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8. Select the Data Type parameter for the Date schema field and change it
to Date. This tells the DataBinding component to try to work with this
value as a date.
For more information on data binding and data types, see
handling data types in data binding (Flash Professional only)"
Using Flash.
9. Select the encoder parameter for the Date schema field and change it to
Date. Select the
encoder options
"MM/DD/YYYY". This tells the DataBinding component how the
string value is represented in the XML file. With this information, the
DataBinding component can successfully take any string in this format
and convert it into an ActionScript date object.
parameter and select the value
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