User Guide

TextField._visible 759

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();

}

TextField._visible

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_txt._visible:Boolean

Description

Property; a Boolean value that indicates whether the text field my_txt is visible. Text fields that

are not visible (

_visible property set to false) are disabled.

Example

The following example creates a text field called my_txt. A button called visible_btn toggles

the visibility of

my_txt.

this.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 10, 10, 200, 22);

my_txt.background = true;

my_txt.backgroundColor = 0xDFDFDF;

my_txt.border = true;

my_txt.type = "input";

visible_btn.onRelease = function() {

my_txt._visible = !my_txt._visible;

};