document.setBlendMode()

#### Availability

Flash 8.

#### Usage

document.setBlendMode(mode)

#### Parameters

mode A string that represents the desired blending mode for the selected objects. Acceptable values are "normal", "layer", "multiply", "screen", "overlay", "hardlight", "lighten", "darken", "difference", "add", "subtract", "invert", "alpha", and "erase".

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Method; sets the blending mode for the selected objects.

#### Example

The following example sets the blending mode for the selected object to "add".

javascript
fl.getDocumentDOM().setBlendMode("add");

document.addFilter() (../Document_object/documen3.md), document.setFilterProperty() (../Document_object/docum520.md), symbolInstance.blendMode (../SymbolInstance_object/symbolInstanc4.md)