Erm... never mind. I guess I should have slept last night after all...
Sorry,
Mark
On 4/24/06, Mark Winterhalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as far as I know, there is no clean solution to this problem.
>
> However, if you feel hackish, this /could/ work:
>
> var w = myClip._width;
> var h = myClip._height;
> var clip = myClip.createEmptyMovieClip( "foobar",
> myClip.getNextHighestDepth() );
> with( clip ) {
> beginFill( 0x00ff00, 100 ) {
> lineTo( w, 0 );
> lineTo( w, h );
> endFill();
> }
> var x = myClip._width - w;
> var y = myClip._height - h;
> clip.removeMovieClip();
>
> Now, (x, y) should be the coordinates of your origin (i.e., top left
> is at (-x, -y)).
>
> Maybe. I haven't tested it.
>
> Good luck...
> Mark
>
>
>
> On 4/24/06, Meinte van't Kruis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have a problem correctly figuring out the actual x value of the top-left
> > corner of a movieclip when scaling it.
> > To demonstrate to this:
> >
> > put movieclip t on stage(a black box). Edit it, so that it's left top corner
> > isn't on the movieclip centerpoint.
> >
> > this code on stage:
> >
> > onEnterFrame=function(){
> > t._xscale++;
> > trace(t._x);
> > trace(t.getBounds().xMin);
> > trace(t.getRect().xMin);
> > }
> >
> > if you execute it, you can clearly see the top-left corner is in fact
> > moving, due to the scaling.
> > But the values never change. So my question is:
> >
> > how do I know the coordinates of the topleft corner of an (off-centered)
> > movieclip, or
> > the coordinates of the topright corner of a centered movieclip while scaling
> > it?
> >
> > I'm really stuck on this, help would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > greetings,
> > Meinte
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