Introduction
Top-Level Properties
Top-Level Functions
Core Objects

Cast Global Key Member Mouse Movie Player Score Sound Sound Channel Sprite Sprite Channel System Window

Data Types

Image Color Linear List Parent Script Point Property List Rect Timeout Vector

Media Types

Animated GIF Bitmap Button Color Palette Cursor DVD Field Film Loop Flash Flash Components   Button Checkbox DVD Controller Date Chooser Label List Numeric Stepper Radio Button Scroll Pane Text Area Text Input Tree Font Linked Director Movie QuickTime RealMedia Shockwave 3D Shockwave Audio Sound Text Vector Shapes Windows Media

Introduction
Welcome to the Director/Shockwave Object Model documentation. This is a work in progress so there may be errors and omissions, please report any such items to Tom Higgins (thiggins@macromedia.com) so that this document can be kept as correct and up-to-date as possible. Thanks.

 

Known Issues
Apart from the fact that many objects, data and media types are still missing (those items in italics on the left have yet to be added to this doc set), there are a few known areas of work that are left to take care of.

• The top-level _menuBar property refers to the Menu Bar object, yet that's not in the "Big Picture" image nor is it listed in the menu on the right.
   
• On the top-level functions page there are a number of those functions that have new behavior as of Director MX 2004, that page or those entries should refer the reader to information about those changes. There is a Director Developer Center Article that covers that information:
  
  Checking for New Features When Publishing for Shockwave 8.5
   
• Script data type (core object?) is not listed in the nav menu
   
• Xtra as a top-level function refers the reader to the Xtra object on a core level when it's really more like a media type, no? Fix that link when this is sorted
   
• The top-level Lingo new() function isn't listed at all, it should be.
   
• Data types listed don't include picture objects
   

 

Revision History
Here is a revision history for this DOM documentation:

09-Sept-2005		thiggins		added the Mouse core object and a partial Movie object page
29-Aug-2005		thiggins		added the Member core object
26-Aug-2005		thiggins		posted initial DOM doc revision, including core pages like Introduction, Top-Level Properties and Functions, Core Objects, Data Types and Media Types, also includes Cast, Global and Key core objects