Automating tasks with the Commands menu
Create and manage commands
To repeat the same task, create a command in the Commands menu from steps in the History panel and reuse the command. Steps replay exactly as they were originally performed. You can’t modify the steps as you replay them.
To use steps the next time you start Flash, create and save a command. Saved commands are retained permanently, unless you delete them. Steps that you copy using the History panel Copy Steps command are discarded when you copy something else. Create a command from selected steps in the History panel. Rename or delete commands in the Manage Saved Commands dialog box.
Create a command1 Select a step or set of steps in the History panel.
2 Select Save As Command from the History panel options menu.
3 Enter a name for the command and click OK. The command appears in the Commands menu.
Note: The command is saved as a JavaScript file (with the extension .jsfl) in your Commands folder. This folder is in the following locations: Windows 2000 or Windows XP: boot drive/Documents and Settings/Local Settings/Application Data/Adobe/Flash CS3/Configuration/Commands;
Mac OS X: Macintosh HD/Users/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash CS3/Configuration/Commands.
Edit the names of commands in the Commands menu1 Select Commands > Manage Saved Commands.
2 Select a command to rename. enter a new name for it, and click Close.
Delete a name from the Commands menu1 Select Commands > Manage Saved Commands, and select a command.
2 Click Delete, and click Close.
