| Global properties, like global functions, can be accessed from any script in a movie. They store information that is generally useful from any point in our code. Many of them affect the entire Flash Player, not just a particular movie clip or movie. Table 18-2 lists the global properties available in Flash 6, including the new global property _global. All other global properties listed in the table are available in Flash 5 as well. Table 18-2. ActionScript global properties | _focusrect | The highlight state of buttons activated via the keyboard | | _global | A reference to the global object | | _highquality | The rendering quality of the Player | | Infinity | A constant representing the Infinity value of the number type | | -Infinity | A constant representing the -Infinity value of the number type | | _leveln | A document level in the Player, such as _level0 | | NaN | Not-A-Number; the value of the number type representing invalid numeric data | | _quality | The rendering quality of the Player | | _root | A reference to the main movie timeline of the current level | | _soundbuftime | Number of seconds of a streaming sound to preload | | $version | The version of the Flash Player | [3] Supported in Flash 6, but not in prior versions. [4] Deprecated in Flash 5 and later versions. |