bounds of the loaded application that are visible to the user
on the screen. | SystemManager | ||
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Converts the point object from the Stage (global) coordinates
to the display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject | |
|
Converts a two-dimensional point from the Stage (global) coordinates to a
three-dimensional display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject | |
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Starts playing the SWF file at the specified frame. | MovieClip | |
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Brings the playhead to the specified frame of the movie clip and stops it there. | MovieClip | |
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Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type
of event. | EventDispatcher | |
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Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined. | Object | |
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Evaluates the bounding box of the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the
bounding box of the obj display object. | DisplayObject | |
|
Evaluates the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the
point specified by the x and y parameters. | DisplayObject | |
Attempts to notify the parent SWFLoader that the
Application's size has changed. | SystemManager | ||
Returns true if the required font face is embedded
in this application, or has been registered globally by using the
Font.registerFont() method. | SystemManager | ||
|
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified
as the parameter. | Object | |
Returns true if this ISystemManager is responsible
for an application window, and false if this
application has been loaded into another application. | SystemManager | ||
Tests if this system manager is the root of all
top level system managers. | SystemManager | ||
Determines if the given DisplayObject is the
top-level window. | SystemManager | ||
|
Converts a three-dimensional point of the three-dimensional display
object's (local) coordinates to a two-dimensional point in the Stage (global) coordinates. | DisplayObject | |
|
Converts the point object from the display object's (local) coordinates to the
Stage (global) coordinates. | DisplayObject | |
Calling the move() method
has no effect as it is directly mapped
to the application window or the loader. | SystemManager | ||
|
Sends the playhead to the next frame and stops it. | MovieClip | |
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Moves the playhead to the next scene of the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
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Moves the playhead in the timeline of the movie clip. | MovieClip | |
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Sends the playhead to the previous frame and stops it. | MovieClip | |
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Moves the playhead to the previous scene of the MovieClip instance. | MovieClip | |
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Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object | |
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Removes the specified child DisplayObject instance from the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Removes a child DisplayObject from the specified index position in the child list of
the DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Removes one or more child DisplayObject instances from the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. | EventDispatcher | |
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Raises a virtual keyboard. | InteractiveObject | |
Calling the setActualSize() method
has no effect if it is directly mapped
to the application window and if it is the top-level window. | SystemManager | ||
|
Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object | |
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Lets the user drag the specified sprite. | Sprite | |
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Lets the user drag the specified sprite on a touch-enabled device. | Sprite | |
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Stops the playhead in the movie clip. | MovieClip | |
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Ends the startDrag() method. | Sprite | |
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Ends the startTouchDrag() method, for use with touch-enabled devices. | Sprite | |
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Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the two specified child objects. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the child objects at the two specified index positions in the
child list. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
|
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object | |
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Returns the string representation of the specified object. | Object | |
|
Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object | |
|
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of
its ancestors for the specified event type. | EventDispatcher | |
| Event | Summary | Defined By | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active. | EventDispatcher | ||
| Dispatched when a display object is added to the display list. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when a display object is added to the on stage display list, either directly or through the addition of a sub tree in which the display object is contained. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when the application has finished initializing | SystemManager | |||
| Dispatched when the user selects 'Clear' (or 'Delete') from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user gesture triggers the context menu associated with this interactive object in an AIR application. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a copy operation or selects 'Copy' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a cut operation or selects 'Cut' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | ||
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive. | EventDispatcher | ||
| Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of a pointing device twice in rapid succession over the same InteractiveObject when that object's doubleClickEnabled flag is set to true. | InteractiveObject | ||
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is entering a new frame. | DisplayObject | ||
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is exiting the current frame. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched after a display object gains focus. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched after a display object loses focus. | InteractiveObject | ||
| [broadcast event] Dispatched after the constructors of frame display objects have run but before frame scripts have run. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves a point of contact over the InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as moving a finger from left to right over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user creates a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance, then taps on a touch-enabled device (such as placing several fingers over a display object to open a menu and then taps one finger to select a menu item on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user performs a rotation gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching two fingers and rotating them over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user performs a swipe gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching three fingers to a screen and then moving them in parallel over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user presses two points of contact over the same InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as presses and releases two fingers over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user performs a zoom gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching two fingers to a screen and then quickly spreading the fingers apart over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched every 100 milliseconds when there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for 1 second. | SystemManager | |||
