Comments on: Setting effects with ActionScript in Flex http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/ A bunch of examples for Adobe Flex and ActionScript Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: KillerSpaz http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16611 KillerSpaz Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:43:41 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16611 OK I figured this out... SOrta... You can't always get the value apparently... So the livedocs say to set the value to null, such as: myMenu.setStyle("showEffect", null); But, that hardly works on extended class; instead, you should just use .clearStyle("showEffect")... This seems to work every time... just my $0.02! OK I figured this out… SOrta…

You can’t always get the value apparently…

So the livedocs say to set the value to null, such as:
myMenu.setStyle(”showEffect”, null);

But, that hardly works on extended class; instead, you should just use .clearStyle(”showEffect”)…

This seems to work every time…

just my $0.02!

]]> By: KillerSpaz http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16526 KillerSpaz Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:50:18 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16526 I've recently been messing with stuff like this, and have read the documentation and such of how this is all supposed to work... My current problem is that when I use the getStyle() method to get the "openDuration" and "showEffect" of a Menu object, it always returns null... I was originally doing this to be able to restore these styles, but getting null back every time didn't let me access the toString() method of the objects, and would throw Errors. Also, the documentation also states that setting the values to null will default them, but with my showEffect and openDuration, it doesn't work... Any ideas? Is this a bug maybe? I’ve recently been messing with stuff like this, and have read the documentation and such of how this is all supposed to work…

My current problem is that when I use the getStyle() method to get the “openDuration” and “showEffect” of a Menu object, it always returns null… I was originally doing this to be able to restore these styles, but getting null back every time didn’t let me access the toString() method of the objects, and would throw Errors.

Also, the documentation also states that setting the values to null will default them, but with my showEffect and openDuration, it doesn’t work…

Any ideas? Is this a bug maybe?

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16235 peterd Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:54:43 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16235 Kristian, You can't fade text, so you will need to embed your font, if you aren't already. I don't think I have any examples of fading Menu control's with embedded fonts, but there should be several examples of generic font embedding. Peter Kristian,

You can’t fade text, so you will need to embed your font, if you aren’t already.
I don’t think I have any examples of fading Menu control’s with embedded fonts, but there should be several examples of generic font embedding.

Peter

]]> By: Kristian http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16221 Kristian Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:08:04 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-16221 Hi Peter. I'm trying to use the Fade effect on a Menu, but it's not working as expected - I can get the Menu to fade away nicely, but the items in the Menu stay with an alpha of 1 until the Menu background fades completely, then they 'blink' away! Doesn't look too nice. I'm using an array of objects to populate the Menu in Actionscript, so therefore I can't apply a Fade effect to the actual dataprovider or anything. Any tips/pointers? Cheers, K. Hi Peter.

I’m trying to use the Fade effect on a Menu, but it’s not working as expected - I can get the Menu to fade away nicely, but the items in the Menu stay with an alpha of 1 until the Menu background fades completely, then they ‘blink’ away! Doesn’t look too nice.

I’m using an array of objects to populate the Menu in Actionscript, so therefore I can’t apply a Fade effect to the actual dataprovider or anything.

Any tips/pointers?

Cheers,
K.

]]> By: sascha/hdrs http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-15571 sascha/hdrs Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:40:24 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-15571 Thanks for the example! One question: how do you handle the effect if for example on a Fade effect the visible property is set by ActionScript? If a displayobject is set to visible=false, then the effect is applied and then visible is set to true all on the same frame it doesn't work. One frame needs to pass before setting visible to true again. I could use callLater() but I wonder if there is a better solution for this? Thanks for the example! One question: how do you handle the effect if for example on a Fade effect the visible property is set by ActionScript? If a displayobject is set to visible=false, then the effect is applied and then visible is set to true all on the same frame it doesn’t work. One frame needs to pass before setting visible to true again. I could use callLater() but I wonder if there is a better solution for this?

]]> By: Babita http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-14413 Babita Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:28:09 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-14413 This is really good one. This is really good one.

]]> By: Lisa http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-14340 Lisa Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:52:31 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-14340 wonderful!! this is exactly what i need. thanks wonderful!! this is exactly what i need.

thanks

]]> By: gurpreet http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-13200 gurpreet Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:55:18 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-13200 hiiiiiiiii its really a gud one i really appreciate it a lot...... hiiiiiiiii its really a gud one i really appreciate it a lot……

]]> By: saravanan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-8205 saravanan Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:55:36 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-8205 Hi this is cool man ... thanks a lot... :) ~sara~ http://sara-intop.blogspot.com Hi this is cool man …

thanks a lot…

:)

~sara~
http://sara-intop.blogspot.com

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-7253 peterd Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:17:23 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/02/27/setting-effects-with-actionscript-in-flex/#comment-7253 Paulo, Yes. Peter Paulo,

Yes.

Peter

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