Does it work correctly for a linear gradient, but not for a radial one? - Gordon
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trey Long Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:19 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Gradient Fill question So no one has used any gradients? Or had any problems with the ratio attributes? Trey Long wrote: > My question is about the RATIO attribute of the > Graphics.beginGradientFill() method. > > Example: > graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.RADIAL,[0x0000FF,0x00F9FF],[.27, 1],[0,255]); > graphics.drawCircle(0,0,size); > graphics.endFill(); > > Now, if my understanding is correct, a Ratio attribute of [0,255] will > basically set one color to the outside edge of my circle and the other > color will occur at the direct center. In other words, the entire > gradient will be shown. > > What I am getting is the first color pushes the second color way out of > the circle, not even showing it. > > Are the docs wrong? Is this not a ratio? Am I stupid? The answer to the > last question is probably yes, but any help will be great. > > Excerpt from API docs: > > |*ratios*:Array > <http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/langref/Array.html>| - An > array of color distribution ratios; valid values are 0 to 255. This > value defines the percentage of the width where the color is sampled at > 100%. Specify a value for each value in the |colors| parameter. > > For example, for a linear gradient that includes two colors, blue and > green, the following figure illustrates the placement of the colors in > the gradient based on different values in the |ratios| array: > > |ratios| Gradient > |[0, 127]| > |[0, 255]| > |[127, 255]| > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
