Honestly flash’s default Gradient API is kind of crap. Therefore I made alternative methods that enables you define gradient easily.　Instead of nasty gradient box matrix, my api use more human friendly parameter, Point and Number specified radius. So you can easily create gradient as if you use flash IDE.

//API for Linear Gradient Fill
beginLinearGradientFill([0x000000,0xfffffff],[1,1],[0,255], startPoint:Point, endPoint:Point);

//API for Radial Gradient Fill
beginRadialGradientFill([0x000000,0xffffff],[1.0,1.0],[0,255], centerPoint:Point, radius:Number);

Below is snipets.
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