Color (Hexadecimal)

[sketchball]

Hello, I'm having trouble with the way hexadecimal colors show up on different platforms. It works perfectly on a pc but, it only shows up in blue tints on a pc. Here is the code which was geniusly created and graciously donated by Geoff Stearns@deconcept.com (http://www.deconcept.com)

thanks for any help.

Here is the code:

This code that is on the movieclip that will chage color:

onClipEvent (load) {
var a = 15;
// this is the speed of the transition, the higher the value, the slower the fade
myColor = new Color (this);
// this sets up the color object, and sets the other variables to the initial values
var cRGB = myColor.getRGB ();
var cHEX = cRGB.toString (16);
var newRGB = cRGB;
var newHEX = cHEX;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (cHEX <> newHEX) {
// break the hex into 3 values, one for each color
var cHEX_r = parseInt (cHEX.substring (0, 2), 16);
var newHEX_r = parseInt (newHEX.substring (0, 2), 16);
var cHEX_g = parseInt (cHEX.substring (2, 4), 16);
var newHEX_g = parseInt (newHEX.substring (2, 4), 16);
var cHEX_b = parseInt (cHEX.substring (4, 6), 16);
var newHEX_b = parseInt (newHEX.substring (4, 6), 16);
// adjust each value independantly, so you don't get any wierd colors showing up
// adjust red value
if (cHEX_r <> newHEX_r) {
var r_diff = Math.round ((newHEX_r - cHEX_r) / a);
if (Math.abs (r_diff) < 1) {
cHEX_r = newHEX_r;
} else {
cHEX_r += r_diff;
}
}
// then green value
if (cHEX_g <> newHEX_g) {
var g_diff = Math.round ((newHEX_g - cHEX_g) / a);
if (Math.abs (g_diff) < 1) {
cHEX_g = newHEX_g;
} else {
cHEX_g += g_diff;
}
}
// then blue value
if (cHEX_b <> newHEX_b) {
var b_diff = Math.round ((newHEX_b - cHEX_b) / a);
if (Math.abs (b_diff) < 1) {
cHEX_b = newHEX_b;
} else {
cHEX_b += b_diff;
}
}
// adjust the color to the new value
// sets the decimal numbers back to hex
cHEX_r = cHEX_r.toString (16);
cHEX_g = cHEX_g.toString (16);
cHEX_b = cHEX_b.toString (16);
// this check is needed if there is a 0 value in the string, when you use toString() it will leave 0's blank,
// instead of filling them in, so you get "0" instead of "00" or "e" instead of "0e" so this fills in the 0
// if it is needed
while (cHEX_r.length < 2) {
cHEX_r = "0" + cHEX_r;
}
while (cHEX_g.length < 2) {
cHEX_g = "0" + cHEX_g;
}
while (cHEX_b.length < 2) {
cHEX_b = "0" + cHEX_b;
}
// end toString() fix
cHEX = cHEX_r + cHEX_g + cHEX_b;
// set the current HEX variable
myColor.setRGB (parseInt (cHEX, 16));
// set the color of the BG (or object)
}
}


This is the code that is on the button to chage the color of the movieclip:

on (release) {
_root.bg.newHEX = "000000";
}

[sketchball]

I meant to say it works perfectly on a pc but only shows up as blue tints on a mac.

thank you

[jonathan67]

I've had a look at the code and it may be something to do with the initial colour setting of the BG clip.
The first time I tried this it didn't work but after I'd set the bg clip's colour in the property inspector it worked fine.
I added 3 other buttons and changed the var "_root.bg.newHEX" on each one.
I also added a trace on the buttons to see what the current value of the RGB colour was.
trace(_root.bg.myColor.getRGB().toString(16));
Maybe if you try this on a mac you can see what's going on.
I'm afraid I'm on a PC too so cannot replicate the problems you have.

Hope this helps?

Jon 8o)

[sketchball]

thank you I'll try it