Well i think not "rendering" objects with alpha zero is a big mistake. There is a visible property, and i think that should be the criteria to render an object.
Especially when you look to backward compatibility i hope macromedia will decide to (not) fix this isue. Greets, Sjors Alias wrote: > Craig, > > This sounds like it's actually the result of a *fix* that's in the new > player. If an object's _alpha is set to zero, it shouldn't be > displayed at all - however, there were some issues with rendering > device text with alpha, which is due to the limited font information > the host platform passes back. However, as I understand it, the flash > 8 player has much improved font rendering capabilities. > > So on a player level, this is expected behavior - it's just one of > those unfortunate cases where a bug becomes a fact of life, and fixing > it ends up causing problems. I'd say - design for the new player. > > HTH, > Alias > > On 7/14/05, Craig Newroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > okay, maybe i did not make my self clear...when I was using Flash > PLayer 7 > > and set the property 'alpha' to zero, then not only could I NOT see > the bar > > (which is what I wanted) but i COULD STILL see the text in the > control. Now > > in Flah Player 8, if i set the SAME property (alpha) in the SAME > control to > > zero not only can I NOT see the BAR in the control, but the text is > > invisible now also... > > If i set the property to "1" then I cannot see the bar, but CAN > still see > > the text of the 'LinkBar" tag... > > > > > > > > PR Muruganandh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > In FP7[IE] & FP8[FireFox] > > > > > > > > The following code works the same way > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";> > > > > <mx:Link label="Anand" textRollOverColor="#0099CC" alpha="0"/> > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > > > If I change alpha="100", then also FP7[IE] & FP8[FireFox] works > similar! > > > > > > > > Might be some problem with this > > > > mouseOver="triggerShowEffectNeedReports()" ! > > > > > > > > > > > > - anand > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Abdul Qabiz > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:05 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flash Player 8 Beta - found problem??!! > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > We tried reproducing the same here at our end and we don't see any > > difference between two players (FP7 & FP8 Beta). > > > > > > > > -abdul > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Craig Newroth > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:41 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flash Player 8 Beta - found problem??!! > > > > > > and here is what I did to get it to do what I wanted, evidently the > Flash > > player 8 takes it literally on the alpha property :) - i set it to 1 > (one) > > instead of zero (0) and it is back to being transparent like I > wanted it to > > be... whew! > > > > > > WIll post that to the feedback Andrew, thx > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Spaulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well I'm yet to find a bug but there seems to be some noticable > > improvements in performance. > > > > Be sure to post your bug using the feedback form found here > > http://www.macromedia.com/bin/fp8betafeedback.cgi? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Andrew Spaulding > > www.flexdaddy.info > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "cnewroth55" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Okay, saw the post about the beta Flash Player 8 beta, and as I like > > > to jump in with both feet, installed it for IE, Netscape 7.2 and Fire > > > Fox 1.0.4...went to one of my flex apps and found that I could no > > > longer see my label in the Link tag in my app. I was setting the > > > property 'alpha' to zero so that the "bar" that highlights the > > > selection is invisible and just the rollovers would be seen. Removing > > > the alpha property lets my labe be seen but then (as I am using > > > haloBlue) i get a big ugly blue bar across my link label...I have a > > > graphic behind the link bar and did not want this to show up (the > > > bar)...it used to work in Flash player 7...so beta team thought you > > > would like to know....I really, really dont want to give up my > alpha :) > > > > > > ps. did noticed a slight improvement in load speed... > > > > > > this on longer works.... > > > <mx:Link label="{link1Data[0]}" color="#123154" > > > modalTransparency="0" borderStyle="none" alpha="0" > > > textRollOverColor="#0099CC" mouseOver="triggerShowEffectNeedReports > > > ()" /> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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