TextInput Value not refreshing

Question

fname_input.text=fname;
Alert.show (fname_input.text+" "+fname); // WILL SHOW HYDER
HYDER
but the the input box on the screen will not update to the
new value, it will still show the old value
Anyone know why this is happening?

Answer 1

Sorry, now that I think of it, it really wasn't clear enough!
What was happening was that I could retrieve the .text
property of the TextInput and I could display it is an alertbox or
assign it to any other variable but the value wasn't showing up on
the TextInput component itself
For example,
TextInput -> .text -> "ABC"
Assigning new value to TextInput -> .text -> "DEF"
Now, for some reason, the value did not show up on TextInput,
the TextInput still said "ABC"
But if I say Alert.show (TextInput.text) or Trace
(TextInput.text) -> it returns "DEF";
But now it works, I declared the TextInput as a static
private variable, that fixed it. Believe me, it was just intuition
that made me do it. I really don't know what static does.
private static var _textInput:TextInput = new TextInput;
Now if someone can tell me how that fixed it, I'd be
grateful!