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Detecting type of control on stage

Hi,

I am trying to build an AS2 logic that first detects the type of control and then checks it according to it's type

if I test an input text control :

trace (tyepof (aa_txt));

I get "Input" which is great

if I do the same for a checkbox or combobox I get "movieclip" which is not unique and does not help me identify the type of control I am dealing with..

how can I tell which type is it in runtime ?

thanks

ChristoferDutz

I use the function flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName to get the fully qualified class name of an object. Maybe this helps you a little.

The code below uses getQualifiedClassName to find out if a class is an "Enum" (A class generated by the flex builder to represent a Java Enum in Flex ... I know It's not a real Enum)

// An Enum is defined by having a property that equals
// the class name with a prefix of "_". If such a property
// exists, this class is very propable an enum.
protected function isEnum(value:Object):Boolean
{
    var qualifiedClassName:String = getQualifiedClassName(value);
    var className:String = qualifiedClassName.substring(qualifiedClassName.lastIndexOf(":") + 1, qualifiedClassName.length);
    var propName:String = "_" + className;
    var hasProp:Boolean = value.hasOwnProperty(propName);
    return hasProp;
}

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Iklu

I don't know if AS2 can. Have you thought of using actionscript 3?

moshem

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I dont think this can work in AS2

I can't work with AS3 in this project..

thanks

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