User Guide

228 Data binding classes (Flash Professional only)

■ A string that contains field names, separated by dots—for example, "a.b.c". This form is

permitted for any complex data (ActionScript or XML).

■ An array of strings, where each string is a field name—for example, ["a", "b", "c"].

This form is permitted for any complex data (ActionScript or XML).

Returns

A DataType object.

Description

Method; returns a DataType object whose methods you can use to get or set the data value in

the component property at the specified field location. For more information, see “DataType

class (Flash Professional only)” on page 233.

Example

This example uses the DataType.setAsString() method to set the value of a field located in

a component’s property. In this case the property (

results) is a complex data structure.

import mx.data.binding.*;

var field : DataType = myComponent.getField("results", "po.address.name1");

field.setAsString("Teri Randall");