This property replace the old fashion Actionscript 2 setRGB() method. Here’s the code for changing the color of a MovieClip in AS2:

var myColor:Color = new Color(myMovie);
     myColor.setRGB(0x4455ff);

where myMovie is an instance of a MovieClip.

For Actionscript 3 the code isn’t so complicated and here it is:

var newColor:ColorTransform = myMovie.transform.colorTransform;
newColor.color = 0xFF5522;
myMovie.transform.colorTransform = newColor;

To see how the code works have a look at the example below:

The code for the example is here:

import flash.geom.ColorTransform;

square1.buttonMode = true;
square1.useHandCursor = true;
square1.mouseChildren = false;
square1.addEventListener("mouseOver", rollOverHandler);
square1.addEventListener("mouseOut", rollOutHandler);

square2.buttonMode = true;
square2.useHandCursor = true;
square2.mouseChildren = false;
square2.addEventListener("mouseOver", rollOverHandler);
square2.addEventListener("mouseOut", rollOutHandler);

function rollOverHandler(e:MouseEvent) {
	var newColor:ColorTransform = e.target.transform.colorTransform;
	if (e.target.name =="square1") {
		newColor.color = 0xFF5522;
	} else {
		newColor.color = 0x0066CC;
	}
	e.target.transform.colorTransform = newColor;

}

function rollOutHandler(e:MouseEvent) {
	var newColor:ColorTransform = e.target.transform.colorTransform;
	if (e.target.name =="square1") {
		newColor.color = 0x0066CC;
	} else {
		newColor.color = 0xFF5522;
	}
	e.target.transform.colorTransform = newColor;
}

Take a look at the example below:

Menu Features

• XML configuration file easy to setup
• Dynamic image mirror
• Roll over image coloring
• Roll over image zooming
• Mouse speed adjustment
• External URLs support
• Image titles support
• Optionally set the XML configuration file path in HTML using FlashVars

If you want to learn more about how Lightbox was used and download the example files follow this tutorial. You are free to use the files inside the 2DZoomMenuLightbox.zip in any project personal / commercial as long as you don’t try to hide Flashtuning logo located in the top left corner of the flash movie. If you don’t want to have the logo, you must purchase the commercial package that is available on Flashtuning.net.