1. Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences (Macintosh), and then click ActionScript in the Category list.
2. Set any of these preferences:
Automatic Indentation When automatic indentation is turned on, the text you type after an opening parenthesis “(“ or opening curly brace “{“ is automatically indented according to the Tab Size setting.
Tab Size Specifies the number of characters a new line is indented.
Code Hints Enables code hinting in the Script pane.
Delay Specifies the delay (in seconds) before code hints are displayed.
Font Specifies the font used for your script.
Use Dynamic Font Mapping Checks to ensure that the selected font family can render each character. If not, Flash substitutes a font family that contains the necessary characters.
Open/Import Specifies the character encoding used when you open or import ActionScript files.
Save/Export Specifies the character encoding used when you save or export ActionScript files.
Reload Modified Files Specifies what happens when a script file is modified, moved, or deleted.
Select Always, Never, or Prompt.
Always No warning is displayed, and the file is automatically reloaded.
Never No warning is displayed, and the file remains in the current state.
Prompt (Default) A warning is displayed, and you can choose whether to reload the file.When you build applications with external scripts, this preference helps you avoid overwriting a script that a team member has modified since you opened the application, or avoid publishing the application with older versions of scripts.The warnings let you automatically close a script and reopen the newer, modified version.
Syntax Colors Specifies code coloring in your scripts.
Language Opens the ActionScript Settings dialog boxes, where you can set a classpath for ActionScript 2.0, or a source path, library path, external library path for ActionScript 3.0.
