User Guide

UIObject.doLater() 1367
Parameters
target A reference to a timeline that contains the specified function.
function A string indicating a function name to be called after a frame within the
component movie clip has passed (so the component’s properties set in the Property or
Component inspector are available).
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; calls a user-defined function only after the component has finished setting all of its
properties from the Property inspector or Component inspector. All version 2 components
that inherit from UIObject have the
doLater() method.
Component properties set in the Property inspector or Component inspector may not be
immediately available to ActionScript in the timeline. For example, attempting to trace the
label property from a CheckBox component using ActionScript on the first frame of your
SWF file fails without notification, even though the component appears on the Stage as
expected.
Although properties that are set in a class or a frame script are available immediately, most
properties assigned in the Property inspector or Component inspector are not set until the
next frame within the component itself.
Although any approach that delays access of the property will resolve this problem, the
simplest and most direct solution is to use the
doLater() method.
Example
The following example shows how the doLater() method is used:
// doLater() is called from the component instance
myCheckBox.doLater(this, "delay");
// The function or method called from doLater().
function delay() {
trace(myCheckBox.label); // The property can now be traced
// any additional statements go here
}