JSAPI: How can I edit a button symbol?

Question

Hi,
I have written an export script for Flash CS3 using the
Javascript API, and now I want to port it to Fireworks CS3. The
first problem I ran into was that I could not access a button
symbol's state frames via script - the closest I get is up to the
Instance object, but I could not access the frames or layers
inside. I used a for-each-loop to trace all of the Instance
object's properties but did not find anything that could have
helped me.
Then I had another idea: I noticed that unlike Flash,
Fireworks opens button symbols as a new document when I edit them.
And the Fireworks Document object does indeed have a property
called "isSymbolDocument" that returns true if a document "is a
symbol-editing window."
But once again I stumbled upon a problem, namely that I did
not manage to find a "symbol editing command" (the equivalent to
double-clicking it) in the Javascript API. :(
I'd be grateful for any hints, maybe there is even a much
easier way to access button symbol states?
Greetings,
Jochen

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I fully understand your question, but I'll give a shot at what I think it is. If you want a button that can be pressed so that its states go from
"on, off, red., on, off, red." etc. you will have to use a bit of trickery. In this case it is best to use a picture ring to give the controls the image you want and place a boolean button OVER the ring control. Make the boolean control completly transparent, resize it to cover the entire picture ring, and make sure the boolean is ABOVE the ring by using "move to front". You will then have to have a loop checking the boolean button for a press, and then modify the pic ring accordingly and take your "control value" off of the pic ring. I'd suggest finding a work-around if you can, as this is a lot of work to go
through.