Glow filter

Funciona apenas no flash 8 ou superior:

import flash.filters.GlowFilter;

var rect:MovieClip = createRectangle(90, 9, 0x33CCFF, "gradientGlowFilterExample");
var blur:Number = 9


var color:Number = 0x33CCFF;
var alpha:Number = .9;
var blurX:Number = blur;
var blurY:Number = blur;
var strength:Number = 2;
var quality:Number = 1;

var filter:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(color, 
                                        alpha, 
                                        blurX, 
                                        blurY, 
                                        strength, 
                                        quality, 
                                        inner, 
                                        knockout);
var filterArray:Array = new Array();
filterArray.push(filter);
rect.filters = filterArray;

function createRectangle(w:Number, h:Number, bgColor:Number, name1:String):MovieClip {
    var mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name1, this.getNextHighestDepth());
    mc.beginFill(bgColor);
    mc.lineTo(w, 0);
    mc.lineTo(w, h);
    mc.lineTo(0, h);
    mc.lineTo(0, 0);
    mc._x = 0
    mc._y = 0
 return mc
}

rect.onEnterFrame = function(){
 trace(this._x)
 this._x += Math.round((98 - this._x) / 2)
 if(this._x >= 78){
  this.onEnterFrame = function(){
   this._x -= 2
   if(this._x <= 0){
    this._x = 0
   }
  }
 }
}