MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE - Distance (Dropshadowfilter.distance Property)

DropShadowFilter (flash.filters.DropShadowFilter) 537
var mc:MovieClip = createDropShadowRectangle("DropShadowColor");
mc.onRelease = function() {
var filter:DropShadowFilter = this.filters[0];
filter.color = 0xFF0000;
this.filters = new Array(filter);
}
function createDropShadowRectangle(name:String):MovieClip {
var art:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name,
this.getNextHighestDepth());
var w:Number = 100;
var h:Number = 100;
art.beginFill(0x003366);
art.lineTo(w, 0);
art.lineTo(w, h);
art.lineTo(0, h);
art.lineTo(0, 0);
art._x = 20;
art._y = 20;
var filter:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(15, 45, 0x000000, .8,
16, 16, 1, 3, false, false, false);
var filterArray:Array = new Array();
filterArray.push(filter);
art.filters = filterArray;
return art;
}
distance (DropShadowFilter.distance property)
public distance : Number
The offset distance for the shadow, in pixels. The default value is 4 (floating point).
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8
Example
The following example changes the
distance property on an existing movie clip when a user
clicks it.
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
var mc:MovieClip = createDropShadowRectangle("DropShadowDistance");
mc.onRelease = function() {
var filter:DropShadowFilter = this.filters[0];
filter.distance = 40;
this.filters = new Array(filter);
}
function createDropShadowRectangle(name:String):MovieClip {