| This event is dispatched to any client app that supports inline input with an IME | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user presses a key. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using keyboard navigation. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user releases a key. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user presses and releases the middle button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user presses the middle pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using a pointer device. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user moves the pointing device while it is over an InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a mouse wheel is spun over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched by the drag initiator InteractiveObject when the user releases the drag gesture. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched by the target InteractiveObject when a dragged object is dropped on it and the drop has been accepted with a call to DragManager.acceptDragDrop(). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture enters its boundary. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture leaves its boundary. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched by an InteractiveObject continually while a drag gesture remains within its boundary. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched at the beginning of a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched during a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a paste operation or selects 'Paste' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user lowers an active stylus past the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user lifts an active stylus above the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus over the screen while remaining within the proximity detection threshold. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus away from this InteractiveObject while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus directly above this InteractiveObject while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus away from this InteractiveObject and any of its children while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus over this InteractiveObject from outside the object's tree of descendents in the display list (while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list, either directly or through the removal of a sub tree in which the display object is contained. | DisplayObject | ||
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the display list is about to be updated and rendered. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when the Stage is resized. | SystemManager | |||
| Dispatched when a user presses and releases the right button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a select all operation or selects 'Select All' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched immediately after the soft keyboard is raised. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched immediately before the soft keyboard is raised. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched immediately after the soft keyboard is lowered. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the value of the object's tabChildren flag changes. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the object's tabEnabled flag changes. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the value of the object's tabIndex property changes. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when a user enters one or more characters of text. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user first contacts a touch-enabled device (such as touches a finger to a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user removes contact with a touch-enabled device (such as lifts a finger off a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact with a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger across a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact away from InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from one display object to another on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact over an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from a point outside a display object to a point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact away from an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from over a display object to a point outside the display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact over an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from a point outside a display object to a point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched when the user lifts the point of contact over the same InteractiveObject instance on which the contact was initiated on a touch-enabled device (such as presses and releases a finger from a single point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | ||
allowDomainsInNewRSLs | property |
allowDomainsInNewRSLs:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 4.5 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10.2, AIR 2.6 |
Controls whether the domains allowed by calls to allowDomain()
are also allowed by RSLs loaded after the call. Additional RSLs
may be loaded into this module factory by sub-applications or modules.
Implementation
public function get allowDomainsInNewRSLs():Boolean public function set allowDomainsInNewRSLs(value:Boolean):voidallowInsecureDomainsInNewRSLs | property |
allowInsecureDomainsInNewRSLs:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 4.5 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10.2, AIR 2.6 |
Controls whether the domains allowed by calls to allowInsecureDomain()
are also allowed by RSLs loaded after the call. Additional RSLs
may be added to this module factory by sub-applications or modules.
Implementation
public function get allowInsecureDomainsInNewRSLs():Boolean public function set allowInsecureDomainsInNewRSLs(value:Boolean):voidapplication | property |
application:IUIComponent [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The application parented by this SystemManager. SystemManagers create an instance of an Application even if they are loaded into another Application. Thus, this may not match mx.core.Application.application if the SWF has been loaded into another application.
Note that this property is not typed as mx.core.Application because of load-time performance considerations but can be coerced into an mx.core.Application.
Implementation
public function get application():IUIComponentchildAllowsParent | property |
cursorChildren | property |
cursorChildren:IChildList [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
An list of the custom cursors being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children,
such as the Application, popups, top-most windows,
tooltips, and custom cursors.
You can access the custom cursors through
the cursorChildren property.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
For example, cursorChildren.numChildren gives
the number of custom cursors (which will be either 0 or 1)
and, if a custom cursor exists, you can access it as
cursorChildren.getChildAt(0).
