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configureTool()

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

function configureTool() { // statements }

Parameters

None.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Function; called when Flash opens and the extensible tool is loaded into the Tools panel. Use this function to set any information Flash needs to know about the tool.

Example

The following examples show two possible implementations of this function:

function configureTool() { 
    theTool = fl.tools.activeTool; 
    theTool.setToolName("myTool"); 
    theTool.setIcon("myTool.png");
    theTool.setMenuString("My Tool's menu string"); 
    theTool.setToolTip("my tool's tool tip"); 
    theTool.setOptionsFile( "mtTool.xml" );
}
function configureTool() 
{ 
    theTool = fl.tools.activeTool;
    theTool.setToolName("ellipse"); 
    theTool.setIcon("Ellipse.png"); 
    theTool.setMenuString("Ellipse"); 
    theTool.setToolTip("Ellipse"); 
    theTool.showTransformHandles( true );
}