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Director property lists by object

This section lists Director properties and whether they can be set.

All properties
Cast members: All cast members Bitmap cast members Button cast members Digital video cast members Field cast members Movie cast members Script cast members Shape cast members Sound cast members Shockwave Audio cast members Text cast members Transition cast members	Sprites: All sprites Bitmap sprites Button sprites Digital video sprites Field sprites Shape sprites	Sounds System Movies Windows Casts Frames Menus and menu items Xtras Child objects Behaviors Projectors

All properties
These are all the properties available in Director.

Property	Related object	Settable
activeCastLib	system	No
activeWindow	system	No
actorList	system	Yes
alertHook	system	Yes
alignment of member	field	Yes
ancestor	child object and behavior	Yes
autoTab of member	field cast member	Yes
backColor of member	field cast member	Yes
backColor of sprite	bitmap and shape sprites	Yes
beepOn	system	Yes
behavesLikeToggle of member	button cast member	Yes
behavesLikeToggle of sprite	button sprite	Yes
bitRate of member	sound cast member	No
bitsPerSample of member	Shockwave Audio streaming cast member	No
blend of sprite	sprite	Yes
border of member	field cast member	Yes
bottom of sprite	sprite	No
boxDropShadow of member	field cast member	Yes
boxType of member	field cast member	Yes
browserName	system	Yes
buttonStyle	system	Yes
buttonType	button cast member	Yes
castLibNum of member	cast member	No
castLibNum of sprite	sprite	Yes
center of member	movie and digital video cast members	Yes
centerStage	movie	Yes
changeArea of member	transition cast member	Yes
channelCount of member	sound cast member	No
checkBoxAccess	system	Yes
checkBoxType	system	Yes
checkMark of menuItem	menu item	Yes
chunkSize of member	transition cast member	Yes
colorDepth	system	Yes
constraint of sprite	sprite	Yes
controller of member	digital video	Yes
copyrightInfo of member	SWA cast member	Yes, for SoundEdit16, version 2.0.4 or higher. Can't be set for sounds created in earlier versions of SoundEdit.
cpuHogTicks	system	Yes
crop of member	digital video cast member	Yes
cuePointNames of member	sound cast member	No
cuePointTimes of member	sound cast member	No
currentSpriteNum	movie	No
currentTime	sound sprite, QuickTime digital video sprite, or any Xtra that supports cue points	No
cursor of sprite	sprite	Yes
depth of member	cast member	No
deskTopRectList	system	No
digitalVideoTimeScale	system	Yes
digitalVideoType of member	digital video cast member	No
directToStage of member	digital video cast member	Yes
drawRect of window	window	Yes
dropShadow of member	field cast member	Yes
duration of member	digital video, transition, and SWA cast members	No
editable of member	field cast member	Yes
editable of sprite	field sprite	Yes
emulateMultiButtonMouse	system	Yes
enabled of member	button cast member	Yes
enabled of menuItem	menu item	Yes
enabled of sprite	button sprite	Yes
exitLock	system	Yes
fileName of castLib	linked cast	Yes, for external casts
fileName of member	linked cast member	Yes
fileName of window	window	Yes
filled of member	shape cast member	Yes
fixStageSize	system	Yes
floatPrecision	system	Yes
font of member	field cast member	Yes When set, affects every line in the field. When tested, it returns the height of the first line of the field.
fontSize of member	field cast member	Yes
fontStyle of member	field cast member	Yes
foreColor of member	field cast member	Yes
foreColor of sprite	bitmap and shape sprites	Yes
frameLabel	frame	Yes, during a Score generation session
framePalette	frame	Yes, during a Score generation session
frameRate of member	digital video cast member	Yes
frameScript	frame	Yes, during a Score recording session
frameSound1	frame	Yes, during a Score recording session
frameSound2	frame	Yes, during a Score recording session
frameTempo	frame	Yes during a Score recording session
frameTransition	frame	Yes, during a Score recording session
frontWindow	system	No
fullColorPermit	system	Yes
height of member	bitmap and shape cast members	No
height of sprite	bitmap and shape sprites	Yes
hilite of member	button	Yes
idleHandlerPeriod	system	Yes
idleLoadMode	system	Yes
idleLoadPeriod	system	Yes
idleLoadTag	system	Yes
idleReadChunkSize	system	Yes
initialToggleState of member	button cast member	Yes
ink of sprite	sprite	Yes
isToggle of sprite	button sprite	Yes
itemDelimiter	system	Yes
keyDownScript	movie	Yes
keyPressed	system	No
keyUpScript	movie	Yes
labelString of member	button cast member	No
lastFrame	movie	No
left of sprite	sprite	No
lineCount of member	field cast member	No
lineHeight of member	field cast member	Yes
lineSize of member	shape cast member	Yes
lineSize of sprite	shape sprite	Yes
loaded of member	cast member	No
loc of sprite	sprite	Yes
locH of sprite	sprite	Yes
locV of sprite	sprite	Yes
loop of member	digital video or sound cast member	Yes
margin of member	field cast member	Yes
maxInteger	system	No
