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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=991475707-13102009>I have a text icon (textID) </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=991475707-13102009>I know that I can use</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=991475707-13102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=991475707-13102009>textID.beginFill(0xFFFFCC,
100);<BR>textID.lineStyle(1,0x000000,100);<BR>textID.drawRect(0,0,100,10,20);</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>to
draw a rectangular background, giving me a rectangle that is much wider than it
is high.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>but if
I then do</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>textID.drawRect(0,0,10,100,20);</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>it
does not replace the original rectangle, it adds a further rectangle, higher
than it is wide.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What I
want to be able to do is to draw a background and then later change the colour
or alpha setting of that background.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>An
alternative would be to add or remove a glow.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So is
there a way to either address the original rectangle so that I can change its
properties, or alternatively delete or erase the rectangle so that I can redraw
another one, without deleting the text icon?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Kind
regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991475707-13102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Johnathan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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