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Developing Flash Lite 1.x Applications > Working with Text and Fonts > About text in Flash Lite > Assigning a variable name to a text field

Assigning a variable name to a text field

You can associate dynamic and input text fields with an ActionScript variable name, which lets you get or set the contents of the text using ActionScript.

To associate a variable name with a dynamic or input text field:

1. Create a new document from the Flash Lite 1.1 Symbian Series 60 template and save it as dynamic_text.fla.

   For more information about using Flash Lite document templates, see Using Flash Lite document templates in Getting Started with Flash Lite 1.x.

2. Create a dynamic or input text field on the Stage, and select it.
3. In the Property inspector, in the Var text box, type nameVar.

   The value that you enter must be a valid variable identifier--the first character must be a letter, underscore (_), or dollar sign ($), and each subsequent character must be a letter, number, underscore, or dollar sign.

   
   
   

4. In the Timeline, select Frame 1 on the layer named ActionScript.
5. Open the Actions panel (Window > Actions) and enter the following code:

   nameVar = "George Washington"
   

6. Test the application in the Adobe Device Central emulator (Control > Test Movie).

For another example of using dynamic text fields, see Text field example application.

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