Implementation
public function get cursorChildren():IChildListdocument | property |
document:Object| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
A reference to the document object. A document object is an Object at the top of the hierarchy of a Flex application, MXML component, or AS component.
Implementation
public function get document():Object public function set document(value:Object):voidembeddedFontList | property |
explicitHeight | property |
explicitHeight:Number| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The explicit width of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be NaN unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value has no effect.
Implementation
public function get explicitHeight():Number public function set explicitHeight(value:Number):voidexplicitWidth | property |
explicitWidth:Number| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The explicit width of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be NaN unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value has no effect.
Implementation
public function get explicitWidth():Number public function set explicitWidth(value:Number):voidfocusPane | property |
focusPane:Sprite| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The focus pane associated with this object. An object has a focus pane when one of its children has focus.
Implementation
public function get focusPane():Sprite public function set focusPane(value:Sprite):voidheight | property |
height:Number[override] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The height of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be the width of the stage unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value has no effect.
Implementation
override public function get height():Number override public function set height(value:Number):voidisProxy | property |
measuredHeight | property |
measuredHeight:Number [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The measuredHeight is the explicit or measuredHeight of the main mx.core.Application window or the starting height of the SWF if the main window has not yet been created or does not exist.
Implementation
public function get measuredHeight():NumbermeasuredWidth | property |
measuredWidth:Number [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The measuredWidth is the explicit or measuredWidth of the main mx.core.Application window, or the starting width of the SWF if the main window has not yet been created or does not exist.
Implementation
public function get measuredWidth():NumbernumChildren | property |
numChildren:int [read-only] [override] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The number of non-floating windows. This is the main application window plus any other windows added to the SystemManager that are not popups, tooltips or cursors.
Implementation
override public function get numChildren():intnumModalWindows | property |
numModalWindows:int| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The number of modal windows. Modal windows don't allow clicking in another windows which would normally activate the FocusManager in that window. The PopUpManager modifies this count as it creates and destroys modal windows.
Implementation
public function get numModalWindows():int public function set numModalWindows(value:int):voidparent | property |
parent:DisplayObjectContainer [read-only] [override] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Override parent property to handle the case where the parent is in a differnt sandbox. If the parent is in the same sandbox it is returned. If the parent is in a diffent sandbox, then null is returned.
Implementation
override public function get parent():DisplayObjectContainerparentAllowsChild | property |
parentAllowsChild:Boolean [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Tests if the parent allows its child to access its display objects or listen
to messages that originate in the parent.
true if access if allowed; otherwise false.
Implementation
public function get parentAllowsChild():BooleanpopUpChildren | property |
popUpChildren:IChildList [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
An list of the topMost (popup) windows being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children,
such as the Application, popups,
tooltips, and custom cursors.
You can access the top-most windows through
the popUpChildren property.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
For example, popUpChildren.numChildren gives
the number of topmost windows and you can access them as
popUpChildren.getChildAt(i).
Implementation
public function get popUpChildren():IChildListpreloadedRSLs | property |
preloadedRSLs:Dictionary [read-only]
The RSLs loaded by this SystemManager or FlexModuleFactory before the
application starts. This dictionary may also include RSLs loaded into this
module factory's application domain by other modules or
sub-applications. When a new dictionary entry is added by a child module
factory an RSLEvent.RSL_ADD_PRELOADED event is dispatched
by module factory owning the dictionary.
Information about preloadedRSLs is stored in a Dictionary. The key is
the RSL's LoaderInfo. The value is the a Vector of RSLData where the
first element is the primary RSL and the remaining elements are
failover RSLs.
Implementation
public function get preloadedRSLs():DictionarypreloaderBackgroundAlpha | property |
preloaderBackgroundColor | property |
preloaderBackgroundImage | property |
preloaderBackgroundSize | property |
rawChildren | property |
rawChildren:IChildList [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
A list of all children being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children, such as the Application, popups, tooltips, and custom cursors.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
Implementation
public function get rawChildren():IChildListscreen | property |
screen:Rectangle [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The size and position of the application window.
The Rectangle object contains x, y,
width, and height properties.
The Rectangle is in sandbox root coordinates.
