User Guide

932 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
TextField.variable
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_txt
.variable:String
Description
Property; The name of the variable that the text field is associated with. The type of this property
is String.
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();
}