I'm not sure if you are aware, but using a form is a better choice. To answer your question, use a change listener on the text input to achieve what you need.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4361638/how-to-campture-the-text-change-event-of-a-text-control-to-call-a-function-in-fl Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2015, at 8:12 AM, [email protected] [flexcoders] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Guys, i have a small problem. i have this form where i calculated > updated balance based on data already available and data from 2 text inputs. > the result is correct but i would like that when someone types in one > textinput the balance is computed and then further if someone inputs a figure > in the second text input. below is the code i got as of now. It needs > improvement. > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > layout="vertical" > > horizontalAlign="center" > > verticalAlign="top"> > > > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > > > private function calBalance(event:Event):void > > { > > var amt:Number=new Number; > > > > if (Number(amountPaid.text) > > Number(currentPaid.text) && Number(manFees.text) > Number(currentFees.text)){ > > amt = Number(currentBal.text) - > ((Number(amountPaid.text) - Number(currentPaid.text)) + (Number(manFees.text) > - Number(currentFees.text))) > > } > > > > balance.text=amt.toFixed(0); > > } > > > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > > > <mx:Panel height="400" > > layout="vertical"> > > > > <mx:HBox> > > <mx:Label text="Payment:" > > width="113"/> > > <mx:TextInput id="amountPaid" > change="calBalance(event)"/> > > <mx:Label text="Management Fees:"/> > > <mx:TextInput id="manFees" change="calBalance(event)"/> > > </mx:HBox> > > > > <mx:HRule width="100%"/> > > <mx:HBox> > > <mx:Label text="Current Balance:" > > width="126"/> > > <mx:Text text="515000" > > id="currentBal"/> > > </mx:HBox> > > <mx:HBox> > > <mx:Label text="Amount Already Paid:" > > width="126"/> > > <mx:Text text="500000" > > id="currentPaid"/> > > </mx:HBox> > > <mx:HBox> > > <mx:Label text="Fees Paid:" > > width="126"/> > > <mx:Text text="0" > > id="currentFees"/> > > </mx:HBox> > > <mx:HBox> > > <mx:Label text="updated Balance:" > > width="126"/> > > <mx:Text id="balance"/> > > </mx:HBox> > > </mx:Panel> > > > > > </mx:Application> > > > > >
