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AS3: Mask Within A Mask (or How To Use A Shape With A Hole In It As A Mask)
Hi guys,

I've been stuck on this AS 3 masking problem for days now. I'm sure there's a simple solution to my problem but it's proving to be a pain.

I have a movieclip that contains some drawings, bitmap, etc. on top of that I am drawing a yellow rectangle with a hole in it using ActionScript:

What I want to achieve is to mask the movieclip container using the yellow rectangle, but I want the hole in the middle to not show the drawings and line:

However what I am actually getting is the yellow rectangle is masking the movieclip, but is ignoring the hole within it:

This is the AS3 code that I've written to get the above effect (with 'maskee' being the movieclip that contains the drawings):

Code:
function drawRectMask(p_sprite:Sprite) : void {
p_sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xf0ff00);
p_sprite.graphics.drawRect(100,100,300, 300);
p_sprite.graphics.moveTo(100,200);
p_sprite.graphics.drawRect(150,150,100, 100);
p_sprite.graphics.endFill();
}

var spr:Sprite = new Sprite();
drawRectMask(spr);
addChild(spr);

maskee.mask = spr ;

I'm at wits end. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

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ActionScript Code:
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ActionScript Code:
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I have attached the fla file. You'll see what I mean.

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The clip the image is loaded into is 'dopplerHolder_mc' and is dynamically created.
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see the picture
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[Edited by bluerabit on 02-10-2002 at 06:09 PM]

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code:

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