Well, I just happened to figure out what the problem was. Much to my dismay and exuberance.
For those of you interested in this I will give you the quick definition. This quote: "This value defines the percentage of the width where the color is sampled at 100%." I assumed that this meant the width of the gradient, when it actually means the width of the gradient box. Gradient box isn't a required parameter and I am not sure what the defaults are but when you create a gradient box with the width of the gradient the ratios work properly as per my example here. gMat.createGradientBox(127,20,0,0,0); grad.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR,[0xFFFFFF,0xFFFFFF],[0,1],[0,255],gMat); grad.graphics.drawRect(0,0,127,refButton.height); -Trey Trey Long wrote: > If someone has any experience with drawing gradients with the GRAPHICS > object please, your input would be invaluable. > > My issue is with the RATIO attribute of beginGradientFill(). I can't > seem to understand exactly what the numbers in that array represent. > > For instance, to get a gradient all the way across a rectangle I would > specify, according to the docs, [0,255] or [0x00,0xFF]. That I can > understand, but what happens on the screen doesn't appear to be anything > like what the docs say. > > If anyone has had any experience, or could figure out the example I have > included I would be forever grateful. > > This draws a rectangle in which the white is truncated abruptly instead > of fading out to nothing gracefully like I would think. > > var grad:UIComponent = new UIComponent(); > grad.graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR,[0xFFFFFF,0xFFFFFF],[0,1],[0,255]); > grad.graphics.drawRect(0,0,200,20); > grad.graphics.endFill(); > addChild(grad); > > -Trey > > > -- > 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/
