System fonts cannot be faded. I believe that has always been the case. Try Dissolve instead of Fade.
HTH, Ben --- In [email protected], {reduxdj} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don' know why this does this, but seems ol flash 8 was plagued by this > issue. I'm fading a VBox with htmlText, problem is that my textfields > don't fade too... any ideas how to work around this one? > > > thanks, > Patrick >

