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Naming variables to support code hinting

The Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript editor has built-in code hinting support. To take advantage of this, variables must be named in a specific format. The default format is to add a suffix to the variable name that indicates the variable type. Below is a table of supported suffix strings.

Object type	Suffix string	Example
Camera	_cam	my_cam
Video	_video	small_video
Microphone	_mic	the_mic
NetConnection	_nc	my_nc
NetStream	_ns	a_ns
SharedObject	_so	myRemote_so