changing outline color of a movie clip

I worked from an existing swf, that already had shapes for the states and an outline layer.

When you import the Illustrator file you should see options for importing to separate Flash layers. If the hard work has been done in Illustrator, you ought to be able to bring the different parts in as different layers, and then take all of the outline layers and create one movieclip from them.

it's a lot easier to add Missouri to a new sprite and apply your glow filter to the parent sprite.

In this map:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/politics/vote2008

I solved the problem by having an outline layer that covered all of the states. Not sure if that would work for you. The solid color states are all sitting underneath that layer.

The adjust color filter is known as ColorMatrixFilter when you're using it from Actionscript. It doesn't look simple to use!

For the idea of having a movieclip that is the stroke, and another that is the fill color, try this test routine in frame 1 of a new FLA:

var outer:Sprite = new Sprite();
var inner:Sprite = new Sprite();
var holder:Sprite = new Sprite();

outer.graphics.lineStyle(3,0,1);
outer.graphics.moveTo(0,0);
outer.graphics.lineTo(100,0);
outer.graphics.lineTo(100,100);
outer.graphics.lineTo(0,100);
outer.graphics.lineTo(0,0);

inner.graphics.beginFill(0xff,1);
inner.graphics.drawRect(0,0,100,100);
inner.graphics.endFill();

holder.x = 20;
holder.y = 20;
holder.addChild(inner);
holder.addChild(outer);

addChild(holder);

var changetimer:Timer = new Timer(100,0);
changetimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,randomcolor);
changetimer.start();

function randomcolor(e:TimerEvent) {
inner.graphics.beginFill(Math.random()*0xffffff,1);
inner.graphics.drawRect(0,0,100,100);
inner.graphics.endFill();
}

Now, that's obviously filling a solid rectangle. You can tint an irregular shape using setTint. In yet another new FLA, try this script, with an irregular shaped blob movieclip, named "mc", on the stage already:

import fl.motion.Color;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
var ct:Color = new Color();
ct.setTint(0xFF0000, 0.5);
mc.transform.colorTransform = ct;

Like I mentioned, have a GlowFilter and an Adjust Color filter. Or put your tinted movieclip inside another one, then just apply the GlowFilter to the outer movieclip, and tint the inner movieclip.

adding color shouldn't make a difference unless that's done after the filter is added.

Well, there's nothing wrong with the code part, but the overall effect doesn't work, because I think that the movieclip is tinted.

there's nothing wrong with your code.

It looks like the tint of a movieclip gets added after everything else. You could get what you want by not having a tint, but also applying an Adjust Color filter.