December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
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System.capabilities Property
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See “The super ‘Operator’” in Chapter 5 for many more details.
Usage
Technically, super is not a real operator in ActionScript, which is why it is presented here as
the super “operator.”
See Also
instanceof, new, Object.hasOwnProperty(); “The super ‘Operator’,” in Chapter 5; “Making
a superclass,” “Accessing overridden methods,” and “A custom setSuperClass() func-
tion,”in Chapter 12.
System Object
access to Player and system settings and specifications
Flash 6
Properties
capabilities A reference to the Capabilities object.
security Object for setting cross-domain movie permissions.
useCodepage
Force Flash Player to use the operating system’s code page rather than
Unicode.
Methods
showSettings()
Display the Flash Player Settings dialog box.
Description
The System object provides information about, and control over, features of the Flash
Player and the system on which it is running. With the exception of showSettings() (used to
display the Flash Player Settings dialog box) and
useCodepage (used to control the character
encoding mode), Player and system features are accessed through the Capabilities and Secu-
rity objects, which themselves are stored as properties of System. The Capabilities object is
documented separately as the Capabilities ...
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