Documentation for ActionScript classes includes syntax, usage information, and code samples for methods, properties, and event handlers and listeners that belong to a specific class in ActionScript (as opposed to global functions or properties). The classes are listed alphabetically. If you are not sure to which class a certain member belongs, you can look it up in the Index.

	Class	Package	Description
	Accessibility	flash.accessibility	The Accessibility class manages communication with screen readers.
	AccessibilityProperties	flash.accessibility	The AccessibilityProperties class lets you control the presentation of Flash objects to accessibility aids, such as screen readers.
	ActionScriptVersion	flash.display	The ActionScriptVersion class is an enumeration of constant values that indicate the language version of a loaded SWF file.
	ActivityEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches an ActivityEvent object whenever a camera or microphone reports that it has become active or inactive.
	AntiAliasType	flash.text	The AntiAliasType class provides values for anti-aliasing in the flash.text.TextField class.
	ApplicationDomain	flash.system	The ApplicationDomain class is a container for discrete groups of class definitions.
	ArgumentError	Top Level	The ArgumentError class represents an error that occurs when the arguments supplied in a function do not match the arguments defined for that function.
	arguments	Top Level	An arguments object is used to store and access a function's arguments.
	Array	Top Level	The Array class lets you access and manipulate arrays.
	AsyncErrorEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches an AsyncErrorEvent when an exception is thrown from native asynchronous code, which could be from, for example, LocalConnection, NetConnection, SharedObject, or NetStream.
	AVM1Movie	flash.display	AVM1Movie is a simple class that represents AVM1 movie clips, which use ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0.
	BevelFilter	flash.filters	The BevelFilter class lets you add a bevel effect to display objects.
	Bitmap	flash.display	The Bitmap class represents display objects that represent bitmap images.
	BitmapData	flash.display	The BitmapData class lets you work with the data (pixels) of a Bitmap object.
	BitmapDataChannel	flash.display	The BitmapDataChannel class is an enumeration of constant values that indicate which channel to use: red, blue, green, or alpha transparency.
	BitmapFilter	flash.filters	The BitmapFilter class is the base class for all image filter effects.
	BitmapFilterQuality	flash.filters	The BitmapFilterQuality class contains values to set the rendering quality of a BitmapFilter object.
	BitmapFilterType	flash.filters	The BitmapFilterType class contains values to set the type of a BitmapFilter.
	BlendMode	flash.display	A class that provides constant values for visual blend mode effects.
	BlurFilter	flash.filters	The BlurFilter class lets you apply a blur visual effect to display objects.
	Boolean	Top Level	A Boolean object is a data type that can have one of two values, either true or false, used for logical operations.
	ByteArray	flash.utils	The ByteArray class provides methods and properties to optimize reading, writing, and working with binary data.
	Camera	flash.media	The Camera class is primarily for use with Flash Media Server, but can be used in a limited way without the server.
	Capabilities	flash.system	The Capabilities class provides properties that describe the system and player that are hosting a SWF file.
	CapsStyle	flash.display	The CapsStyle class is an enumeration of constant values that specify the caps style to use in drawing lines.
	Class	Top Level	A Class object is created for each class definition in a program.
	ColorMatrixFilter	flash.filters	The ColorMatrixFilter class lets you apply a 4 x 5 matrix transformation on the RGBA color and alpha values of every pixel in the input image to produce a result with a new set of RGBA color and alpha values.
	ColorTransform	flash.geom	The ColorTransform class lets you adjust the color values in a display object.
	ContextMenu	flash.ui	The ContextMenu class provides control over the items in the Flash Player context menu.
	ContextMenuBuiltInItems	flash.ui	The ContextMenuBuiltInItems class describes the items that are built in to a context menu.
	ContextMenuEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches ContextMenuEvent objects when a user generates or interacts with the context menu.
	ContextMenuItem	flash.ui	Use the ContextMenuItem class to create custom menu items to display in the Flash Player context menu.
	ConvolutionFilter	flash.filters	The ConvolutionFilter class applies a matrix convolution filter effect.
	CSMSettings	flash.text	The CSMSettings class contains properties for use with the TextRenderer.setAdvancedAntiAliasingTable() method to provide continuous stroke modulation (CSM).
	CustomActions	adobe.utils	The methods of the CustomActions class allow a SWF file playing in the Flash authoring tool to manage any custom actions that are registered with the authoring tool.
	DataEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches DataEvent objects when raw data has completed loading into Flash Player.
	Date	Top Level	The Date class represents date and time information.
	DefinitionError	Top Level	The DefinitionError class represents an error that occurs when user code attempts to define an identifier that is already defined.
	Dictionary	flash.utils	The Dictionary class lets you create a dynamic collection of properties, which uses strict equality (===) for key comparison.
	DisplacementMapFilter	flash.filters	The DisplacementMapFilter class uses the pixel values from the specified BitmapData object (called the displacement map image) to perform a displacement of an object.
	DisplacementMapFilterMode	flash.filters	The DisplacementMapFilterMode class provides values for the mode property of the DisplacementMapFilter class.
	DisplayObject	flash.display	The DisplayObject class is the base class for all objects that can be placed on the display list.
	DisplayObjectContainer	flash.display	The DisplayObjectContainer class is the base class for all objects that can serve as display object containers on the display list.
	DropShadowFilter	flash.filters	The DropShadowFilter class lets you add a drop shadow to display objects.
	Endian	flash.utils	The Endian class contains values that denote the byte order used to represent multibyte numbers.
	EOFError	flash.errors	An EOFError exception is thrown when you attempt to read past the end of the available data.
	Error	Top Level	The Error class contains information about an error that occurred in a script.
	ErrorEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches ErrorEvent objects when an error causes a network operation to fail.
	EvalError	Top Level	The EvalError class represents an error that occurs when user code calls the eval() function or attempts to use the new operator with the Function object.
	Event	flash.events	The Event class is used as the base class for the creation of Event objects, which are passed as parameters to event listeners when an event occurs.
	EventDispatcher	flash.events	The EventDispatcher class implements the IEventDispatcher interface and is the base class for the DisplayObject class.
	EventPhase	flash.events	The EventPhase class provides values for the eventPhase property of the Event class.
	ExternalInterface	flash.external	The ExternalInterface class is the External API, an application programming interface that enables straightforward communication between ActionScript and the Flash Player container; for example, an HTML page with JavaScript, or a desktop application with Flash Player embedded.
	FileFilter	flash.net	The FileFilter class is used to indicate what files on the user's system are shown in the file-browsing dialog box that is displayed when FileReference.browse() or FileReferenceList.browse() is called.
	FileReference	flash.net	The FileReference class provides a means to upload and download files between a user's computer and a server.
	FileReferenceList	flash.net	The FileReferenceList class provides a means to let users select one or more files for uploading.
	FocusEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches FocusEvent objects when the user changes the focus from one object in the display list to another.
	Font	flash.text	The Font class is used to manage embedded fonts in SWF files.
	FontStyle	flash.text	The FontStyle class provides values for the TextRenderer class.
	FontType	flash.text	The FontType class contains the enumerated constants "embedded" and "device" for the fontType property of the Font class.
	FrameLabel	flash.display	The FrameLabel object contains properties that specify a frame number and the corresponding label name.
	Function	Top Level	A function is the basic unit of code that can be invoked in ActionScript.
	GlowFilter	flash.filters	The GlowFilter class lets you apply a glow effect to display objects.
	GradientBevelFilter	flash.filters	The GradientBevelFilter class lets you apply a gradient bevel effect to display objects.
	GradientGlowFilter	flash.filters	The GradientGlowFilter class lets you apply a gradient glow effect to display objects.
	GradientType	flash.display	The GradientType class provides values for the type parameter in the beginGradientFill() and lineGradientFill() methods of the flash.display.Graphics class.
	Graphics	flash.display	The Graphics class contains a set of methods that you can use to create a vector shape.
	GridFitType	flash.text	The GridFitType class defines values for grid fitting in the TextField class.
	HTTPStatusEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches HTTPStatusEvent objects when a network request returns an HTTP status code.
	IBitmapDrawable	flash.display	The IBitmapDrawable interface is implemented by objects that can be passed as the source parameter of the draw() method of the BitmapData class.
	ID3Info	flash.media	The ID3Info class contains properties that reflect ID3 metadata.
	IDataInput	flash.utils	The IDataInput interface provides a set of methods for reading binary data.
	IDataOutput	flash.utils	The IDataOutput interface provides a set of methods for writing binary data.
