ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Date() Global Function

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// Assign the required properties of boxTransform (ra, rb, etc.), setting our

// transformation values as desired

boxTransform.ra = 50; // Red percentage

boxTransform.rb = 0; // Red offset

boxTransform.ga = 100; // Green percentage

boxTransform.gb = 25; // Green offset

boxTransform.ba = 100; // Blue percentage

boxTransform.bb = 0; // Blue offset

boxTransform.aa = 40; // Alpha percentage

boxTransform.ab = 0; // Alpha offset

// Now that our transform object has been prepared, pass it to setTransform()

boxColor.setTransform(boxTransform);

This approach to creating a transform object is fairly labor-intensive. We can generate a

new transform object more easily using the getTransform() method, as follows:

// Create a new Color object for the box clip

boxColor = new Color("box");

// Invoke getTransform() on boxColor, which retrieves a transform object

boxTransform = boxColor.getTransform();

// Now alter boxTransform's properties as needed, leaving others unchanged

boxTransform.rb = 51; // Red offset

boxTransform.aa = 40; // Alpha percentage

// Use our transform object with setTransform()

boxColor.setTransform(boxTransform);

See Also

Color.getTransform()

Date() Global Function

a string representing the current date and time

Flash 5

Date()

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