deactivate()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

function dactivate() {
// statements
}

#### Parameters

None.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Function; called when the extensible tool becomes inactive (that is, when the active tool changes from this tool to another one). Use this function to perform any cleanup the tool needs.

#### Example

The following example displays a message in the Output panel when the tool becomes inactive:

javascript
function deactivate() {
    fl.trace( "Tool is no longer active" );
}