Dimming a Movie

The ALPHA property designates the color intensity level. A value of 100 means the original color intensity (100%). You can set and get this property. The ALPHA property is no. 6, so you get its value by going:

  mySwf.TGetProperty(timeline, 6);

And you set it in a similar way:

  mySwf.TSetProperty(timeline, 6, value);

Play the following movie by clicking the Play link. Get the ALPHA of the movie by clicking the Get ALPHA link. Dim the movie's colors by 50% by clicking the Set ALPHA link:

Here is the source code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="flashcheck2.js">
</SCRIPT>
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:mySwf2.
 Rewind(); return false">Rewind</A> |
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:mySwf2.
 Play(); return false">Play</A> |
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:alert(mySwf2.
 TGetProperty('/', 6));
  return false">Get ALPHA</A> |
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:mySwf2.
 TSetProperty('/', 6, 50);
  return false">Set ALPHA</A>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  var mySwf2 = Flash_embedSWF("opener.swf", "opener");
</SCRIPT>

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