setRGB

[10reynard]

i have a MC which changes the colour of the MC (instance name toolbar) on stage.
it changes the colour but when the "close setting box" button,"cross box on the corner" the colour changes back to the original...

please have a look at my SWF then click"setting"
http://www.gomi.btinternet.co.uk/3g.htm

thank you

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[ArcticX]

What code do you use to
A) inititially set the color of the bar
B) change the color of the bar
C) close the tool box

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[10reynard]

hello, ArcticX

A) inititially set the color of the bar
eh, i just drew it normally...i see. i need to set the colour with script here. but how?
B) change the color of the bar
that is;

on (release) {
setColour = new Color(_root.toolbar);
setColour.setRGB( 0x666666);
}

C) close the tool box
on (release) {
this.gotoandstop(1);
_root.gotoandstop(1);
}

regards,

10reynard

[Stickman]

I think I see your problem: when you close the Settings box, you're sending the movie back to frame 1 -- which effectively 'resets' everything.

A better way to do this would be to have the box hidden (_visible=0) at first. Then to make it appear, set _visible=1. To make it disappear, set _visible=0 again.

[10reynard]

oh, that's a really good idea! thank you.
yes it works! i almost gave up on learning... thanks so much!

is there any books you could recommend to any actionscript beginners? i don't have much time so would like to avoid bible- i'm now using VQG flash advanced.

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[10reynard]

hi,

thought it worked but problem again.
i have two frames in the main in order to disable buttons while the MC is being played.
(got help from here http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=214212)

is ther anyway to parse the value of new colour to the first frame?
please get FLA (.rar) http://www.gomi.btinternet.co.uk/3g.rar sorry the file is large-(1mb) i removed irelevant stuff though.

thank you,

10reynard