Flash CS3 Documentation

Extending Flash > Objects > drawingLayer object > drawingLayer.setColor()

drawingLayer.setColor()

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

drawingLayer.setColor(color)

Parameters

color The color of subsequently drawn data, in one of the following formats:

• A string in the format "#RRGGBB" or "#RRGGBBAA"
• A hexadecimal number in the format 0xRRGGBB
• An integer that represents the decimal equivalent of a hexadecimal number

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; sets the color of subsequently drawn data. Applies only to persistent data. To use this method, the parameter passed to drawingLayer.beginDraw() must be set to true. You typically use this method only when creating extensible tools. See drawingLayer.beginDraw().

Example

The following example draws a red line on the Stage:

fl.drawingLayer.beginDraw( true );
fl.drawingLayer.beginFrame();
fl.drawingLayer.setColor( "#ff0000" );
fl.drawingLayer.moveTo(0,0);
fl.drawingLayer.lineTo(100,100);
fl.drawingLayer.endFrame();
fl.drawingLayer.endDraw();

Flash CS3