User Guide

Data binding classes (Flash Professional only) 241

DataType.setAnyTypedValue()

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0 79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

dataTypeObject.setAnyTypedValue(newTypedValue)

Parameters

newTypedValue

A TypedValue object value to set in the field. For more information, see

“TypedValue class (Flash Professional only)” on page 244.

Returns

An array of strings describing any errors that occurred while attempting to set the new value.

Errors can occur under any of the following conditions:

• The data provided cannot be converted to the data type of this field (for example, "abc"

cannot be converted to Number).

• The data is an acceptable type but does not meet the validation criteria of the field.

• The field is read-only.

Note: The actual text of an error message varies depending on the data type, formatters, and

encoders that are defined in the field’s schema.

Description

Method; sets a new value in the field, using the information in the field’s schema to process

the field.

This method operates by first calling

DataType.setTypedValue() to set the value. If that fails,

the method checks to see if the destination object is willing to accept String, Boolean, or Number

data, and if so, attempts to use the corresponding ActionScript conversion functions.

Example

This example creates a new TypedValue object (a Boolean), and then assigns that value to a

DataType object named

field. Any errors that occur are assigned to the errors array.

import mx.data.binding.*;

var t:TypedValue = new TypedValue (true, "Boolean");

var errors: Array = field.setAnyTypedValue (t);