Index[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] dash (-) pattern matching URL-encoded escape sequence for data, sending/loading dataFormat property (URLLoader.load( ) method) datatypes Date class date property (Date object) DateFormat class parsing dates from strings dates calculating elapsed time/intervals between date values, retrieving day/month names, retrieving finding current formatting parsing from strings DateUtilities class DateUtilities.addTo( ) method day property (Date object) DAYS constant (DateFormat class) days parameter (addTo( ) method) DAYS_ABBREVIATED constant (DateFormat class) deal( ) method Debugger menu item declarations (XML) declaring methods default keyword defaultTextFormat property Delegate class delete keyword deleteCount parameter (splice( ) method) delimiter parameter (split( ) method) dependencies of classes deselected text, responding to destBitmap object (threshold( ) method) destPoint parameter applyFilter( ) method pixelDissolve( ) method threshold( ) method dice, simulating digital negatives direction (acceleration) directories holding classes saving class files sharing data between Flash applications discard( ) method, simulating playing cards dispatchEvent( ) display ActionScript property display lists adding items to objects, moving forward/backward removing items from display object containers display settings, detecting DisplayObectContainer class moving objects forward/backward removing items from display lists DisplayObject class adding items to display list custom visual classes, creating external movies and mouse interactions, creating simple buttons, creating DisplayObject.mask DisplayObjectUtilities.removeAllChildren( ) method DMYHMSM format (days, months, years, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds) documents (XML) dollar sign ($) escape sequence for regular expression metacharacter domains, loading .swfs from different dot (.) regular expression metacharacter XML objects, adding elements 2nd "dot down" finding elements text nodes, reading dotall (s) flag dots (.) saving class files double quotes ("), escape sequence for doubleClick event (InteractiveObject) download( ) method uploading files, detecting selections downloading files downState property (SimpleButton class) drag( ) method DraggableSprite custom visual class dragging objects with the mouse draw( ) method BitmapData class simulating playing cards drawArc( ) method drawCircle( ) method drawing arcs circles curves ellipses lines polygons rectangles stars triangles Drawing API drawRectangle( ) method drawRegularPolygon( ) method drawRoundRect( ) method drawTriangle( ) method drop shadows drop( ) method dropping objects with the mouse DropShadowFilter class dropTarget property (Sprite class) duplicate arrays duplicate( ) method multidimensional arrays and duplicateMovieClip( ) method duration metadata value dynamic classes dynamic text fields |