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user581734
user581734

Reputation: 1239

call actionscript from mxml?

i thought of drawing the interface using mxml markup. When the user clicks on a button it should call a specific method in a .as file. How can i do that in mxml ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1623

Answers (3)

johnny
johnny

Reputation: 2122

    var class1:AcClass = new AcClass();

then 

   class1.NameOfMethod();

first instantiate action script class then call its method as above. hope it helps.

Upvotes: 1

Drenai
Drenai

Reputation: 12407

Why not create a .as class, and in your mxml file (inside the Script tag) create an instance of the .as class. Then use instanceName.functionName() to call the function. Thats the basic OOP method of doing it. Or use the code-behind pattern

Upvotes: 0

Michael Aaron Safyan
Michael Aaron Safyan

Reputation: 95629

You might find this article helpful. Basically, you use the <mx:Script> tag to include a script, and then you can set an ActionScript function as the function to execute in response to the button press.

From another article on Adobe's website there is a very simple example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- usingas/ASScriptBlock.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
    public function calculate():void {
        var n:Number = Number(fahrenheit.text);
        var t:Number = Math.round((n-32)/1.8*10)/10;
        celsius.text=String(t);
    }
]]></mx:Script>

<mx:Panel title="My Application" paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10"
 paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10">
  <mx:HBox>
     <mx:Label text="Temperature in Fahrenheit:"/>
     <mx:TextInput id="fahrenheit" width="120"/>
     <mx:Button label="Convert" click="calculate();" />
     <mx:Label text="Temperature in Celsius:"/>
     <mx:Label id="celsius" width="120" fontSize="24"/>
    </mx:HBox>
  </mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>

Upvotes: 0

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