Global properties, like global functions, may be accessed from any script in a movie. They store information that is generally useful, from any point in our code. Many of them affect the entire Flash Player, not just a particular movie clip or movie.
Table 20-2 lists the global properties available in Flash 5.
Property Name |
Description |
---|---|
_focusrect |
The highlight state of buttons activated via the keyboard |
_highquality |
The rendering quality of the Player* |
Infinity |
A constant representing the Infinity value of the number type |
-Infinity |
A constant representing the -Infinity value of the number type |
_leveln |
A document level in the Player |
NaN |
Not-A-Number; the value of the number type representing invalid numeric data |
_quality |
The rendering quality of the Player |
_root |
A reference to the main movie timeline of the current level |
_soundbuftime |
Number of seconds of a streaming sound to preload |
$version* |
The version of the Flash Player |
*Deprecated in Flash 5.
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