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ActionScript 101
By: James Payne
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    2008-01-16

    Table of Contents:
  • ActionScript 101
  • Working with Properties
  • Width/Height
  • Visibility
  • Alpha

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    ActionScript 101 - Alpha


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    That's what they call me: Alpha Male. Bow before me you puny Betas! The Alpha property in ActionScript is used to change the transparency of an object. If I set it to 100 it is completely visible. If I set it at 0, it become invisible. Here it is in code:


    onClipEvent (mouseDown) {

    setProperty("", _alpha, "50");

    }

    Here is how that looks on the big screen:

    Before the click



    After the click



    Well, that's all the time we have for this tutorial. Come back and visit us for the next exciting episode when we delve into the rest of the Object Properties and discuss some of the Operators available in ActionScript.

    Till then...


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