Thanks Brendan,
Just found out that peopleCol.setStyle("fill", _peopleColColor); works, too, even if _peopleColColor is a simple String… Flex is… flexible! Rgds -Ralf From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Meutzner Sent: Dienstag, 20. Februar 2007 00:03 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to programmatically change fill color (Flex Charting) Hey, peopleCol.setStyle("fill", new SolidColor(_peopleColColor, 1)); Brendan On 2/19/07, Private Romeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a SolidColor fill for a ColumnSeries object: <mx:ColumnSeries displayName="Staff" yField="People" id="peopleCol"> <mx:fill> <mx:SolidColor id="peopleColColor" color="{_peopleColColor}" /> </mx:fill> </mx:ColumnSeries> In an ActionScript function I'd like to change the color of this fill, however neither data binding seems to work, nor directly accessing the property: function changeColor() { peopleColColor.color = 0xffff00; // DOES NOT WORK _peopleColColor = 0xffff00; // DOES NOT WORK (and is bindable) } Any hint? -- Brendan Meutzner Stretch Media - RIA Adobe Flex Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stretchmedia.ca