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Package | mx.formatters |
Class | public class CurrencyFormatter |
Inheritance | CurrencyFormatter ![]() ![]() |
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flex 3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1 |
![]() | Starting with Flex 4.5, Adobe recommends that you use the spark.formatters.CurrencyFormatter class as an alternative to this class. |
The CurrencyFormatter class formats a valid number as a currency value. It adjusts the decimal rounding and precision, the thousands separator, and the negative sign; it also adds a currency symbol. You place the currency symbol on either the left or the right side of the value with the
alignSymbol
property.
The currency symbol can contain multiple characters,
including blank spaces.
If an error occurs, an empty String is returned and a String that describes
the error is saved to the error
property. The error
property can have one of the following values:
-
"Invalid value"
means an invalid numeric value is passed to theformat()
method. The value should be a valid number in the form of a Number or a String. -
"Invalid format"
means one of the parameters contains an unusable setting.

The <mx:CurrencyFormatter>
tag
inherits all of the tag attributes of its superclass,
and adds the following tag attributes:
<mx:CurrencyFormatter alignSymbol="left|right" currencySymbol="$" decimalSeparatorFrom="." decimalSeparatorTo="." precision="-1" rounding="none|up|down|nearest" thousandsSeparatorFrom="," thousandsSeparatorTo="," useNegativeSign="true|false" useThousandsSeparator="true|false" />
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MX formatters
Writing an error handler function for an MX formatter
Formatting currency with an MX formatter
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Public Properties
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Protected Properties
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Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified
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Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object | |
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Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object | |
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Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object | |
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Returns the string representation of the specified object. | Object | |
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Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object |
Protected Methods
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Examples How to use this example
CurrencyFormatterExample.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Simple example to demonstrate the CurrencyFormatter. --> <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"> <fx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.events.ValidationResultEvent; private var vResult:ValidationResultEvent; // Event handler to validate and format input. private function Format():void { vResult = numVal.validate(); if (vResult.type==ValidationResultEvent.VALID) { var temp:Number = Number(priceUS.text); formattedUSPrice.text = usdFormatter.format(temp); } else { formattedUSPrice.text = ""; } } ]]> </fx:Script> <fx:Declarations> <mx:CurrencyFormatter id="usdFormatter" precision="2" currencySymbol="$" decimalSeparatorFrom="." decimalSeparatorTo="." useNegativeSign="true" useThousandsSeparator="true" alignSymbol="left"/> <mx:NumberValidator id="numVal" source="{priceUS}" property="text" allowNegative="true" domain="real"/> </fx:Declarations> <s:Panel title="CurrencyFormatter Example" width="75%" height="75%" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"> <mx:Form left="10" right="10" top="10" bottom="10"> <mx:FormItem label="Enter U.S. dollar amount:"> <s:TextInput id="priceUS" text="" width="50%"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="Formatted amount: "> <s:TextInput id="formattedUSPrice" text="" width="50%" editable="false"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem> <s:Button label="Validate and Format" click="Format();"/> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </s:Panel> </s:Application>
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