Datefield.change - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-COMPONENTS LANGUAGE Reference

DateField.change

Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).
Edition
Flash MX Professional 2004.
Usage
Usage 1:
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.change = function(eventObject:Object) {
// ...
};
dateFieldInstance.addEventListener("change", listenerObject);
Usage 2:
on (change) {
// ...
}
Description
Event; broadcast to all registered listeners when a date is selected.
The first usage example uses a dispatcher/listener event model. A component instance
(
dateFieldInstance
a function, also called a handler, on a listener object (
define a method with the same name as the event on the listener object; the method is called
when the event is triggered. When the event is triggered, it automatically passes an event
object (
eventObject
contain information about the event. You can use these properties to write code that handles
the event. Finally, you call the
component instance that broadcasts the event to register the listener with the instance. When
the instance dispatches the event, the listener is called.
For more information, see
The second usage example uses an
instance. The keyword
the component instance. For example, the following code, attached to the date field
sends "_level0.my_df " to the Output panel:
on (change) {
trace(this);
}
444 DateField component (Flash Professional only)
) dispatches an event (in this case,
) to the listener object method. Each event object has properties that
EventDispatcher.addEventListener()
"EventDispatcher class" on page
handler and must be attached directly to a DateField
on()
, used inside an
this
) and the event is handled by
change
listenerObject
499.
handler attached to a component, refers to
on()
) that you create. You
method on the
,
my_df