Comments on: Aborting Flex 2 Effects

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:43:14 +0000

Just a side note if anyone else comes here looking to basically send any effects to a screaming halt. If you have two effects one for fadeIn and one for fade Out, when you are setting the visibilities of the component most can call .endEffectsStarted() which will end any current effects and begin the new ones.

By: Tink

Tink — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:35:08 +0000

No worries bud, glad it was useful.

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:50:00 +0000

You’re not missing anything Tink. I have a deadline of Friday, am coding at mach-2 with little regard to optimization, and haven’t had anyone take a look at my code. So, thanks for taking the time to do so!

By: Tink

Tink — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:38:52 +0000

Hmm removed my MXML :(

also
searchMove.isPlaying

should be

myFade.isPlaying

By: Tink

Tink — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:37:23 +0000

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not sure why your taking this apporach. You can just check the isPlaying property, and if its is playing invoked reverse(). If it aint playing, set the alphaTo, and play the effect. <mx:Script>
<![CDATA[

private function set show( value:Boolean ):void
{
        if( myFade.isPlaying )
        {
                myFade.reverse();
        }
        else
        {
                myFade.xTo = ( value ) ? 100 : 0;
                myFade.play();
        }
}

]]>
</mx:Script>

<mx:Fade id='myFade' target='{myComponent}' duration='500'/>