Alphas (Gradientbevelfilter.alphas Property) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

alphas (GradientBevelFilter.alphas property)

public alphas : Array
An array of alpha transparency values for the corresponding colors in the
values for each element in the array are 0 to 1. For example, .25 sets a transparency value of
25%.
The property cannot be changed by directly modifying its values. Instead, you must
alphas
get a reference to
alphas
reference.
The ,
colors alphas
array corresponds to the first element in the
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8
Example
The following example demonstrates how to set the
import flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter;
var mc:MovieClip = setUpFilter("alphasExample");
mc.onPress = function() {
var arr:Array = this.filters;
var alphas:Array = [.2, 0, .2];
arr[0].alphas = alphas;
this.filters = arr;
}
mc.onRelease = function() {
var arr:Array = this.filters;
var alphas:Array = [1, 0, 1];
arr[0].alphas = alphas;
this.filters = arr;
}
function setUpFilter(name:String):MovieClip {
var art:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name,
this.getNextHighestDepth());
var w:Number = 150;
var h:Number = 150;
art.beginFill(0xCCCCCC);
art.lineTo(w, 0);
art.lineTo(w, h);
art.lineTo(0, h);
art.lineTo(0, 0);
var colors:Array = [0xFFFFFF, 0xCCCCCC, 0x000000];
var alphas:Array = [1, 0, 1];
var ratios:Array = [0, 128, 255];
, make the change to the reference, and then set
, and properties are all related. The first element in the
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GradientBevelFilter (flash.filters.GradientBevelFilter)
array and in the
alphas
property on an existing entity.
alphas
array. Valid
colors
to the
alphas
colors
array, and so on.
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