String to HEX number ???

Hi,

I have an input text box where the user enters an HEX color value like : 44CCFF

How do I transform this String to an hex number ? I would like to assign this value to a movie :

myColor.setRGB(0x44DDFF);

And what does the "0x" mean ???


Thanks !!!
Stan

hi
the 0x defines that this number is a hexadecimal value.
to convert a string form Hex to Dec use the function:

decimal = parseInt (hexString, 16);

look it up in the AS dictionary for more info
Yours
HTD