Question

I’m a bit confused it seems here. What I’m trying to do is create a Javascript function that disables all inputs on a page, and then a function that enables all the inputs on a page.

This was pretty easy with jQuery. My question is, how can I wrap these jQuery functions in a traditional JS function? The reason I need to do this is because I’m calling these functions using ActionScript. Put another way, I don’t understand how I can write jQuery code and then call it in a tradition Javascript function call manner.

Works great, but isn’t wrapped in a function…

$(document).ready(function() {
    $(':input').attr('disabled', "disabled");
});

Wrapped in a function and doesn’t work at all, what am I doing wrong here??

function init_lock_test(){
    $(':input').attr('disabled', "disabled");
}

Answer 1

You can’t directly call JavaScript functions in a web page from ActionScript, and there’s no special thing as a “jQuery function.” You should be using ActionScript’s ExternalInterface to call the JavaScript function indirectly:

import flash.external.ExternalInterface

// Calls the function init_lock_test
ExternalInterface.call("init_lock_test");