User Guide

GlowFilter (flash.filters.GlowFilter) 611

strength (GlowFilter.strength property)

public strength : Number

The strength of the imprint or spread. The higher the value, the more color is imprinted and

the stronger the contrast between the glow and the background. Valid values are 0 to 255.

The default is 2.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8

Example

The following example changes the

strength property on an existing movie clip when a user

clicks it.

import flash.filters.GlowFilter;

var mc:MovieClip = createGlowFilterRectangle("GlowFilterStrength");

mc.onRelease = function() {

var filter:GlowFilter = this.filters[0];

filter.strength = .8;

this.filters = new Array(filter);

}

function createGlowFilterRectangle(name:String):MovieClip {

var rect:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name,

this.getNextHighestDepth());

var w:Number = 100;

var h:Number = 100;

rect.beginFill(0x003366);

rect.lineTo(w, 0);

rect.lineTo(w, h);

rect.lineTo(0, h);

rect.lineTo(0, 0);

rect._x = 20;

rect._y = 20;

var filter:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(0x000000, .8, 16, 16, 1, 3, false,

false);

var filterArray:Array = new Array();

filterArray.push(filter);

rect.filters = filterArray;

return rect;

}