User Guide

Customizing the DateField component (Flash Professional only) 435

This code assigns a value to the selectableRange property in an ActionScript object that

contains two Date objects with the variable names

rangeStart and rangeEnd. This

defines an upper and lower end of a range within which the user can select a date.

4. In the Actions panel, enter the following code on Frame 1 of the timeline to set the ranges

of disabled dates, one during December, and one for all dates before the current date:

flightCalendar.disabledRanges = [{rangeStart: new Date(2003, 11, 15),

rangeEnd: new Date(2003, 11, 31)}, {rangeEnd: new Date(2003, 6, 16)}];

In the Actions panel, enter the following code on Frame 1 of the timeline to

disable Mondays:

flightCalendar.disabledDays=[1];

Control > Test Movie.

To create a DateField component instance using ActionScript:

1. Drag the DateField component from the Components panel to the current

document’s library.

This adds the component to the library, but doesn’t make it visible in the application.

2. Select the first frame in the main Timeline, open the Actions panel, and enter the

following code:

this.createClassObject(mx.controls.DateField, "my_df", 1);

This script uses the method UIObject.createClassObject() to create the

DateField instance.

3. Select Control > Test Movie.

Customizing the DateField component

(Flash Professional only)

You can transform a DateField component horizontally while authoring and at runtime.

While authoring, select the component on the Stage and use the Free Transform tool or any

of the Modify > Transform commands. At runtime, use the

setSize() method (see

UIObject.setSize()). Setting the width does not change the dimensions of the date chooser

in the DateField component. However, you can use the

pullDown property to access the

DateChooser component and set its dimensions.