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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > DataSet component > DataSet.schema

DataSet.schema

Availability

Flash Player 7.

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

dataSetInstance.schema

Description

Property; provides the XML representation of the schema for this DataSet object. The XML assigned to this property must have the following format:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<properties>
    <property name="propertyName">
        <type name="dataType" /> 
        <encoder name="dataType">
            <options>
                <dataFormat>format options</dataFormat>
            </options>
        </encoder>
        <kind name="dataKind">
        </kind>
    </property>
    <property> ... </property>
    ...
</properties>

A DataSetError exception is thrown if the XML specified does not follow the above format.

Example

The following example sets the schema of the data set my_ds to a new XML object containing appropriately formatted XML: 

my_ds.schema = new XML("<properties><property name="billable"> ..etc.. </properties>");

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