Ah - that is because AnimateProperty is just cycling through all the RGB values between your fromValue color and your endValue color. What you may want to do is add an event handler for the tweenUpdate event on the AnimateProperty effect instance and check to see what the value passed in the TweenEvent object is. That value is what the backgroundColor is at that moment in the lifetime of the effect. You can then add in your own logic that sets the backgroundColor depending on where the effect is in its lifetime (ie: simulate a progression from dark gray to light gray). I'm not 100% sure how that will work out but I'd be interested in finding out what doesn't work about it.
Incidentally, you should check out Alex Uhlmann's Animation Package where I think he has an effect that does exactly what you want. That will probably be easier :-) http://www.alex-uhlmann.de/flash/animationpackage/ -deepa ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dorkie dork from dorktown Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:31 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Fade from one color to another i see. that mostly works. except now it cycles through every color giving a flicker effect like i am on acid. try this to see: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx=" http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " layout="absolute" styleName="plain" creationCompleteEffect="{fadeColor}"> <mx:AnimateProperty id="fadeColor" isStyle="true" property="backgroundColor" fromValue="0xFFFFFF" toValue="0x000000" target="{Application.application}" duration="2000"/> </mx:Application> If i change the fromValue and the toValue to a two digit number like so it is a very smooth transition but it does not fade from white. It only fades from blue. Try this: <mx:AnimateProperty id="fadeColor" isStyle="true" property="backgroundColor" fromValue="0xFF" toValue="0x00" target="{Application.application}" duration="2000"/> I am thinking of just transitioning to a blank black state but that feels like a hack. dorkie best practices dork from dorktown On 12/4/06, Deepa Subramaniam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Set the the isStyle property to true in your AnimateProperty tag. -deepa ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of dorkie dork from dorktown Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:25 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [flexcoders] Fade from one color to another I need to fade my application background color from 0xC47D31 to 0x67DEF9 and I have no idea where to start. I've seen AS2 actionscript around that I can try to convert but what I'm looking for is a already built MXML component Effect, similar to mx:Fade or Dissolve. I tried this and received errors: creationCompleteEffect="{fadeColor}"> <mx:AnimateProperty id="fadeColor" property="backgroundColor" toValue="#000000" target="{Application.application}" duration="5000"/> ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property backgroundColor not found on TestApplication and there is no default value. at mx.effects.effectClasses::AnimatePropertyInstance/::getCurrentValue() dorkie mood changing dork from dorktown
