Ted On Flash: Dear Google Finance,

Dear Google Finance,

DIGG IT! 8 Comments Published Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM .

In your charting on finance it seems you recently started using Flex Builder ActionScript project to compile the SWF files, yeah! On the site there is a subtle blue flash which is due to the background hex setting on the SWF file. To change the background SWF color to White do the following:

In Flex Builder under Project Settings > Compiler Tab add the following under additional compiler arguments:

-default-background-color #FFFFFF

Like so:

Tada, no blue!

Cheers,

Ted :)

8 Responses to “ Dear Google Finance, ”

# Expecting.Rain August 22, 2008 1:14 PM

It always amazes me to see the big boys miss this small but important detail.
# marco secchi August 22, 2008 2:41 PM

thanks for the tip! But should be -default-background-color and not default-background-color :)
# randy.troppmann August 22, 2008 9:34 PM

Or they can change the 'bgcolor' attribute to '#ffffff' on their html template ... it looks like they have done so.
# Ted Patrick August 22, 2008 10:13 PM

I missed the dash! Corrected.

Ted :)
# Ted Patrick August 22, 2008 10:16 PM

Randy,

You can change the bgcolor but if the swf is without bgcolor setting it will appear. I always opt to change the SWF color vs deal with it in metadata.

It is funny how whenever I see this blue/grey it makes me cringe. Why this was chosen as the default background for all swf files is weird.

Ted :)
# Zach Graves August 23, 2008 3:14 PM

It would be nice to have an option to set the bgcolor when creating a new flex project.
# randy.troppmann August 24, 2008 10:09 AM

Good point Ted. What is crazy about this app is the amount of data they pass in with FlashVars in the embed code. I had never considered what the upper limit would be for FlashVars but it saves another trip to the serverside if it works.
# Joseph August 25, 2008 12:59 PM

Ted, your sense of humor shows straight on this post.