# Watching object properties in actionscript 3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/watching-object-properties-in-actionscript-3/220433>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 26, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/watching-object-properties-in-actionscript-3/220433 "2007-03-26T11:47:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![fat\_ron](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/fat_ron/32/433_2.png) [@fat\_ron](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fat_ron)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/watching-object-properties-in-actionscript-3/220433/1 "2007-03-26T11:47:59Z")

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I noticed that the Object.watch and Object.unwatch methods are gone in actionscript 3.

I’ve tried to find alternatives but the event system doesn’t dispatch events when properties change, There is a data binding system but I think that’s just for Flex.

Does anyone know what (if any) the alternative is?