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Sprite coordinates are expressed relative to the upper left corner of the Stage.

Example

These two statements position sprite 3 a distance of 50 pixels from the right edge of the Stage:

stageWidth = the stageRight - the stageLeft

sprite(3).locH = stageWidth - 50

See also

stageLeft, stageBottom, stageTop, locH, locV

stageToFlash()

Syntax

sprite(whichFlashSprite).stageToFlash(pointOnDirectorStage)

stageToFlash (sprite whichFlashSprite, pointOnDirectorStage)

Description

Function; returns the coordinate in a Flash movie sprite that corresponds to a specified coordinate

on the Director Stage. The function both accepts the Director Stage coordinate and returns the

Flash movie coordinate as Director point values: for example, point (300,300).

Flash movie coordinates are measured in Flash movie pixels, which are determined by the original

size of the movie when it was created in Flash. Point (0,0) of a Flash movie is always at its upper

left corner. (The cast member’s

originPoint property is not used to calculate movie coordinates; it

is used only for rotation and scaling.)

The

stageToFlash() function and the corresponding flashToStage() function are helpful for

determining which Flash movie coordinate is directly over a Director Stage coordinate. For both

Flash and Director, point (0,0) is the upper left corner of the Flash Stage or Director Stage. These

coordinates may not match on the Director Stage if a Flash sprite is stretched, scaled, or rotated.

Example

The following handler checks to see if the mouse pointer (whose location is tracked in Director

Stage coordinates) is over a specific coordinate (130,10) in a Flash movie sprite in channel 5. If

the pointer is over that Flash movie coordinate, the script stops the Flash movie.

on checkFlashRollover

if sprite(5).stageToFlash(point(the mouseH,the mouseV)) = point(130,10) then

sprite(5).stop()

end if

end