media of member	cast member	Yes
mediaReady of member	cast member	No
member of sprite	sprite	Yes
memberNum of sprite	sprite	Yes
modal of window	window	Yes
mostRecentCuePoint	sprite or sound channel containing a SoundEdit, QuickTime digital video, or Xtra that supports cue points	No
mouseDownScript	movie	Yes
mouseUpScript	movie	Yes
moveableSprite of sprite	sprite	Yes
movieRate of sprite	digital video sprite	Yes
movieTime of sprite	digital video sprite	Yes
multiSound	system	No
name of castLib	cast	Yes
name of member	cast member	Yes
name of menu	menu	No
name of menuItem	menu item	Yes
name of window	window	Yes
name of xtra	Xtra	No
netPresent	system	No
number of castLib	cast member	No
number of castLibs	cast member	No
number of member	cast member	No
number of members of castLib	cast	No
number of menuItems	menu	No
number of menus	menu	No
number of xtras	system	No
numChannels of member	SWA cast member	No
pageHeight of member	field cast member	No
palette of member	cast member	Yes
paletteMapping	movie	Yes
paletteRef of member	bitmap cast member	Yes
pattern	shape cast member	Yes
pausedAtStart of member	digital video cast member	Yes
pauseState	movie	No
percentPlayed of member	SWA cast member	No
percentStreamed of member	SWA sound cast member	No
picture of member	bitmap, PICT, and text cast members	Yes for bitmap and PICT cast members, No for text cast members.
platform	projector	No
preLoad of member	digital video cast member	Yes
preLoadEventAbort	movie	Yes
preLoadMode of CastLib	cast	Yes
preLoadRAM	system	Yes
preLoadTime of member	SWA cast member	Yes, when the SWA streaming cast member is stopped
puppet of sprite	sprite	Yes
purgePriority of member	cast member	Yes
randomSeed	system	Yes
rect of sprite	sprite	Yes
rect of window	window	Yes
regPoint of member	bitmap cast member	Yes
right of sprite	sprite	No
rightMouseDown	system	No
rightMouseUp	system	No
romanLingo	system	Yes
sampleRate of member	SWA cast member	No
sampleSize of member	sound cast member	No
score	movie	Yes
scoreColor of sprite	sprite	Yes
scoreSelection	movie	Yes
script of menuItem	menu item	Yes
scriptInstanceList of sprite	sprite	Yes
scriptNum of sprite	sprite	No
scriptsEnabled of member	movie cast member	Yes
scriptText of member	cast member	Yes
scriptType of member	script cast member	Yes
scrollTop of member	text and field cast members	Yes
searchCurrentFolder	system	Yes
searchPath	system	Yes
searchPaths	system	Yes
selection of castLib	cast	Yes
selEnd	system	Yes
selStart	system	Yes
shapeType	shape cast member	Yes
size of member	cast member	No
sound of member	movie and digital video cast members	Yes
soundChannel of member	SWA cast member	Yes
soundEnabled	system	Yes
soundLevel	system	Yes
sourceRect	window	No
spriteNum	behavior script	No
stage	system	No
stageColor	movie	Yes
stageLeft	movie	No
stageRight	movie	No
stageTop	movie	No
startTime of sprite	digital video sprite	Yes
state of member	SWA cast member	No
stopTime of sprite	digital video sprite	Yes
streamName of member	SWA	Yes
stretch of sprite	sprite	Yes
switchColorDepth	system	Yes
text of member	field and text cast members	Yes, for field cast members in authoring and projectors. For text cast members, yes during authoring but not in projectors.
timeoutKeyDown	system	Yes
timeoutLapsed	system	No
timeoutLength	system	Yes
timeoutMouse	system	Yes
timeoutPlay	system	Yes
timeoutScript	movie	Yes
timer	system	No
timeScale of member	digital video cast member	No
title of window	window	Yes
titleVisible of window	window	Yes
top of sprite	sprite	No
trace	system	Yes
traceLoad	system	Yes
traceLogFile	system	Yes
trackCount(member)	digital video cast member	No
trackCount(sprite)	digital video sprite	No
trackEnabled	digital video sprite	No (Use setTrackEnabled command to enable and disable tracks.)
tracking	sprite	No
trackNextKeyTime	digital video sprite	No
trackNextSampleTime	digital video sprite	No
trackPreviousKeyTime	digital video sprite	No
trackPreviousSampleTime	digital video sprite	No
trackStartTime(member)	digital video cast member	No
trackStartTime(sprite)	digital video sprite	No
trackStopTime(member)	digital video cast member	No
trackStopTime(sprite)	digital video sprite	No
trackText	digital video sprite	No
trackType(member)	digital video cast member	No
trackType(sprite)	digital video sprite	No
trails of sprite	sprite	Yes
transitionType of member	transition cast member	Yes
tweened of sprite	sprite	Yes
type of member	cast member	No
type of sprite	sprite	Yes
updateLock	movie	Yes
updateMovieEnabled	movie	Yes
URL of member	SWA cast member	Yes, when the SWA streaming cast member is stopped
version	system	No
video of member	digital video cast member	No
videoForWindowsPresent	system	No
visible of sprite	sprite	Yes
visible of window	window	Yes
volume of member	SWA cast member	Yes
volume of sound	sound channel	Yes
volume of sprite	digital video sprite	Yes
width of member	bitmap and shape cast members	No
width of sprite	bitmap and shape sprites	Yes
windowList	system	Yes
windowType of window	window	Yes
wordWrap of member	field cast member	Yes

