At 8:10 PM -0700 9/3/00, Paul Schulman wrote:
>Hi. I have this simple but horrible problem I can't
>solve. I want to present a dot at various locations
>on the screen and each time it is presented I want it
>to be a different color. Presentations are triggered
>by a mouse click. I developed a script that does this
>on a test program but not on the one I want. I've
>tried to attach the script to a sprite, to a cast
>member, to a frame--all to no avail. I've traced the
>program and the color is calculated and apparently
>selected for the right sprite but the color on the
>screen isn't changing.
Paul,
Use "transform bitmap" to make your dot be 1-bit deep, then use your
code to change the "forecolor" property of the dot sprite (or is it
the forecolor of the member - I can't remember). Give it a try.
Irv
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