System class

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Description

This is a top-level class that contains the capabilities object (see System.capabilities object), the security object (see System.security object), and the methods, properties, and event handlers listed below.

Method summary for the System class

Method

Description

System.setClipboard()

Replaces the contents of the system clipboard with a text string.

System.showSettings()

Displays a Flash Player Settings panel.

Property summary for the System class

Method

Description

System.exactSettings

Specifies whether to use superdomain or exact-domain matching rules when accessing local settings.

System.useCodepage

Tells Flash Player whether to use Unicode or the traditional code page of the operating system running the player to interpret external text files.

Event handler summary for the System class

Method

Description

System.onStatus

Provides a super event handler for certain objects