Sorry... let me elaborate more. The previous example would be used inside of the component that is being enabled/disabled. To do this outside of a component, you need to do it in actionscript:
myComponent.enabled=fase; myComponent.setStyle("alpha", .5); _____________________________________ Andrew Trice Cynergy Systems, Inc. http://www.cynergysystems.com Blog: http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Trice Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Change alpha properties when setting enabled property override public fuction set enabled(value:Boolean) : void { super.enabled = value; this.setStyle("alpha", ( value ? 1 : .5)); } Enjoy! -Andy _____________________________________ Andrew Trice Cynergy Systems, Inc. http://www.cynergysystems.com <http://www.cynergysystems.com> Blog: http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice <http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Office: 866-CYNERGY ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Shrefler Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:52 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Change alpha properties when setting enabled property Could someone tell me how to modify the alpha settings when setting a component to enabled="false"? Thanks! Sam