string transparency?

**Clicktastic** · 18th July 2006, 10:14 AM

There doesnt appear to be any way to get the current semi-transparency ratio of a string object.

You can set its semi-transparency, but you cant get its value again. It doesnt have the action in the object itself and you cant get it by comparing 2 general values in the special conditions object either.

All i'm wanting to do is:

Every 1 second Set strings semi-transparency to strings semi-transparency-1

I've had to set a counter to 128 then every second minus 1 from counter, then set the strings transparency to counter!

**Clicktastic** · 18th July 2006, 10:14 AM

There doesnt appear to be any way to get the current semi-transparency ratio of a string object.

You can set its semi-transparency, but you cant get its value again. It doesnt have the action in the object itself and you cant get it by comparing 2 general values in the special conditions object either.

All i'm wanting to do is:

Every 1 second Set strings semi-transparency to strings semi-transparency-1

I've had to set a counter to 128 then every second minus 1 from counter, then set the strings transparency to counter!

**Clicktastic** · 18th July 2006, 01:07 PM

Is this true, or am i blind?

Thanks.

**Clicktastic** · 18th July 2006, 01:07 PM

Is this true, or am i blind?

Thanks.

**stuckboy** · 18th July 2006, 02:06 PM

It's true.

That is it's true that it's true, not it's true that you are blind.

**stuckboy** · 18th July 2006, 02:06 PM

It's true.

That is it's true that it's true, not it's true that you are blind.

**Sarah** · 18th July 2006, 02:24 PM

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**Sarah** · 18th July 2006, 02:24 PM

This is what I love about MMF <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> The need for constant lateral thinking keeps Alzheimer's at bay <img src="/center/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Much better than crosswords or Sudoku!

**DavidN** · 19th July 2006, 03:12 PM

I usually use an alterable value to store the intended semi-transparency of an object anyway, so I can directly compare the semitransparencies of objects. Of course, this doesn't apply to strings.

**DavidN** · 19th July 2006, 03:12 PM

I usually use an alterable value to store the intended semi-transparency of an object anyway, so I can directly compare the semitransparencies of objects. Of course, this doesn't apply to strings.