User Guide

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The transParams object should contain a type parameter that indicates the transition effect

class to apply, followed by

direction, duration, and easing parameters. In addition, you

must include any parameters required by the specified transition effect class. For example, the

mx.transitions.Iris transition effect class requires additional startPoint and shape

parameters. So, in addition to the

type, duration, and easing parameters that every

transition requires, you would also add (to the

transParams object) the startPoint and

shape parameters that the mx.transitions.Iris effect requires. The following code adds

startPoint and shape parameters to the mx.transitions.Iris effect:

{type:mx.transitions.Iris, direction:mx.transitions.Transition.IN,

duration:5, easing:mx.transitions.easing.Bounce.easeOut, startPoint:5,

shape:mx.transitions.Iris.CIRCLE}

To verify the additional parameters required for the transition class effect that you are

specifying in the

transParam object’s type parameter, see the API for that transition class. For

example, for more information about the Blinds transition class, see “Blinds transition”

on page 1250.

import mx.transitions.*;

import mx.transitions.easing.*;

Returns

An instance of the Transition object that the TransitionManager instance is assigned to apply.

Description

Method; creates and starts an instance of the specified transition class, which is applied to the

slide or movie clip that the TransitionManager instance is assigned to affect. If a matching

transition already exists, that transition is removed and a new transition is created and started.

NOTE

The transParams object’s type parameter should include the full class-package name of

the classes specified for its parameters unless they are already imported by using the

import statement. To avoid having to provide the full class-package name for all the

transParams parameter collection, place the following import statements previously in

your code to import all mx.transitions classes and all mx.transitions.easing

classes: