onClipEvent(load){
_root.layer.gradientcolor1=0xFF0000;
_root.layer.gradientcolor2=0x0000FF;
_root.layer.gradientalpha1=100;
_root.layer.gradientalpha2=50;
_root.base.gc1="FF0000";
_root.base.gc2="0000FF";
_root.base.ga1="100";
_root.base.ga2="75";
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
testcolor1="0x"+_root.base.gc1;
testcolor2="0x"+_root.base.gc2;
//make the color boxes display each individual gradient color
gradcol1=new Color(_root.base.gdcolor1);
gradcol1.setRGB(testcolor1);
_root.base.gdcolor1._alpha=_root.base.ga1;
gradcol2=new Color(_root.base.gdcolor2);
gradcol2.setRGB(testcolor2);
_root.base.gdcolor2._alpha=_root.base.ga2;
}
To break this down in brief: this sets the starting gradient colors using the appropriate 0xFF0000 format hexadecimal values, but also fills the input boxes for the current gradient colors with the standard FF0000 format values. It also sets the starting opacities for each gradient color at 100 and 75.
Each time the frame reloads, the value in the input text boxes is read and then concatenated with 0x to put it in 0x000000 format (represented by variables testcolor1 and testcolor2), and then setRGB is used to change the color swatch representing the current gradient colors to match.
