document.getTimeline()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

document.getTimeline()

#### Parameters

None.

#### Returns

The current Timeline object.

#### Description

Method; retrieves the current Timeline object (../Timeline_object/timeline_summary.md) in the document. The current timeline can be the current scene, the current symbol being edited, or the current screen.

#### Example

javascript
The following example gets the Timeline object and returns the number of frames in the longest layer:
var longestLayer = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().frameCount; 

fl.trace("The longest layer has" + longestLayer + "frames");
The following example enters edit-in-place mode for the selected symbol on the Stage and inserts a frame on the symbol’s timeline.

fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode("inPlace"); 

fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().insertFrames();
The following example gets the Timeline object and displays its name:

var timeline = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline(); 

alert(timeline.name);

document.currentTimeline (../Document_object/docume39.md), document.timelines (../Document_object/docu5995.md), symbolItem.timeline (../SymbolItem_object/symbolIt12.md)