Changing Stage Color

Can the background color of the stage be changed from an external XML file?
Any info greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks, kglad.
Curious, how come the answer in the e-mail notification about your post is different from the one in the post?

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I'm wondering if there's a way to change the background color
of the area behind the stage. On my monitor, it's a little hard to
tell the difference between the white and light gray.
Thanks.

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear.
While working in Flash, I have a hard time distinguishing the
stage from the area around it. I know how to change the background
color, but want to know if there's a way to change the color of the
area around it instead. I'm guessing there isn't, as it seems it
would have presented itself in the menus I've looked in by
now.

Newbie - how to change the color of a line using ActionScript?

This must be the most basic question in the world, but I've
been searching the documentation for an hour.
All I want to do is to draw a line on the stage, and then
change its color (or endpoint positions) dynamically using
ActionScript.
This is the 1st step to creating complicated dynamic
animations... (No, I do not want to use the timeline, I want to do
it dynamically.)
Yet a line can't be an instance, so I'm confused -- how can I
possibly do this? Is there some key concept I'm missing here?
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Michael

AS2 required you to create your own function for doing
primitive shapes. In AS3 that has changed and the graphics package
includes not only the old AS2 drawing API but also has methods for
doing squares, circles etc.
If you are a VB programmer, my honest opinion is to leave
your traditional OOP mindset at the door when using Flash.
Actionscript is still in its infancy and although AS3 does really
strive for OOP oneness, it isn't there 100% like VB is which has
been around 20 years longer and gone through numerous additions
etc. Whenever I learn a new language VB, PHP, C, AS, Java....I try
my best to look at the language as its own identity. All language
share similarities but they all have their own idiosyncrisies. Keep
an open mind and you'll find what you need.
Most of the seasoned guys here will also tell you that
although the documentation is decent, you are better off going out
and picking up a book on Flash 8/CS3 and another one on
Actionscript. Familiarize yourself with the program that way.
With your programming background, I'd recommend picking up
Essential AS2 (or AS3) by Moock depending on your version of Flash.
Also, if you are more interested in the programmatic side of Flash,
why not look into Flex Builder and AIR. Since it is purely a
programming environment (no Flash IDE), you'd be more
comfortable.

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is there any possibility to change the color of the background in the Cover Flow view of Finder ??
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http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=290539
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Hi.. How r u all..?
I'm doing a small program to change the color of those sections of an image which are having the same color, according to the color selected from the colorpicker..
Say we have selected a color from the colorpicker, and then the mouseclick event on the image changes the color of those parts in the image which are having the same color as the clicked portion (or pixel) to the selected color.. If we've selected FF0000 from the colorpicker, then clicked on 3300CC coloured pixel in the image. This should change the color of all the 3300CC coloured pixels in the image..
I've a colorpicker [colpickr] and a movieclip [mc] of the image on the stage. I created a bitmap of that same same image (imag1) using code. Selecting the color from the colorpicker and a mouse click on the movieclip (here I used getPixel) will change that color in the bitmap to the selected color (with setPixel). So here I've two images; one is a movieclip (inorder to add listener for click event) and one is a bitmap (inorder to set the property setPixel). But I need only a single image.
Please help me regarding this.. Given below is my (horrible) code..
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Loader;
var c = 0;
var myBitmapData:BitmapData;
var bm:Bitmap;
colpickr.selectedColor = 0xffffff;
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var urlReq;
var preloader_img:MovieClip;
preLoader =new Loader();
preLoader.unloadAndStop();
urlReq = new URLRequest("imag1.jpg"); // i've selected the same image as that of movieclip mc
preLoader.load(urlReq);
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try this:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Loader;
var c=0;
var myBitmapData:BitmapData;
var bm:Bitmap;
colpickr.selectedColor=0xffffff;
var preLoader;
var urlReq;
var preloader_img:MovieClip;
preLoader =new Loader();
preLoader.unloadAndStop();
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preLoader.load(urlReq);
preLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,preLoaderComplete);
//creates a bitmap image of mc..;
function preLoaderComplete(loadEvent:Event) {
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stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, f);
function f(e:MouseEvent):void{
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function _onMouseClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
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Change Windows colors in registry

Hi
Changing Windows colors in registry neither works here
HKCU/Control Panel/Colors
nor here
HKCU/Control Panel/Desktop/Colors
That means for example, that you can change the ActiveBorder color in the usual color dialog box: The registry value does not change in both of the above registry places.
Or
You can change the ActiveBorder color directly in the registry in both of the above registry places: The Windows ActiveBorder color does not change, even after a reboot.
Obviously the color is saved in a different registry-path.
Where exactly the Windows colors are saved in the registry, when you change them manually?
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about current development stage, but there is hope that upcoming OS will have these
Advanced Settings incorporated into *.themes files; allowing greater customization power than pre-Win7 and enabling
users to create and share their own system Theme Packs (including backgrounds, screensavers, colors, metrics and their dynamics). If we are lucky, release of application and/or metro-app to facilitate creation, editing and management of Theme Packs should
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— Lorna in Southern California

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I am glad I put that I am a Noob.... turns out I didn't have the layer
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Hi
I am facing a weird issue using PowerPivot in my workbook, there is a worksheet named Charts in my workbook and all the charts i am using resides in that worksheet. Whenever i try to change the font color in that sheet, my excel's color palette goes blur
and then everything just freezes and turns black. This problem is happening only with Charts worksheet, when i try to change the color in other sheets, it works just, the problem is only with Charts sheet. File
size is 16 MB, there are just 10 pivot tables with some calculations and some calculated fields. There are no add-ins other than PowerPivot.
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Shanker

Hi,
In regarding of the issue, please provide us more information to assist you better.
Do you receive any error message?
Which Excel version are you using? Excel 2013 or other?
Which workbook format are you using? XLS or XLSX?
Are you performing any specific task?
According to your description, this issue seems only occur with the special worksheet "Charts".
Firstly, I recommend we copy all of the content to a new/blank Excel file to test.
If it works fine, this issue might be caused by the "Charts" workbook itself. We'd better check the "Charts" workbook. Or re-build the file with a new workbook.
If it still makes Excel hang with a new file, this issue might due to the content. Please check the content first.
Secondly, we could follow below KB to troubleshoot this issue:
https://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2758592/en-us?wa=wsignin1.0
Thirdly, if the issue still exists, we may try to collect the Event log and App crash dump file to do advanced troubleshooting.
Event log:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-Event-Viewer
App crash dump file:
First enable app crash dump collection by copying following words into notepad, saving it as dump.reg and importing
it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\localdumps\EXCEL.EXE]
"DumpFolder"=hex(2):63,00,3a,00,5c,00,63,00,72,00,61,00,73,00,68,00,64,00,75,\
00,6d,00,70,00,73,00,00,00
"DumpCount"=dword:00000010
"DumpType"=dword:00000001
"CustomDumpFlags"=dword:00000000
Then, open Excel
to repro the issue. If crash issue appeared, please find the crashdump file under c:\.
To further help you, please upload this file into Skydrive and shared the link here.
Also, you can try to analyze dump by yourself if you would like to：
How to analyze app crash dump file:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/05/29/basic-debugging-of-an-application-crash.aspx
Hope it's helpful.
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thank you
Could anyone please show a picture of where to change the color of the outer line? I've tried everything.

Hi,
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For the next person who blunders into this and searches for an answer...
If you have a Condition Code whose decoration is a custom color, and you delete the color, the text goes to Black, and you cannot change the color of text bearing that CC - with local color override, or a Character Format that applies a color (I didn't try Paragraph format).
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