Specifications
Create the user interface 281
8. Select the Data Type parameter for the Date schema field and change it 
to Date. This tells the DataBinding component to try to work with this 
value as a date.
For more information on data binding and data types, see “About 
handling data types in data binding (Flash Professional only)” in 
Using Flash.
9. Select the encoder parameter for the Date schema field and change it to 
Date. Select the 
encoder options parameter and select the value 
“MM/DD/YYYY”. This tells the DataBinding component how the 
string value is represented in the XML file. With this information, the 
DataBinding component can successfully take any string in this format 
and convert it into an ActionScript date object. 










