Simple UI Event

Example 1

A click event is created by clicking the button
The click event triggers the event handler

Example 2

A click event is created by clicking the button
The click event triggers an asynchronous HTTPService call
The HTTPService call waits for a response
The result event (response) triggers the event handler

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ActionScript code needs to be embedded in CDATA when used in MXML
The import mx.controls.Alert line makes it possible to reference Alert directly without having to use the fully qualified name. Otherwise, the alert call would look like this: mx.controls.Alert.show("Clicked!");

Example1.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            private function myHandleClick(event:Event):void
            {
                Alert.show("Clicked!");
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
    <mx:Button id="myButton" label="Create Click Event" click="myHandleClick(event)" />
</mx:Application>

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Example 2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    backgroundColor="#FFFFFF"
    backgroundAlpha="0">

    <mx:HTTPService
        id="twitterService"
        url="http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.xml"
        resultFormat="e4x"
        result="twitterServiceResultHandler(event)" />

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;

            private function twitterServiceResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void {
                resultTxt.text = event.result.toString();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Button id="myButton"
        label="Send HTTP Request"
        click="twitterService.send()" />
    <mx:TextArea id="resultTxt"
        fontSize="12"
        width="100%" height="100%" />

</mx:Application>

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Simple UI Event

Example 1

Example 2

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Example1.mxml

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Example 2

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