# A fill tool for a paint app?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-fill-tool-for-a-paint-app/168072
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**Created:** [November 3, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-fill-tool-for-a-paint-app/168072 "2005-11-03T18:20:06Z")
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### Author: ![impsvi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@impsvi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/impsvi)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-fill-tool-for-a-paint-app/168072/1 "2005-11-03T18:20:06Z")

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hi,  
i was trying to get my head round creating a fill tool for a paint program im creating in flash.  
I was thinking for example if a user was to draw a circle, when the fill tool was used within that circle it could use a hit test to determin the edge of the circle, i then realised that the hit test methord uses movieclips, this being a bad thing as the shapes to be filled are being drawn in real time by the user:(

How would i write actionscript that acted as a fill tool? I know there is a fill command in the dictionary but i only know how to use it when drawing shapes in actionscript.

i have included the .fla file, its flash8 as2  
Thanks vic.