This is a classic object oriented problem. The MovieClip can´t know that the rbg property has changed from his ColorTransform property. There ar 3 solutions: The first is the easier for Macromedia but worst for us programers. The movieClip, update its ColorTransform when you set it, like this mc.colorTransform = new ColorTransform....
The second solution would be with listeners. When you assign mc.colorTransform = new ColorTransform, the movie clip do colorTransform.addEventListener(COLOR_CHANGE, .... The third would be the color transform has a reference to the movieClip and do the same done on the first situation, so when you assign colorTransform.rbg = 0xFF0000 the color transform do: parentMovieClip.colorTransform = this (where this is the colorTransform) Those solutions are fine if you want to change only one property, but if you change 6 properties, the movieClip would be updated 6 times on the last two solutions. Unless the movieClip waits to update only at some internal refresh frame event (but this is with macromedia). My suggestion is create a helper class that would do the follow? new HelperColorTransform(movieClip).rgb = 0xFF0000; and inside you would do what you can´t do with one line of code. Let´s extends the discussion, since this problem exists in many places of Flash. On 8/2/06, Mark Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What would be the quickest most efficient way to apply a ColorTransform and set the rgb property on a MovieClip? With the Color object, you could use the following line: (new Color(my_mc)).setRGB(0xFFFF00); ... and if you extended the Color class and added an rgb getter setter, the following would work as well: (new XColor(my_mc)).rgb = 0xFFFF00; ... but with ColorTransform, I can't seem to find a single line solution. I've tried: (my_mc.transform.colorTransform = new ColorTransform ()).rgb = 0xFFFF00; ... which doesn't work, although it also doesn't throw an error. I know that I can pass in all the parameters (rm, gm, bm, etc) into the ColorTransform constructor and get it to work on a single line, but I've extended the ColorTransform class and want to be able to call the methods and properties the most efficiently. If anyone could help, that would be very much appreciated. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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