The click event attribute can take ActionScript code directly as its value : Click Event « Event « Flex

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Flex » Event » Click Event Screenshots  The click event attribute can take ActionScript code directly as its value             <!-- Code from Flex 4 Documentation "Using Adobe Flex 4". This user guide is licensed for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution  Non-Commercial 3.0 License.  This License allows users to copy, distribute, and transmit the user guide for noncommercial  purposes only so long as    (1) proper attribution to Adobe is given as the owner of the user guide; and    (2) any reuse or distribution of the user guide contains a notice that use of the user guide is governed by these terms.  The best way to provide notice is to include the following link.  To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ --> <!-- components\ButtonAppAS.mxml --> <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">     <s:layout>         <s:VerticalLayout />     </s:layout>     <s:Button id="button1" label="Click here!" width="100" fontSize="12"         click="text1.text='Thanks for the click!';" />     <s:TextArea id="text1" /> </s:Application>                                                          Related examples in the same category 1. Click event example (MXML) 2. Listen to a Button Click 3. Nested inner function is called when the button is clicked 4. button click 5. Click event attribute can take ActionScript code as its value 6. ActionScript event handling logic inside the MXML tag's click event 7. Intercept a click event 8. Double click event 9. Mark click event as its own tag 10. Use Event object to get a reference to the clicked ColumnSeries. 11. Define custom behavior for the click event of the LinkElement object.