the following works fine for me (Flex 3):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" creationComplete="init();"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function init():void { var bg:String = "FF0066"; application.setStyle("backgroundColor", "0x" + bg); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application> Maybe Adrian's backgroundColour is a reserved word of sorts? Regards, Stefan On 17 Nov 2008, at 21:24, Dave Watts wrote: >> I'm passing in a colour via flashvars and then attempting to set the >> background colour with: >> >> backgroundColour = >> Application.application.parameters.background_colour; >> >> application.setStyle("backgroundColor", "0x" + backgroundColour); >> >> But the concatenation doesn't work. Trawling the docs, I haven't >> even found >> a way to create a colour object from a string. >> >> Any ideas how I might achieve this? > > You must have a backgroundColor defined initially, or you can't set > its style at runtime: > > http://jessewarden.com/2005/01/flex-chronicles-8-backgroundcolor.html > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/flex/message.cfm/messageid:5538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
