Naming screens (Flash Professional only)

By default, screens are named with their default type, in the order in which they are created: Slide 1, Slide 2, Form 1, Form 2, and so on. The creation order does not necessarily reflect the order of the screens in the Screen Outline pane. For example, you could create three sibling screens, Slide 1, Slide 2, and Slide 3. If you then create a nested screen directly below Slide 1, the nested screen is Slide 4.

You can rename screens, including the top-level screen. Screen names must be unique in a document. That is, you can have only one screen named Quiz Page in a document.

The default screen name is used as the instance name, which is used in ActionScript to control a screen. (See About using ActionScript with screens (Flash Professional only).) If you change the default screen name, the instance name is updated with the new name; likewise, if you change the instance name, the screen name is updated. The linkage identifier for the screen is also identical to the screen name, and it is updated when the screen name or instance is updated.

Instance names must conform to the following requirements:

• The name must not contain any spaces.
• The first character must be a letter, underscore (_), or dollar sign ($).
• Each subsequent character must be a letter, number, underscore, or dollar sign.
• The instance name must be unique, regardless of case sensitivity. That is, you cannot have a screen named screen1 and another screen named Screen1 in the same application.

You can also change the instance name in the Property inspector. See Setting properties and parameters for a screen (Flash Professional only).

To rename a screen: