How can I disable the forward/back buttons in AS3?

Question

How can I disable the Flash player forward and back button in AS3? These buttons make it possible to cheat in my game by moving from level to level.

Answer 1

I guess you're referring to the default entries in the Flash-Player menu:

The entries there can be customize (to a certain degree) by using the ContextMenu class.

Here's an example. In a frame of your timeline (preferrably at the beginning), place the following code:

var menu:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
var items:ContextMenuBuiltInItems = new ContextMenuBuiltInItems();

// disable the undesired items from the built-in items
items.play = false;
items.rewind = false;
items.forwardAndBack = false;

menu.builtInItems = items;

// override the context menu with our own menu
this.contextMenu = menu;

Answer 2

No, there is no way to disable that browser function in ac3. I wouldn't worry about cheating too much.