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Chapter 5:  Fireworks JavaScript API

Description

E

xtracts the component elements from the selected symbol and places copies of those elements in 

the document.

This function is similar to the 

dom.importSymbol

 API. 

dom.importSymbol

 places an instance of 

a symbol in your document—for example, when you select Edit > Libraries > Buttons, and 

dom.importSymbolButNotAsAlias

 extracts the component elements from the selected symbol 

and places copies of those elements in the document. 

dom.importSymbolButNotAsAlias

 does 

not place in an instance in the document.

dom.inLaunchAndEdit()

Availability

Fireworks MX.

Usage

dom.inLaunchAndEdit()

Arguments

None. 

Returns

A Boolean value: 

true

 if opened by a launch-and-edit operation; 

false

 otherwise.

Description

Specifies whether document was opened by a launch-and-edit operation.

dom.insertPointInPath()

Availability

Fireworks 3.

Usage

dom.insertPointInPath(contourIndex, ptToInsertBefore, tParameter, 

controlPointFirst, mainPoint, controlPointLast)

Arguments

  A zero-based index that specifies the contour into which the Bézier point is 

inserted. For paths with multiple contours, the contours are in an arbitrary order.

  A zero-based index that specifies where the new point should be placed 

on the path. The new point is appended in front of the point that this integer represents: To 
add a point to the beginning of the path, pass 

0

; to add a point to the end of the path, pass a 

large number.

  A floating-point value between 0 and 1 that specifies where to insert the new point 

in the Bézier segment.

, mainPoint

, and 

  Points that specify the x,y 

coordinates of the preceding control point, the main point, and the following control point of the 
new point (see 

).