Implementation
public function get screen():RectangletoolTipChildren | property |
toolTipChildren:IChildList [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
A list of the tooltips being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children, such as the Application, popups, topmost windows, tooltips, and custom cursors.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
For example, toolTipChildren.numChildren gives
the number of tooltips (which will be either 0 or 1)
and, if a tooltip exists, you can access it as
toolTipChildren.getChildAt(0).
Implementation
public function get toolTipChildren():IChildListtopLevelSystemManager | property |
topLevelSystemManager:ISystemManager [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Returns the SystemManager responsible for the application window. This will be the same SystemManager unless this application has been loaded into another application.
Implementation
public function get topLevelSystemManager():ISystemManagerwidth | property |
width:Number[override] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
The width of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be the width of the stage unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value will have no effect.
Implementation
override public function get width():Number override public function set width(value:Number):voidSystemManager | () | Constructor |
public function SystemManager()| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Constructor.
This is the starting point for all Flex applications. This class is set to be the root class of a Flex SWF file. Flash Player instantiates an instance of this class, causing this constructor to be called.
addPreloadedRSL | () | method |
public function addPreloadedRSL(loaderInfo:LoaderInfo, rsl:Vector.<RSLData>):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 4.5 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Adds an RSL to the preloadedRSLs list. This method is called by child module factories when they add load an RSL into this module factory's application domain.
You do not call this method directly. This method is called by child module factories when they add load an RSL into this module factory's application domain.
Parameters
loaderInfo:LoaderInfo — The loaderInfo of the loaded RSL.
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rsl:Vector.<RSLData> — The RSL's configuration information. A Vector of RSLData.
The first element in the array is the primary RSL. The remaining
elements are failover RSLs.
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allowDomain | () | method |
allowInsecureDomain | () | method |
create | () | method |
public function create(... params):Object| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
A factory method that requests an instance of a definition known to the module. You can provide an optional set of parameters to let building factories change what they create based on the input. Passing null indicates that the default definition is created, if possible. This method is overridden in the autogenerated subclass.
Parameters
... params — An optional list of arguments. You can pass
any number of arguments, which are then stored in an Array
called parameters.
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Object — An instance of the module, or null.
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deployMouseShields | () | method |
public function deployMouseShields(deploy:Boolean):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Deploy or remove mouse shields. Mouse shields block mouse input to untrusted applications. The reason you would want to block mouse input is because when you are dragging over an untrusted application you would normally not receive any mouse move events. The Flash Player does not send events across trusted/untrusted boundries due to security concerns. By covering the untrusted application with a mouse shield (assuming you are its parent) you can get mouse move message and the drag operation will work as expected.
Parameters
deploy:Boolean — true to deploy the mouse shields, false
to remove the mouse shields.
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getDefinitionByName | () | method |
public function getDefinitionByName(name:String):Object| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Converts the given String to a Class or package-level Function.
Calls the appropriate ApplicationDomain.getDefinition()
method based on
whether you are loaded into another application or not.
Parameters
name:String — Name of class, for example "mx.video.VideoManager".
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Object — The Class represented by the name, or null.
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getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight | () | method |
public function getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight():Number| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
A convenience method for determining whether to use the explicit or measured height.
ReturnsNumber — A Number that is the explicitHeight if defined,
or the measuredHeight property if not.
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getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth | () | method |
public function getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth():Number| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
A convenience method for determining whether to use the explicit or measured width.
ReturnsNumber — A Number that is the explicitWidth if defined,
or the measuredWidth property if not.
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getSandboxRoot | () | method |
public function getSandboxRoot():DisplayObject| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Go up the parent chain to get the top level system manager in this SecurityDomain.
ReturnsDisplayObject — The root system manager in this SecurityDomain.
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getSWFRoot | () | method |
public static function getSWFRoot(object:Object):DisplayObject| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Returns the root DisplayObject of the SWF that contains the code for the given object.
Parameters
object:Object — Any Object.
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DisplayObject — The root DisplayObject
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getTopLevelRoot | () | method |
public function getTopLevelRoot():DisplayObject| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Go up the parent chain to get the top level system manager.
