Customizable Gradient Fill

[AlphaSunny]

I have encountered another problem passing variables into Flash (mx 2004 pro).
Simply create a flash document, in the 1st frame, write the following script for gradient fill:


var H = Stage.height;
var W = Stage.width;
var gradColorA;
var gradColorB;
if (gradColorA == undefined || gradColorA == "") {
gradColorA = 0xffff00;
}
if (gradColorB == undefined || gradColorB == "") {
gradColorB = 0x0000ff;
}
colors = [gradColorA, gradColorB];
alphas = [100, 100];
ratios = [0, 255];
rotation = 90*(Math.PI/180);
matrix = {matrixType:"box", x:0, y:0, w:300, h:300, r:rotation};
beginGradientFill("linear", colors, alphas, ratios, matrix);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(W, 0);
lineTo(W, H);
lineTo(0, H);
lineTo(0, 0);
endFill();


The published movie draws the gradient-colored square perfectly using the default colors for the 2 variables - gradColorA and gradColorB. However, it fails to do so when I try to pass the 2 variables by adding a line of code to the published html like this:

<param name="flashVars" value="gradColorA=0xffff00&gradColorB=0x00ffff" />

No matter what colors I assign to the variables, they always appear as black.

Anyone finds any problems here? Please advise, thank you in advance!

AlphaSunny

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[pixl8r]

Add the variables to the movie parameter.

Example:

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="myMovie.swf?graColorA=12345&gradColorB=123345">

A slight change to your script:

var H = Stage.height;
var W = Stage.width;
var gradColorA = _root.gradColorA;
var gradColorB = _root.gradColorB;
if (gradColorA == undefined || gradColorA == "") {
	gradColorA = 0xffff00;
}
if (gradColorB == undefined || gradColorB == "") {
	gradColorB = 0x0000ff;
}
colors = [gradColorA, gradColorB];
alphas = [100, 100];
ratios = [0, 255];
rotation = 90*(Math.PI/180);
matrix = {matrixType:"box", x:0, y:0, w:300, h:300, r:rotation};
beginGradientFill("linear", colors, alphas, ratios, matrix);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(W, 0);
lineTo(W, H);
lineTo(0, H);
lineTo(0, 0);
endFill();

And you should be off to the races.

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[AlphaSunny]

Thanks pixl8r, but this change does not make a difference as I tried out.

Can you try it out to see if it works?

Alphasunny