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InteractiveIcon 
Packageflash.desktop
Classpublic class InteractiveIcon
InheritanceInteractiveIcon Inheritance Icon Inheritance EventDispatcher Inheritance Object
Subclasses DockIcon, SystemTrayIcon

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0

The InteractiveIcon class is the base class for the operating system icons associated with applications.

Use the icon property of the NativeApplication object to get an instance of the application icon. The icon type will be one of the subclasses of InteractiveIcon, either DockIcon on Mac OS X® or SystemTrayIcon on Windows® and Linux.

You cannot instantiate the InteractiveIcon class directly. Calls to the new InteractiveIcon() constructor will throw an ArgumentError exception.

See also



Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
  AIR-only bitmaps : Array
[override] The icon image as an array of BitmapData objects of different sizes.
InteractiveIcon
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
  AIR-only height : int
[read-only] The current display height of the icon in pixels.
InteractiveIcon
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
  AIR-only width : int
[read-only] The current display width of the icon in pixels.
InteractiveIcon
Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
 Inherited
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
Dispatches an event into the event flow.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void
Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.
EventDispatcher
Events
 Event Summary Defined By
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.EventDispatcher
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.EventDispatcher
Property Detail
AIR-only 

bitmaps

property
bitmaps:Array[override]

Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0

The icon image as an array of BitmapData objects of different sizes.

When an icon is displayed in a given operating system context, the bitmap in the array closest to the displayed size is used (and scaled if necessary). Common sizes include 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, and 128x128. (512x512 pixel icons may be used for some operating system icons in the near future.)

In some contexts, the operating system may use a default system icon if nothing has been assigned to the bitmaps property. In other contexts, no icon appears.

To set or change the icon appearance, assign an array of BitmapData objects to the bitmaps property:

     icon.bitmaps = new Array(icon16x16.bitmapData, icon128x128.bitmapData);
     

Modifying the bitmaps array directly has no effect.

To clear the icon image, assign an empty array to the bitmaps property.

Note: When loading image files for an icon, the PNG file format generally provides the best alpha blending. The GIF format supports only on or off transparency (no blending). The JPG format does not support transparency at all.



Implementation
    override public function get bitmaps():Array
    override public function set bitmaps(value:Array):void
AIR-only 

height

property 
height:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0

The current display height of the icon in pixels.

Some icon contexts support dynamic sizes. The height property indicates the height of the icon chosen from the bitmaps array for the current context. The actual display height may be different if the operating system has scaled the icon.



Implementation
    public function get height():int
AIR-only 

width

property 
width:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0

The current display width of the icon in pixels.

Some icon contexts support dynamic sizes. The width property indicates the width of the icon chosen from the bitmaps array for the current context. The actual display width may be different if the operating system has scaled the icon.



Implementation
    public function get width():int