ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference - Adobe Help and Support

function createDropShadowRectangle(name:String):MovieClip {
var art:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name,
this.getNextHighestDepth());
var w:Number = 100;
var h:Number = 100;
art.beginFill(0x003366);
art.lineTo(w, 0);
art.lineTo(w, h);
art.lineTo(0, h);
art.lineTo(0, 0);
art._x = 20;
art._y = 20;
}
var filter:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(15, 45, 0x000000, 0.8,
16, 16, 1, 3, false, false, false);
var filterArray:Array = new Array();
filterArray.push(filter);
art.filters = filterArray;
return art;
DropShadowFilter constructor
public DropShadowFilter([distance:Number], [angle:Number], [color:Number],
[alpha:Number], [blurX:Number], [blurY:Number], [strength:Number],
[quality:Number], [inner:Boolean], [knockout:Boolean],
[hideObject:Boolean])
Creates a new DropShadowFilter instance with the specified parameters.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8
Parameters
distance:Number [optional] - The offset distance for the shadow, in pixels. The default value
is 4 (floating point).
angle:Number [optional] - The angle of the shadow, 0 to 360° (floating point). The default
value is 45.
color:Number [optional] - The color of the shadow, in hexadecimal format 0xRRGGBB. The
default value is 0x000000.
alpha:Number [optional] - The alpha transparency value for the shadow color. Valid values
are 0 to 1. For example, 0.25 sets a transparency value of 25%. The default value is 1.
blurX:Number [optional] - The amount of horizontal blur. Valid values are 0 to 255 (floating
point). The default value is 4. Values that are a power of 2 (such as 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32) are
optimized to render more quickly than other values.
DropShadowFilter (flash.filters.DropShadowFilter) 545