showing the outerglow effect

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monki
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showing the outerglow effect

Post by monki » Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:42 am

I need to have the outerglow of a graphic turned on/off by the script, but this doesn't seem to be it.

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set the outerglow of graphic "myRec" to true 
Does anyone know how to reference the show/hide outerglow effect? Thanks

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Re: showing the outerglow effect

Post by richmond62 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:06 am

#1 Read the built-in help system. 8)

#2 Try this:

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set the outerglow["color"] of graphic "myRec" to "255,0,0"

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Re: showing the outerglow effect

Post by monki » Sun Jun 10, 2018 7:20 pm

1. yeah, I did that.
2. I did that, too.

Looking at the interface, it actually shows the radio as checked (active), but still doesn't show the outer glow... :?

Maybe I need to reinstall livecode, or something :|

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Re: showing the outerglow effect

Post by richmond62 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 7:31 pm

This is because you have to mess around with opacity and size as well:

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on mouseUp
   set the outerglow["color"] of graphic "g1" to "255,255,255"
   set the outerglow[size] of graphic "g1" to 150
   set the outerglow[opacity] of graphic "g1" to 255
end mouseUp
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glow.png
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Outerglow.livecode.zip
Here's the stack.
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Re: showing the outerglow effect

Post by monki » Sun Jun 10, 2018 7:46 pm

Ah, ok, that worked. Thanks for your help :)

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