Can't get value of checkbox component - why?

[Danger Madcow]

This is so simple yet it's making me crazy. I'm simply trying to get the value of a component checkbox with the instance name of "check1".

I have one line of actionscript that reads:

check1_value = check1.getValue();

Shouldn't this assign the true/false value to the "check1_value" variable? Why doesn't it work?

[nunomira]

hi,

You don't mention the version you're using, but in MX 2004, you use the selected property:

code:

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check1.selected

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[Danger Madcow]

I am using MX 2004. Setting the code to:

check1_value = check1.selected;

does indeed return true or false, but only the initial true/false value. How would I set this up so that toggling the checkbox would auto-update the variable?

[nunomira]

Look in your reference!

code:

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myListener = new Object();

myListener.click = function(eventObj)

{

	trace("The selected property has changed to " + eventObj.target.selected);

};

check1.addEventListener("click", myListener);

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[Danger Madcow]

I always forget to RTFM. Thanks for your help - it worked perfectly.