Default text disappear onclick of InputText

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Hello!
I have an InputText field for users to submit information to me. I want to have the text field display some default text (Ex. Type E-Mail Here) and then when the field is clicked, the text will be cleared.
After a long time of searching a found a solution that works perfectly…using ActionScript 2.0. Unfortunately my site is in 3.0 therefore I cannot use this code.

For the example I want my default text to be “Type E-Mail Here”, and the InputText Instance Name will be “inputTxt”
Here is the 2.0 code:

 
inputTxt.textField = "Type E-Mail Here..."
inputTxt.onSetFocus = function() {
    inputTxt.textField = ""
    
};
inputTxt.onKillFocus = function() {
    
    inputTxt.textField = "Type E-Mail Here..."
};

When using this code in AS3, I get the error code “1120: Access of undefined property inputTxt”. What do I need to make this code work in AS3?

Thanks a million in advance.

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