Here is my attempt to put filter on a text control. If I Set the blur.X and blur.Y statically, it works fine. But when I have an event listener increase them 1 for every fame, I don't see any effect. I tested the values and they do increase. Why don't I see any glow ?
<mx:Text id="feedback" width="430" fontWeight="bold" text="" x="350" y="100" > <mx:filters> <flash.filters:GlowFilter id='glowFilter' xmlns:flash.filters='flash.filters.*' blurX='0' blurY='0' alpha='0.79' color='#ff6600' knockout='false' quality='1' strength='9' inner='false'/> </mx:filters> </mx:Text > public function SetFeedback(iscorrect:Boolean):void{ if(iscorrect) feedback.text="Correct!"; else feedback.text="Not Correct!"; addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, glower); } private function glower(event:Event):void{ glowFilter.blurY+=1; glowFilter.blurX+=1; }