DissolveInstance

Package	mx.effects.effectClasses
Class	public class DissolveInstance
Inheritance	DissolveInstance TweenEffectInstance EffectInstance EventDispatcher Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The DissolveInstance class implements the instance class for the Dissolve effect. Flex creates an instance of this class when it plays a Dissolve effect; you do not create one yourself.

Every effect class that is a subclass of the TweenEffect class supports the following events:

tweenEnd: Dispatched when the tween effect ends.
tweenUpdate: Dispatched every time a TweenEffect class calculates a new value.

The event object passed to the event listener for these events is of type TweenEvent. The TweenEvent class defines the property value, which contains the tween value calculated by the effect. For the Dissolve effect, the TweenEvent.value property contains a Number between the values of the Dissolve.alphaFrom and Dissolve.alphaTo properties.

Related API Elements

mx.effects.Dissolve
mx.events.TweenEvent

Public Properties

	Property		Defined By
		alphaFrom : Number Initial transparency level between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 means transparent and 1.0 means fully opaque.	DissolveInstance
		alphaTo : Number Final transparency level between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 means transparent and 1.0 means fully opaque.	DissolveInstance
		className : String [read-only] The name of the effect class, such as "FadeInstance".	EffectInstance
		color : uint = 0xFFFFFFFF Hex value that represents the color of the floating rectangle that the effect displays over the target object.	DissolveInstance
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		duration : Number The duration of the effect, in milliseconds.	EffectInstance
		easingFunction : Function The easing function for the animation.	TweenEffectInstance
		effect : IEffect The IEffect object that created this IEffectInstance object.	EffectInstance
		effectTargetHost : mx.effects:IEffectTargetHost A property that lets you access the target list-based control of a data effect.	EffectInstance
		hideFocusRing : Boolean Determines whether the effect should hide the focus ring when starting the effect.	EffectInstance
		playheadTime : Number [override] Current time position of the effect.	TweenEffectInstance
		propertyChanges : PropertyChanges Specifies the PropertyChanges object containing the start and end values for the set of properties relevant to the effect's targets.	EffectInstance
		repeatCount : int Number of times to repeat the effect.	EffectInstance
		repeatDelay : int Amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait before repeating the effect.	EffectInstance
		startDelay : int Amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait before starting the effect.	EffectInstance
		suspendBackgroundProcessing : Boolean If true, blocks all background processing while the effect is playing.	EffectInstance
		target : Object The UIComponent object to which this effect is applied.	EffectInstance
		targetArea : RoundedRectangle The area of the target to play the effect upon.	DissolveInstance
		triggerEvent : Event The event, if any, which triggered the playing of the effect.	EffectInstance
		tween : mx.effects:Tween The Tween object, which determines the animation.	TweenEffectInstance

Protected Properties

	Property		Defined By
		playCount : int = 0 Number of times that the instance has been played.	EffectInstance

Public Methods

	Method		Defined By
		DissolveInstance(target:Object) Constructor.	DissolveInstance
		addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	EventDispatcher
		dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
		end():void [override] Interrupts an effect that is currently playing, and immediately jumps to the end of the effect.	TweenEffectInstance
		finishEffect():void Called by the end() method when the effect finishes playing.	EffectInstance
		finishRepeat():void Called after each iteration of a repeated effect finishes playing.	EffectInstance
		hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.	EventDispatcher
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		initEffect(event:Event):void This method is called if the effect was triggered by the EffectManager.	EffectInstance
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		onTweenEnd(value:Object):void Callback method that is called when the target should be updated by the effect for the last time.	TweenEffectInstance
		onTweenUpdate(value:Object):void Callback method that is called when the target should be updated by the effect.	TweenEffectInstance
		pause():void Pauses the effect until you call the resume() method.	EffectInstance
		play():void Plays the effect instance on the target.	EffectInstance
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
		resume():void Resumes the effect after it has been paused by a call to the pause() method.	EffectInstance
		reverse():void Plays the effect in reverse, starting from the current position of the effect.	EffectInstance
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		startEffect():void Plays the effect instance on the target after the startDelay period has elapsed.	EffectInstance
		stop():void Stops the effect, leaving the target in its current state.	EffectInstance
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object
		willTrigger(type:String):Boolean Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.	EventDispatcher

Protected Methods

	Method		Defined By
		createTween(listener:Object, startValue:Object, endValue:Object, duration:Number = -1, minFps:Number = -1):mx.effects:Tween Creates a Tween instance, assigns it the start, end, and duration values.	TweenEffectInstance

Events

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	Event		Summary	Defined By
		activate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
		deactivate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher

Property Detail

alphaFrom

property

public var alphaFrom:Number

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Initial transparency level between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 means transparent and 1.0 means fully opaque.

alphaTo

property

public var alphaTo:Number

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Final transparency level between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 means transparent and 1.0 means fully opaque.

color

property

public var color:uint = 0xFFFFFFFF

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Hex value that represents the color of the floating rectangle that the effect displays over the target object. The default value is the color specified by the target component's backgroundColor style property, or 0xFFFFFF, if backgroundColor is not set.

targetArea

property

public var targetArea:RoundedRectangle

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The area of the target to play the effect upon. The dissolve overlay is drawn using this property's dimensions. UIComponents create an overlay over the entire component. Containers create an overlay over their content area, but not their chrome.

Constructor Detail