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MXML tag syntax
MXML has the following syntax requirements:
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The property is not required on any tag.
id
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The property is not allowed on the root tag.
id
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Boolean properties only take
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The
<mx:Binding>
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The
<mx:Binding>
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The
<mx:Validator>
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The
<mx:Validator>
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The
<mx:WebService>
allow both.
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The
<mx:RemoteObject>
allow both.
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The
<mx:HTTPService>
allow both.
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The
<mx:operation>
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The
<mx:operation>
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The
<mx:method>
•
The
<mx:method>

How MXML relates to standards

MXML uses standards extensively. This section describes how MXML relates to standards for
the following:
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XML
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Event models
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Web services
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Java
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HTTP
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Graphics
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Cascading Style Sheets
XML standards
You write Flex applications in XML documents. XML documents use tags to define pieces of
structured information and the relationships between them. In MXML, the
tag defines the root of an application. You define the parts of the application in child tags of the
<mx:Application>
which define rectangular regions of the user interface, and control tags, such as
which define typical user interface controls.
and
true
tag requires both
source
tag cannot contain an
tag and its subclasses require a
tag cannot contain an
tag requires either a
tag requires either a
tag requires either a
tag requires a
name
tag cannot contain an
tag requires a value and does not allow duplicate
name
tag cannot contain an
tag. Examples of MXML tags include container tags, such as
values.
false
and
destination
property.
id
property.
field
property.
id
value or
wsdl serviceName
value or a
source
value or a
url serviceName
value, and does not allow duplicate
property.
id
property.
id
How MXML relates to standards
properties.
value, and does not
value, and does not
named
value, and does not
entries.
name
entries.
name
<mx:Application>
<mx:VBox>
<mx:TextInput>
,
,
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