[flexcomponents]Total distance from edge of Application

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

I'm trying to find out the total distance in pixels my component is from the
edge of the application. I have some code that attempts to get the x and y
of the component but it doesnt work if its inside a container or containers.
I still have problems trying to understand localToGlobal. It doesn't make
sense to me. Can we rename it or change the signature?

var x:int = LocationClass.getLength(myComponent,Application,x); // returns
10
var y:int = LocationClass.getLength(myComponent,Application,y);

// or
var y:int = LocationClass.getDistanceTo(myComponent,Application,y);

thanks