Filled colour as a variable? and setting layer to not block the content underneath?

Question

I wonder if it's possible to take the filled colour (filled with  myColor.setRGB(0x993366); like a colouring style) and set the colour filled to be a value of a variable in an if statement? if yes, anyone know how to do it?
and is it possible to set a layer's content so that it does not block any button underneath it? I'm trying use that movie as a mask but I do not want it to block any activity underneath it. or is it better to use the myMovieClip .setMask ( maskMovieClip )(I don't really know how to use this) I only need the masking to appear when a specific button is pressed. Hope my english isn't too confusing. Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes. If you check the documentation for the Color class you will see there is a getRGB() method which returns the value set by the setRGB() method. However it doesn't tell you what color something is, it tells you what color transform has been assigned to that object. So if you make a movie of a red square and you do this:
var myColor:Color=new Color(myClip);
trace(myColor.getRGB()); // traces "0"
Which could either mean it has been tranformed to black or that it has no transform (which is the case here.)
What you are seems more complicated than it probably needs to be. What are you actually trying to do? How are these clips having their transforms assigned? What does it mean that they are a certain color.
As for the layer thing. I have no idea what you are talking about.
BTW, here is something you didn't ask for. Using the on(event) type handler coding went out of style with the introduction of Flash 6 in 2002. It is a very inefficient way to code and is very difficult to maintian because you have to look through all your items to find the code. Most folks these days put the code on the timeline where it is all in one place and easier to maintain. Here is a great article about it:
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/museum-pieces-on-and-onclipevent