Cast members
These properties are available for all cast members. See the entries for individual cast member types for additional properties.

Property	Settable
castLibNum of member	No
depth of member	No
fileName of member	Yes (applies to linked cast members only)
loaded of member	No
media of member	Yes
mediaReady of member	No
name of member	Yes
number of castLib	No
number of castLibs	No
number of member	No
palette of member	Yes
purgePriority of member	Yes
scriptText of member	Yes
size of member	No
type of member	No

Bitmap cast members
These properties are available for bitmap cast members:

Property	Settable
height of member	No
paletteRef of member	Yes
picture of member	Yes for bitmap
regPoint of member	Yes
width of member	No

Button cast members
These properties are available for button cast members:

Property	Settable
behavesLikeToggle of member	Yes
buttonType	Yes
enabled of member	Yes
hilite of member	Yes
initialToggleState of member	Yes
labelString of member	No

Digital video cast members
These properties are available for digital video cast members:

Property	Settable
controller of member	Yes
crop of member	Yes
digitalVideoType of member	No
directToStage of member	Yes
duration of member	No
frameRate of member	Yes
pausedAtStart of member	Yes
preLoad of member	Yes
timeScale of member	No
trackCount(member)	No
trackStartTime(member)	No
trackStopTime(member)	No
trackType(member)	No
video of member	No

Field cast members
These properties are available for field cast members:

Property	Settable
alignment of member	Yes
autoTab of member	Yes
backColor of member	Yes
border of member	Yes
boxDropShadow of member	Yes
boxType of member	Yes
dropShadow of member	Yes
editable of member	Yes
font of member	Yes
fontSize of member	Yes
fontStyle of member	Yes
foreColor of member	Yes
lineCount of member	No
lineHeight of member	Yes
margin of member	Yes
pageHeight of member	No
scrollTop of member	Yes
text of member	Yes
wordWrap of member	Yes

