Movieclip.getbounds() - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

MovieClip.getBounds()

Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_mc.getBounds(targetCoordinateSpace:Object) : Object
Parameters
targetCoordinateSpace
to use as a reference point.
Returns
An object with the properties
Description
Method; returns properties that are the minimum and maximum x and y coordinate values of the
instance specified by
Note: Use
MovieClip.localToGlobal()
local coordinates to Stage coordinates, or Stage coordinates to local coordinates, respectively.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass. For
more information, see "Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol" in Using ActionScript in Flash.
Example
The following example creates a movie clip called
movie clip and uses
the Output panel.
this.createEmptyMovieClip("square_mc", 1);
square_mc._x = 10;
square_mc._y = 10;
square_mc.beginFill(0xFF0000);
square_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
square_mc.lineTo(100, 0);
square_mc.lineTo(100, 100);
square_mc.lineTo(0, 100);
square_mc.lineTo(0, 0);
square_mc.endFill();
var bounds_obj:Object = square_mc.getBounds(this);
for (var i in bounds_obj) {
trace(i+" --> "+bounds_obj[i]);
}
The following information displays in the Output panel:
yMax --> 110
yMin --> 10
xMax --> 110
xMin --> 10
The target path of the Timeline whose coordinate system you want
, ,
xMin xMax
for the
my_mc targetCoordinateSpace
and
MovieClip.getBounds()
, and
yMin yMax.
parameter.
MovieClip.globalToLocal()
. The code draws a square for that
square_mc
to display the coordinate values of the instance in
to convert the movie clip's
MovieClip.getBounds() 517