Datatype.getasnumber(); Datatype.getasstring() - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-COMPONENTS LANGUAGE Reference

DataType.getAsNumber()

Availability
Flash Player 6.
Edition
Flash MX Professional 2004.
Usage
dataTypeObject.getAsNumber()
Parameters
None.
Returns
A number.
Description
Method; fetches the current value of the field and converts it to Number form, if necessary.
Example
In this example, a field named that belongs to a component named is
propName myComponent
retrieved as a number, and assigned to a variable:
var dataTypeObj:mx.data.binding.DataType =
myComponent.getField("propName");
var propValue:Number = dataTypeObj.getAsNumber();
See also
DataType.getAnyTypedValue()

DataType.getAsString()

Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).
Edition
Flash MX Professional 2004.
Usage
dataTypeObject.getAsString()
238 Data binding classes (Flash Professional only)