I did this using a compiler directive which changes the blue-grey to whatever you want, including the preloader etc. You change the properties of your project and add the colour you want to use. I found it in the Flex documentation.
But it sounds like you already found a way that works:) Shawn --- In [email protected], "Giles Roadnight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great, thanks. > > > > I was setting that property before but it didn't seem to affect the > background colour one the application had initialised. > > > > > > Giles Roadnight > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter Baird > Sent: 19 March 2007 14:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Application background colour during pre- loader > > > > You need to declaritively set the backgroundColor property directly in the > application tag (not in css file). > > So: > > <mx:Application backgroundColor="#FFFFFF ... > > On 3/19/07 5:41 AM, "Giles Roadnight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:giles%40roadnight.name> > wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > I've built this image gallery here: > > > > http://www.caterpillar-designs.com/index.cfm?go=app.gallery > > > > which is just about working as I want now aside from a few tweaks. > > > > One thing I can't seem to fix though is the background colour of the > > swf when it is loading. At the moment you get a grey flash as the > > prelaoder works then the background goes white. > > > > How do I change this? My application tag has this at the moment: > > > > backgroundGradientColors="[#ffffff, #ffffff]" > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > 8888/ \8888R PETER BAIRD > 888/ \888 Sr. User Experience Consultant > 88/ / \88 Adobe Consulting | Adobe Systems, Inc > 8/ /8\ \8 275 Grove St. Newton, MA > / /888\ \ Office: 617.219.2126 > \8\ Cell: 617.803.6804 >
