Try something like this:
//in a script block
function changeToGreen():Void
{
myLabel.setStyle( 'color', '0x008000' );
}
//mxml
//see the 'effectEnd' property
<mx:Label id="myLabel" text="fading text" showEffect="Fade"
effectEnd="changeToGreen()" />
Hope this helps!
Andrew
www.flexdaddy.com
--- In [email protected], "sanjayd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Stephen, that worked...this is what I did:
>
> 1. copied LucidaSansRegular.ttf file from jre\lib\fonts directory to
> the directory holding my mxml file
>
> 2. added this to my mxml file:
> <mx:Style>
> @font-face { fontFamily:myEmbeddedFont;
> src:url("LucidaSansRegular.ttf"); }
> </mx:Style>
> 3. added this:
> myLabel.setStyle("fontFamily","myEmbeddedFont");
> myLabel.setStyle("fontSize",14);
>
> Now, I have another question; I wanted to show my text in red color;
> fade out the color in 15 seconds (this part is working)..then, at the
> end of the fadeOut period, show the text in 'green'.
>
> exactly, how do I trigger the code that will change the text color to
> green ??
>
> Sanjay
>
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Stephen Gilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > From the doc:
> >
> > Note: To use the Fade effect with text, you must use an embedded font,
> > not a device font. For more information, see Using Styles and Fonts.
> >
> > You can read more here:
> > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/00000590.htm
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of sanjayd
> > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 4:01 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [flexcoders] 'fade effect' question
> >
> > folks, any idea why the label 'fading text' refuses to fade out ?
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > <mx:Effect>
> > <mx:Fade name="Fade" alphaFrom="100" alphaTo="30"
> > duration="2500"/>
> > </mx:Effect>
> >
> >
> > <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%">
> > <mx:Box direction="horizontal" borderStyle="solid"
> > marginTop="5"
> > marginBottom="5" marginLeft="1" marginRight="1"> ..
> > ..
> > <mx:Label text="fading text" showEffect="Fade"/>
> > </mx:Box>
> > ..
> > ..
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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