Create highlither with AS3

K, Thks Mr.Colin and Mr.Kglad. I will follow.. thks

Dear Mr.Colin,

Greetings! thks for the reply. S, if I use alpha as 1, it is hiding the text behind the drawing we have created. That's why I used less alpha. In snipping tool we can create any shape like circle, square or lines...

Thanks and Regards,

Syed Abdul Rahim

Thks Mr.kglad,

Already I have used drawing api and created that highlighter, but it is giving some continuous circle shapes, it looks odd... it is not like our snipping tool. Please check my attached image. I have used the below code, pls check and help me:

//------------- DRAWING CODE STARTS----------------------------------------------
var isDrawingReady:Boolean;
var startX:Number,startY:Number;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDrawReady);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onDrawStop);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onDraw);
function onDrawReady(e:MouseEvent):void
{
startX = e.stageX;
startY = e.stageY;
isDrawingReady = true;
}

function onDraw(e:MouseEvent):void
{
if (isDrawingReady)
{
  this.graphics.lineStyle(30,0xff0000,.05);
  this.graphics.moveTo(startX,startY);
  this.graphics.lineTo(e.stageX,e.stageY);
  startX = e.stageX;
  startY = e.stageY;
}

e.updateAfterEvent();
}

function onDrawStop(e:MouseEvent):void
{
isDrawingReady = false;
}

function clear_screen(event:MouseEvent) {
this.graphics.clear();
}
//------------- DRAWING CODE END----------------------------------------------

your link is working for me.

you can use the drawing api to create a 'highlighter' tool that allows users to highlight items on display.  and you can create an eraser tool that allows users to undo their hightlight(s).

you can use the bitmapdata class to save the display (with and/or without highlights).

hi friends given link is not working pls consider that as highlighter in snipping tool of windows OS.