How To Get That Elusive Yellow Glow?

Question

I want to make a short animated logo in which part of the
logo has a pulsating glow whilst a melodramatic sound plays in the
background. I took the following code from the helpfile and tweeked
it. What I'd like is a pulsating yellow glow... but all I get is
some error I can't fix;
[code]
box_mc.filters = [new
flash.filters.GlowFilter(color:0xF0F727)];
var dir:Number = 2;
box_mc.blur = 10;
box_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
box_mc.blur += dir;
if ((box_mc.blur >= 30) || (box_mc.blur <= 10)) {
dir *= -1;
var filter_array:Array = box_mc.filters;
filter_array[0].blurX = box_mc.blur;
filter_array[0].blurY = box_mc.blur;
box_mc.filters = filter_array;
[/code]
Error:
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: ')'
or ',' expected
box_mc.filters = [new
flash.filters.GlowFilter(color:0xF0F727)];
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
You know, if yellow was the default glow colour, I wouldn't
have this problem...

Answer 1

Looks like you didn't take enough of the code... This should
fix your
problem:
import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
var filter:BlurFilter = new BlurFilter (10, 10, 3);
box_mc.filters = new Array (filter);
var dir:Number = 2;
box_mc.onEnterFrame = function () {
var myBlur:BlurFilter = this.filters[0];
myBlur.blurX += dir;
myBlur.blurY += dir;
if ((myBlur.blurX >= 30) || (myBlur.blurX <= 10)) {
dir *= -1;
this.filters = new Array (myBlur);
stop ();
Dave -
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