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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > Data binding classes > CustomFormatter.format()

CustomFormatter.format()

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

This method is called automatically; you don't invoke it directly.

Parameters

rawData The data to be formatted.

Returns

A formatted value.

Description

Method; converts from a raw data type to a new object.

This method is not implemented by default. You must define it in your subclass of mx.data.binding.CustomFormatter.

For more information, see Sample custom formatter.

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