Returns null if not on the display list or we don't have
access to the top-level system manager.
DisplayObject — The root system manager.
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getVisibleApplicationRect | () | method |
public function getVisibleApplicationRect(bounds:Rectangle = null, skipToSandboxRoot:Boolean = false):Rectangle| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Get the bounds of the loaded application that are visible to the user on the screen.
Parameters
bounds:Rectangle (default = null)bounds is null the
starting bounds is defined by the screen property of the
system manager.
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skipToSandboxRoot:Boolean (default = false) |
Rectangle — a Rectangle including the visible portion of the this
object. The rectangle is in global coordinates.
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invalidateParentSizeAndDisplayList | () | method |
public function invalidateParentSizeAndDisplayList():void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 4 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5 |
Attempts to notify the parent SWFLoader that the Application's size has changed.
isFontFaceEmbedded | () | method |
public function isFontFaceEmbedded(textFormat:flash.text:TextFormat):Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Returns true if the required font face is embedded
in this application, or has been registered globally by using the
Font.registerFont() method.
Parameters
textFormat:flash.text:TextFormat — The TextFormat class representing character formatting information.
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Boolean — true if the required font face is embedded
in this application, or has been registered globally by using the
Font.registerFont() method.
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isTopLevel | () | method |
public function isTopLevel():Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Returns true if this ISystemManager is responsible
for an application window, and false if this
application has been loaded into another application.
Boolean — true if this ISystemManager is responsible
for an application window.
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isTopLevelRoot | () | method |
public function isTopLevelRoot():Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Tests if this system manager is the root of all top level system managers.
ReturnsBoolean — true if the SystemManager
is the root of all SystemManagers on the display list,
and false otherwise.
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isTopLevelWindow | () | method |
public function isTopLevelWindow(object:DisplayObject):Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Determines if the given DisplayObject is the top-level window.
Parameters
object:DisplayObject — The DisplayObject to test.
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Boolean — true if the given DisplayObject is the
top-level window.
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move | () | method |
public function move(x:Number, y:Number):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Calling the move() method
has no effect as it is directly mapped
to the application window or the loader.
Parameters
x:Number — The new x coordinate.
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y:Number — The new y coordinate.
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setActualSize | () | method |
public function setActualSize(newWidth:Number, newHeight:Number):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Calling the setActualSize() method
has no effect if it is directly mapped
to the application window and if it is the top-level window.
Otherwise attempts to resize itself, clipping children if needed.
Parameters
newWidth:Number — The new width.
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newHeight:Number — The new height.
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applicationComplete | Event |
mx.events.FlexEventproperty FlexEvent.type =
mx.events.FlexEvent.APPLICATION_COMPLETE| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Dispatched when the application has finished initializing
TheFlexEvent.APPLICATION_COMPLETE constant defines the value of the
type property of the event object for a applicationComplete event.
The properties of the event object have the following values:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | false |
currentTarget | The Object that defines the
event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use
myButton.addEventListener() to register an event listener,
myButton is the value of the currentTarget. |
target | The Object that dispatched the event;
it is not always the Object listening for the event.
Use the currentTarget property to always access the
Object listening for the event. |
idle | Event |
mx.events.FlexEventproperty FlexEvent.type =
mx.events.FlexEvent.IDLE| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Dispatched every 100 milliseconds when there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for 1 second.
TheFlexEvent.IDLE constant defines the value of the
type property of the event object for a idle event.
The properties of the event object have the following values:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | false |
currentTarget | The Object that defines the
event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use
myButton.addEventListener() to register an event listener,
myButton is the value of the currentTarget. |
target | The Object that dispatched the event;
it is not always the Object listening for the event.
Use the currentTarget property to always access the
Object listening for the event. |
resize | Event |
flash.events.Eventproperty Event.type =
flash.events.Event.RESIZE| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
Dispatched when the Stage is resized.
TheEvent.RESIZE constant defines the value of the type property of a resize event object.
This event has the following properties:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | false; there is no default behavior to cancel. |
currentTarget | The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener. |
target | The Stage object. |
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