instance.instanceType

Availability

Flash MX 2004; acceptable value of "video" added in Flash 8.

Usage

instance.instanceType

Description

Read-only property; a string that represents the type of instance. Acceptable values are "symbol", "bitmap", "embedded video", "linked video", "video", and "compiled clip".

NOTE

In Flash MX 2004, the value of instance.instanceType for an item added to the library using library.addNewItem("video") is "embedded_video". In Flash 8, the value is "video". See library.addNewItem().

Example

The following example shows that the instance type of a movie clip is "symbol":

// Select a movie clip, and then run this script.
var type = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].instanceType; 
fl.trace("This instance type is " + type);

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