	IDynamicPropertyOutput	flash.net	This interface controls the serialization of dynamic properties of dynamic objects.
	IDynamicPropertyWriter	flash.net	This interface is used with the IDynamicPropertyOutput interface to control the serialization of dynamic properties of dynamic objects.
	IEventDispatcher	flash.events	The IEventDispatcher interface defines methods for adding or removing event listeners, checks whether specific types of event listeners are registered, and dispatches events.
	IExternalizable	flash.utils	The IExternalizable interface provides control over serialization of a class as it is encoded into a data stream.
	IllegalOperationError	flash.errors	The IllegalOperationError exception is thrown when a method is not implemented or the implementation doesn't cover the current usage.
	IME	flash.system	The IME class lets you directly manipulate the operating system's input method editor (IME) in the Flash Player application that is running on a client computer.
	IMEConversionMode	flash.system	This class contains constants for use with the IME.conversionMode property.
	IMEEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches IMEEvent objects when a user enters text using an input method editor (IME).
	int	Top Level	The int class lets you work with the data type representing a 32-bit signed integer.
	InteractiveObject	flash.display	The InteractiveObject class is the abstract base class for all display objects with which you can interact: mouse, keyboard, and focus.
	InterpolationMethod	flash.display	The InterpolationMethod class provides values for the interpolationMethod parameter in the Graphics.beginGradientFill() and Graphics.lineGradientStyle() methods.
	InvalidSWFError	flash.errors
	IOError	flash.errors	The IOError exception is thrown when some type of input or output failure occurs.
	IOErrorEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches an IOErrorEvent object when an error causes a send or load operation to fail.
	JointStyle	flash.display	The JointStyle class is an enumeration of constant values that specify the joint style to use in drawing lines.
	Keyboard	flash.ui	The Keyboard class is used to build an interface that can be controlled by a user with a standard keyboard.
	KeyboardEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches KeyboardEvent objects in response to user input through a keyboard.
	KeyLocation	flash.ui	The KeyLocation class contains constants that indicate the location of a key pressed on the keyboard.
	LineScaleMode	flash.display	The LineScaleMode class provides values for the scaleMode parameter in the Graphics.lineStyle() method.
	Loader	flash.display	The Loader class is used to load SWF files or image (JPG, PNG, or GIF) files.
	LoaderContext	flash.system	The LoaderContext class provides options for loading SWF files and other media by using the Loader class.
	LoaderInfo	flash.display	The LoaderInfo class provides information about a loaded SWF file or a loaded image file (JPEG, GIF, or PNG).
	LocalConnection	flash.net	The LocalConnection class lets you create a LocalConnection object that can invoke a method in another LocalConnection object, either within a single SWF file or between multiple SWF files.
	Math	Top Level	The Math class contains methods and constants that represent common mathematical functions and values.
	Matrix	flash.geom	The Matrix class represents a transformation matrix that determines how to map points from one coordinate space to another.
	MemoryError	flash.errors	The MemoryError exception is thrown when a memory allocation request fails.
	Microphone	flash.media	The Microphone class lets you capture audio from a microphone attached to the computer that is running Flash Player.
	MorphShape	flash.display	The MorphShape class represents MorphShape objects on the display list.
	Mouse	flash.ui	The methods of the Mouse class are used to hide and show the mouse pointer.
	MouseEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches MouseEvent objects into the event flow whenever mouse events occur.
	MovieClip	flash.display	The MovieClip class inherits from the following classes: Sprite, DisplayObjectContainer, InteractiveObject, DisplayObject, and EventDispatcher.
	Namespace	Top Level	The Namespace class contains methods and properties for defining and working with namespaces.
	NetConnection	flash.net	The NetConnection class lets you invoke commands on a remote application server, such as Adobe's Macromedia Flash Media Server 2 or Adobe Flex, and to play streaming Flash Video (FLV) files from either an HTTP address or a local drive.
	NetStatusEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches NetStatusEvent objects when a NetConnection, NetStream, or SharedObject object reports its status.
	NetStream	flash.net	The NetStream class opens a one-way streaming connection between Flash Player and a server, such as Adobe's Macromedia Flash Media Server 2 or Adobe Flex, or between Flash Player and the local file system through a connection made available by a NetConnection object.
	Number	Top Level	A data type representing an IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number.
	Object	Top Level	The Object class is at the root of the ActionScript class hierarchy.
