User Guide

1226 TextInput component
TextInput.maxChars
Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).
Edition
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textInputInstance.maxChars
Description
Property; the maximum number of characters that the text field can contain. A script may
insert more text than the
maxChars property allows; this property indicates only how much
text a user can enter. If this property is
null, there is no limit to the amount of text a user can
enter. The default value is
null.
Example
The following example limits to eight the number of characters a user can enter in the
TextInput instance called
my_ti. It also sets the password property, which hides the input
characters by displaying an asterisk in place of the character that was entered.
You must first drag a TextInput component to the Stage and give it an instance name of
my_ti; then add the following code to Frame 1.
/**
Requires:
- TextInput instance on Stage (instance name: my_ti)
*/
var my_ti:mx.controls.TextInput;
my_ti.maxChars = 8;
my_ti.password = true;