MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH, Manual

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10 Introduction
To run a script from the command line on Windows:
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Use the following syntax (add path information as required):
"flash.exe" myTestFile.jsfl
To run a script from the command line on the Macintosh:
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Use the following syntax (add path information as required):
osascript -e 'tell application "flash" to open alias "Mac OS
X:Users: user :myTestFile.jsfl" '
The
osascript
command can also run AppleScript in a file. For example, you could put
the following text in a file named myScript:
tell application "flash"
open alias "Mac OS X:Users:
user :myTestFile.jsfl"
end tell
Then, to invoke the script, you would use this command:
osascript myScript
What’s new in the JavaScript API
In Flash 8, several new top-level functions and objects have been added. In addition, some
existing objects now have new methods or properties. These additions, along with other
changes, are summarized below. Also, new samples are provided; see
“Sample
implementations” on page 19 .
If you have not used the JavaScript API before, you might want to skip this section and go
directly to
“The Flash Document Object Model” on page 14 .
New top-level methods
The following top-level method is new in Flash 8:
confirm()
The following top-level methods were implemented in Flash MX 2004 but are newly
documented in this release:
alert()
prompt()