fl.selectTool()

#### Availability

Flash CS3 Professional.

#### Usage

fl.selectTool(toolName)

#### Parameters

toolName A string that specifies the name of the tool to select. See "Description" below for information on acceptable values for this parameter.

#### Description

Method; selects the specified tool in the Tools panel. The acceptable values for toolName are "arrow", "bezierSelect", "freeXform", "fillXform", "lasso", "pen", "penplus", "penminus", "penmodify", "text", "line", "rect", "oval", "rectPrimitive", "ovalPrimitive", "polystar", "pencil", "brush", "inkBottle", "bucket", "eyeDropper", "eraser", "hand", "magnifier", "GPUBrush", "ThreeDRotate", "ThreeDXform", "lassoPoly", "magicWand", "paintBrush", "camera", "width", "stageRotation", "timeScrub" and "puppet".
If you or a user creates custom tools, the names of those tools can also be passed as the toolName parameter.

#### Example

The following example selects the Pen tool.

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fl.selectTool("pen");

Tools object (../Tools_object/tools_summary.md), ToolObj object (../ToolObj_object/toolObj_summary.md)