"J formerly private news" <ruffup@msn.com> wrote in message
news:cbubb2$r1a$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a background gradient fill that seems to misbehave and appear in
the
> foreground?
> im using flash mx so i suppose im asking how can I get this to appear as a
> background not in the foreground and could it be done better in mx?
>
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip("bkgrnd_mc", 1);
> // make a gradient with 6 colors
> colors = [0x6BEDF3, 0x59DCF1, 0x45C9ED, 0x3BBFEB, 0x2FB4E8, 0x0991E1];
> // all of the colors should be opaque
> alphas = [100, 95, 90, 85, 80, 75];
> //alphas = [75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100];
> // these ratios are in hexadeciaml, in even steps from 0 to 255
> ratios = [0x0, 0x33, 0x66, 0x99, 0xCC, 0xFF];
> // 0 radians is the equivalent of no rotation for the gradient
> Radians = (degrees/180)*Math.PI;
> // build our matrix using the "box" method
> matrix = {matrixType:"box", x:0, y:0, w:400, h:600, r:(90/180)*Math.PI};
> // put all that together in the beginGradientFill
> bkgrnd_mc.beginGradientFill("linear", colors, alphas, ratios, matrix);
> // draw the bounding box
> bkgrnd_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
> bkgrnd_mc.lineTo(800, 0);
> bkgrnd_mc.lineTo(800, 600);
> bkgrnd_mc.lineTo(0, 600);
> bkgrnd_mc.lineTo(0, 0);
> // close up the fill
> bkgrnd_mc.endFill();
>
>