ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

TextField._name Property

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// Create the nameInput_txt field

this.createTextField("nameInput_txt", 1, 0, 0, 200, 20);

nameInput_txt.type = "input";

nameInput_txt.border = true;

nameInput_txt.multiline = false;

// Create the addressInput_txt field

this.createTextField("addressInput_txt", 2, 0, 40, 200, 60);

addressInput_txt.type = "input";

addressInput_txt.border = true;

addressInput_txt.multiline = true;

See Also

TextField.maxChars, TextField.restrict, TextField.type, TextField.wordWrap

TextField._name Property

the instance name of the TextField object

Flash 6

read/write

theField._name

Description

The string _name property specifies a field’s instance name, which is specified initially via

the Property inspector at authoring time or via the MovieClip.createTextField() method at

runtime. Though rarely (if ever) necessary, setting

_name reassigns the instance name for

theField; thereafter, references to the old instance name yield undefined:

// Create a text field with an instance name of address_txt

this.createTextField("address_txt", 1, 0, 0, 200, 60);

// Reassign the instance name

address_txt._name = "location_txt";

// Now access the field through the new instance name

location_txt.text = "Toronto, Canada";

More commonly, the _name property is used to identify a