mm, I don't know much about Linux, but maybe you have to make sure the argument is passed in as a String like this: -default-background-color "#2d3238" in windows the compiler takes this syntax as well
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clinton Judy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have this command in a batch file: > > sudo ~/.flex/bin/./mxmlc SearchApp.mxml -default-background-color #2d3238* > > And I get this response: > * > command line: Error: configuration variable 'default-background-color' > expected 1 argument(s), got 0 > Use 'mxmlc -help' for information about using the command line. > > Maybe I have a different problem? > * > * > maximecowez wrote: > > > > I did it with a hash sign (or whatever the name of that thing is), works > > fine: > > -default-background-color #FFFFFF > > > > Also found some sources mentioning the use of a metadata tag, but that > > did not do it for my application: <mx:Metadata> > > [SWF(defaultBackgroundColor="0xFFFFFF")] > > </mx:Metadata> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Clinton Judy cdj@ wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to change the background color the preloader uses. I've > > been > > > using mxmlc to compile at the command line. From searching tutorials > > and > > > the documentation, it looks like I'm supposed to add > > > -default-background-color as an argument. > > > > > > But adding -default-background-color 2d3238 throws an error, and tells > > > me I need to use an integer? Looking elsewhere, I see someone used > > > -default-background-color 0x2d3238 successfully. I try that, and I > > don't > > > get an error, but I still see the original preloader background color. > > > > > > How do I change it? > > > > > > > >