MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH, Manual

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470 Objects
Property summary for the Timeline object
The following methods are available for the Timeline object.
timeline.addMotionGuide()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
timeline.addMotionGuide()
Parameters
None.
timeline.setSelectedFrames()
Selects a range of frames in the current layer or sets
the selected frames to the selection array passed into
this method.
timeline.setSelectedLayers()
Sets the layer to be selected; also makes the specified
layer the current layer.
timeline.showLayerMasking()
Shows the layer masking during authoring by locking
the mask and masked layers.
Property Description
timeline.currentFrame
A zero-based index for the frame at the current
playhead location.
timeline.currentLayer
A zero-based index for the currently active layer.
timeline.frameCount
Read-only; an integer that represents the number of
frames in this timeline’s longest layer.
timeline.layerCount
Read-only; an integer that represents the number of
layers in the specified timeline.
timeline.layers
Read-only; an array of layer objects.
timeline.name
A string that represents the name of the current
timeline.
Method Description