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Changing properties of all Flash UI components

| The `globalStyleFormat` object is assigned to all Flash UI components. If you change a property setting of the `globalStyleFormat` object, the change is applied to all components in your Flash document. The global style format is accessible if you have placed at least one component instance on the Stage. It is recommended that you use a separate layer in the document Timeline to set properties.

To change one or more properties in the global style format:

1 | Make sure the document contains at least one component instance. See Adding components to Flash documents.
2 | Create a new layer in the Timeline and give it a name.
3 | Select any frame in the new layer.
4 | Open the Actions panel in expert mode.
5 | Use the following syntax to change any or all of the properties listed in the style format properties table. You only need to list the properties whose values you want to change.
    globalStyleFormat.darkshadow = 0x333300;
    globalStyleFormat.shadow = 0x99cc00;
    globalStyleFormat.highlight3D = 0x333300;
    globalStyleFormat.highlight = 0x99cc00;
    globalStyleFormat.face = 0x99cc99;
    globalStyleFormat.background = 0xffffff;
    globalStyleFormat.text = 0x000000;
    globalStyleFormat.radioDot = 0x333300;
    globalStyleFormat.check = 0x333300;
    globalStyleFormat.arrow = 0x333300;
6 | Following the list of object properties, use the following syntax to insert the method for the `globalStyleFormat` object:
| To update all properties in the `globalStyleFormat` object (including those whose values you are not changing), enter `globalStyleFormat.applyChanges();.` Properties whose values you are not changing will be updated with the same values.
| To update only those properties in the `globalStyleFormat` object whose values you are changing, enter `globalStyleFormat.applyChanges("propertyname1", "propertyname2");`, where propertyname1, propertyname2, and so on, refer to the names of the properties being updated. For example, if you changed the properties `check` and `arrow` in step 5, enter `globalStyleFormat.applyChanges("check", "arrow");.`
7 | Choose Control > Test Movie to see the changes.