MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH, Manual

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60 Writing and Editing ActionScript 2.0
To pin a script:
1.
Position your mouse pointer on the Timeline so the script appears in a tab at the lower left
of the Script pane in the Actions panel.
2. Do one of the following:
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Click the pushpin icon to the right of the tab.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) on the tab, and select Pin Script.
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Select Pin Script from the pop-up menu (at the upper right of the Actions panel).
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With the mouse pointer focused in the Script pane, press = (equal sign) in
Windows or = on the Macintosh.
To unpin one or more scripts, do one of the following:
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If a pinned script appears in a tab at the lower left of the Script pane in the Actions panel,
click the pushpin icon on the right of the tab.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) on a tab, and select Close Script or
Close All Scripts.
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Select Close Script or Close All Scripts from the pop-up menu (at the upper right of the
Actions panel).
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With the mouse pointer focused in the Script pane, press -(minus sign) in
Windows or - on Macintosh.
To use keyboard shortcuts with pinned scripts:
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You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to work with pinned scripts:
Inserting target paths
Many of the actions that you create in your script will affect movie clips, buttons, and other
symbol instances. To apply actions to instances on a timeline, you set a
target path —the
address of the instance you want to target. You can set either an absolute or relative
target path.
Action Windows shortcut key Macintosh shortcut key
Pin script = (equal sign) =
Unpin script - (minus sign) -
Move focus to tab on the right Shift+. (period) Shift+.
Move focus to tab on the left Shift+, (comma) Shift+,
Unpin all scripts Shift+- (minus) Shift+-