--- In [email protected], "kramus0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a simple question regarding text values in mxml files. Is it
> possible to concat string values in a mxml text or label property?
>
> So something like this:
>
> <mx:Label text="'Value' + 'AnotherValue'"/>
>
> I know that it doesn't work because it uses it as a hole string and
> the single strings are not concatenated at all.
>
> But it works if I use data binding instead
>
> <mx:Label text="{BoundValue} + {AnotherBoundValue}"/>
>
> Are there any other possibilities for string concatenation?
>
> I even would like to know if there is any possibility to use string
> concatenation using the @Resource directive. Because here even data
> binding doesn't work and I don't want to use ResourceManager etc.
just
> to add a simple colon to the resource string for instance.
I suspect
<mx:Label text="{BoundValue} + {AnotherBoundValue}"/>
would actually give you
BoundValueVarContents + AnotherBoundValueVarContents
on the screen (i.e. you'll see the plus on the screen).
But for what you want, you may want to try:
<mx:Label text="{'string 1 ' + 'string 2'}"/>
HTH;
Amy