Movie cast members
These properties are available for movie cast members:

Property	Settable
center of member	Yes
scriptsEnabled of member	Yes
sound of member	Yes

Script cast members
This property is available for script cast members:

Property	Settable
scriptType of member	Yes

Shape cast members
These properties are available for shape cast members:

Property	Settable
filled of member	Yes
height of member	No
lineSize of member	Yes
pattern	Yes
shapeType	Yes
width of member	No

Sound cast members
These properties are available for sound cast members:

Property	Settable
bitRate of member	No
channelCount of member	No
cuePointNames of member	No
cuePointTimes of member	No
sampleSize of member	No

Shockwave Audio cast members
These properties are available for SWA cast members:

Property	Settable
bitsPerSample of member	No
copyrightInfo of member	Yes for SoundEdit16, version 2.0.4 or higher. No for sounds created in earlier versions of SoundEdit
duration of member	No
numChannels of member	No
percentPlayed of member	No
percentStreamed of member	No
preLoadTime of member	Yes when the SWA streaming cast member is stopped
sampleRate of member	No
soundChannel of member	Yes
state of member	No
streamName of member	Yes
URL of member	Yes when the SWA streaming cast member is stopped
volume of member	Yes

Text cast members
These properties are available for text cast members:

Property	Settable
picture of member	No
scrollTop of member	Yes
text of member	Yes during authoring but no in projectors

Transition cast members
These properties are available for transition cast members:

Property	Settable
changeArea of member	Yes
chunkSize of member	Yes
duration of member	No
transitionType of member	Yes

Sprites
These properties are available for all sprites. See the entries for individual types of sprites for additional properties:

Property	Settable
blend of sprite	Yes
bottom of sprite	No
castLibNum of sprite	Yes
constraint of sprite	Yes
cursor of sprite	Yes
ink of sprite	Yes
left of sprite	No
loc of sprite	Yes
locH of sprite	Yes
locV of sprite	Yes
member of sprite	Yes
memberNum of sprite	Yes
moveableSprite of sprite	Yes
puppet of sprite	Yes
rect of sprite	Yes
right of sprite	No
scoreColor of sprite	Yes
scriptInstanceList of sprite	Yes
scriptNum of sprite	No
stretch of sprite	Yes
top of sprite	No
tracking	No
trails of sprite	Yes
tweened of sprite	Yes
type of sprite	Yes
visible of sprite	Yes

Bitmap sprites
These properties are available for bitmap sprites:

Property	Settable
backColor of sprite	Yes
foreColor of sprite	Yes
height of sprite	Yes
width of sprite	Yes

Button sprites
These properties are available for button sprites:

Property	Settable
behavesLikeToggle of sprite	Yes
enabled of sprite	Yes
isToggle of sprite	Yes

Digital video sprites
These properties are available for digital video sprites:

Property	Settable
currentTime of sprite	No
movieRate of sprite	Yes
movieTime of sprite	Yes
startTime of sprite	Yes
stopTime of sprite	Yes
trackCount(sprite)	No
trackEnabled	No (Use setTrackEnabled to enable and disable tracks.)
trackNextKeyTime	No
trackNextSampleTime	No
trackPreviousKeyTime	No
trackPreviousSampleTime	No
trackStartTime(sprite)	No
trackStopTime(sprite)	No
trackText	No
trackType(sprite)	No
volume of sprite	Yes

Field sprites
This property is available for field sprites:

Property	Settable
editable of sprite	Yes

Shape sprites
These properties are available for shape sprites:

Property	Settable
backColor of sprite	Yes
foreColor of sprite	Yes
height of sprite	Yes
lineSize of sprite	Yes
width of sprite	Yes

Sounds
These properties are available for sound sprites:

Property	Settable
currentTime of sprite	No
mostRecentCuePoint	No
volume of sound	Yes

System properties
System properties retain their value from movie to movie. These system properties are available in Director:

Property	Settable
activeCastLib	No
activeWindow	No
actorList	Yes
alertHook	Yes
beepOn	Yes
browserName	Yes
buttonStyle	Yes
checkBoxAccess	Yes
checkBoxType