User Guide

1222 ActionScript classes

Example

The following example creates a text field called

my_txt and associates the variable

today_date with the text field. When you change the variable today_date, then the text that

displays in

my_txt updates.

this.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 10, 10, 200, 22);

my_txt.variable = "today_date";

var today_date:Date = new Date();

var date_interval:Number = setInterval(updateDate, 500);

function updateDate():Void {

today_date = new Date();

}

_visible (TextField._visible property)

public _visible : Boolean

A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field my_txt is visible. Text fields that are not

visible (

_visible property set to false) are disabled.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following example creates a text field called

my_txt. A button called visible_btn

toggles the visibility of

my_txt.

this.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 10, 10, 200, 22);

my_txt.background = true;

my_txt.backgroundColor = 0xDFDFDF;

my_txt.border = true;

my_txt.type = "input";

visible_btn.onRelease = function() {

my_txt._visible = !my_txt._visible;

};