	ObjectEncoding	flash.net	The ObjectEncoding class allows classes that serialize objects (such as NetStream, NetConnection, SharedObject, and ByteArray) to work with prior versions of ActionScript.
	PixelSnapping	flash.display	The PixelSnapping class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the pixel snapping options by using the pixelSnapping property of a Bitmap object.
	Point	flash.geom	The Point object represents a location in a two-dimensional coordinate system, where x represents the horizontal axis and y represents the vertical axis.
	PrintJob	flash.printing	The PrintJob class lets you create content and print it to one or more pages.
	PrintJobOptions	flash.printing	The PrintJobOptions class contains properties to use with the options parameter of the PrintJob.addPage() method.
	PrintJobOrientation	flash.printing	This class provides values that are used by the PrintJob.orientation property for the image position of a printed page.
	ProgressEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches ProgressEvent objects when a load operation has begun or a socket has received data.
	Proxy	flash.utils	The Proxy class lets you override the default behavior of ActionScript operations (such as retrieving and modifying properties) on an object.
	QName	Top Level	QName objects represent qualified names of XML elements and attributes.
	RangeError	Top Level	A RangeError exception is thrown when a numeric value is outside the acceptable range.
	Rectangle	flash.geom	A Rectangle object is an area defined by its position, as indicated by its top-left corner point (x, y) and by its width and its height.
	ReferenceError	Top Level	A ReferenceError exception is thrown when a reference to an undefined property is attempted on a sealed (nondynamic) object.
	RegExp	Top Level	The RegExp class lets you work with regular expressions, which are patterns that you can use to perform searches in strings and to replace text in strings.
	Responder	flash.net	The Responder class provides an object that is used in NetConnection.call() to handle return values from the server.
	Scene	flash.display	The Scene class includes properties for identifying the name, labels, and number of frames in a scene.
	ScriptTimeoutError	flash.errors	The ScriptTimeoutError exception is thrown when the script timeout interval is reached.
	Security	flash.system	The Security class lets you specify how SWF files in different domains can communicate with each other.
	SecurityDomain	flash.system	The SecurityDomain class represents the current security "sandbox," also known as a security domain.
	SecurityError	Top Level	The SecurityError exception is thrown when some type of security violation takes place.
	SecurityErrorEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches SecurityErrorEvent objects to report the occurrence of a security error.
	SecurityPanel	flash.system	The SecurityPanel class provides values for specifying which Security Settings panel you want to display.
	Shape	flash.display	The Shape class is used to create lightweight shapes by using the ActionScript drawing application program interface (API).
	SharedObject	flash.net	The SharedObject class is used to read and store limited amounts of data on a user's computer or on a server.
	SharedObjectFlushStatus	flash.net	The SharedObjectFlushStatus class provides values for the code returned from a call to the SharedObject.flush() method.
	SimpleButton	flash.display	The SimpleButton class lets you control all instances of button symbols in a SWF file.
	Socket	flash.net	The Socket class enables ActionScript code to make socket connections and to read and write raw binary data.
	Sound	flash.media	The Sound class lets you work with sound in an application.
	SoundChannel	flash.media	The SoundChannel class controls a sound in an application.
	SoundLoaderContext	flash.media	The SoundLoaderContext class provides security checks for SWF files that load sound.
	SoundMixer	flash.media	The SoundMixer class contains static properties and methods for global sound control in the SWF file.
	SoundTransform	flash.media	The SoundTransform class contains properties for volume and panning.
	SpreadMethod	flash.display	The SpreadMethod class provides values for the spreadMethod parameter in the beginGradientFill() and lineGradientStyle() methods of the Graphics class.
	Sprite	flash.display	The Sprite class is a basic display list building block: a display list node that can display graphics and can also contain children.
	StackOverflowError	flash.errors	ActionScript throws a StackOverflowError exception when the stack available to the script is exhausted.
	Stage	flash.display	The Stage class represents the main drawing area.
	StageAlign	flash.display	The StageAlign class provides constant values to use for the Stage.align property.
	StageQuality	flash.display	The StageQuality class provides values for the Stage.quality property.
	StageScaleMode	flash.display	The StageScaleMode class provides values for the Stage.scaleMode property.
	StaticText	flash.text	This class represents StaticText objects on the display list.
	StatusEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches StatusEvent objects when a device, such as a camera or microphone, or an object such as a LocalConnection object reports its status.
	String	Top Level	The String class is a data type that represents a string of characters.
	StyleSheet	flash.text	The StyleSheet class lets you create a StyleSheet object that contains text formatting rules for font size, color, and other styles.
	SWFVersion	flash.display	The SWFVersion class is an enumeration of constant values that indicate the file format version of a loaded SWF file.
	SyncEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches SyncEvent objects when a remote SharedObject instance has been updated by the server.
	SyntaxError	Top Level	A SyntaxError exception is thrown when a parsing error occurs.
	System	flash.system	The System class contains properties related to certain operations that take place on the user's computer, such as operations with shared objects, local settings for cameras and microphones, and use of the Clipboard.
	TextColorType	flash.text	The TextColorType class provides color values for the flash.text.TextRenderer class.
	TextDisplayMode	flash.text	The TextDisplayMode class contains values that control the subpixel anti-aliasing of the FlashType system.
	TextEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches TextEvent objects when a user enters text in a text field or clicks a hyperlink in an HTML-enabled text field.
	TextField	flash.text	The TextField class is used to create display objects for text display and input.
	TextFieldAutoSize	flash.text	The TextFieldAutoSize class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the autoSize property of the TextField class.
	TextFieldType	flash.text	The TextFieldType class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the type property of the TextField class.
	TextFormat	flash.text	The TextFormat class represents character formatting information.
	TextFormatAlign	flash.text	The TextFormatAlign class provides values for text alignment in the TextFormat class.
	TextLineMetrics	flash.text	The TextLineMetrics class contains information about the text position and measurements of a line of text within a text field.
	TextRenderer	flash.text	The TextRenderer class provides functionality for the advanced anti-aliasing capability of embedded fonts.
	TextSnapshot	flash.text	TextSnapshot objects let you work with static text in a movie clip.
	Timer	flash.utils	The Timer class is the interface to Flash Player timers.
	TimerEvent	flash.events	Flash® Player dispatches TimerEvent objects whenever a Timer object reaches the interval specified by the Timer.delay property.
	Transform	flash.geom	The Transform class collects data about color transformations and coordinate transformations that are applied to a display object.
	TypeError	Top Level	A TypeError exception is thrown when the actual type of an operand is different from the expected type.
	uint	Top Level	The uint class provides methods for working with a data type representing a 32-bit unsigned integer.
	URIError	Top Level	A URIError exception is thrown when one of the global URI handling functions is used in a way that is incompatible with its definition.
	URLLoader	flash.net	The URLLoader class downloads data from a URL as text, binary data, or URL-encoded variables.
	URLLoaderDataFormat	flash.net	The URLLoaderDataFormat class provides values that specify how downloaded data is received.
	URLRequest	flash.net	The URLRequest class captures all of the information in a single HTTP request.
	URLRequestHeader	flash.net	A URLRequestHeader object encapsulates a single HTTP request header and consists of a name/value pair.
	URLRequestMethod	flash.net	The URLRequestMethod class provides values that specify whether the URLRequest object should use the POST method or the GET method when sending data to a server.
	URLStream	flash.net	The URLStream class provides low-level access to downloading URLs.
	URLVariables	flash.net	The URLVariables class allows you to transfer variables between a Flash® application and a server.
	VerifyError	Top Level	The VerifyError class represents an error that occurs when a malformed or corrupted SWF file is encountered.
	Video	flash.media	The Video class enables you to display live streaming video in an application without embedding it in your SWF file.
	XML	Top Level	The XML class contains methods and properties for working with XML objects.
	XMLDocument	flash.xml	The XMLDocument class represents the legacy XML object that was present in ActionScript 2.0.
	XMLList	Top Level	An XMLList object is an ordered collection of properties.
	XMLNode	flash.xml	The XMLNode class represents the legacy XML object that was present in ActionScript 2.0 and that was renamed in ActionScript 3.0.
	XMLNodeType	flash.xml	The XMLNodeType class contains constants used with XMLNode.nodeType.
	XMLSocket	flash.net	The XMLSocket class implements client sockets that let the computer that is running Flash Player communicate with a server computer identified by an IP address or domain name.
	XMLUI	adobe.utils	The XMLUI class enables communication with SWF files that are used as custom user interfaces for the Flash authoring tool's extensibility features.

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