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One significant difference between the viewScale and scale properties is that viewScale
always scales from the center of the sprite’s bounding rectangle, whereas
scale scales from a point
determined by the Flash movie’s originMode property.
This property can be tested and set.
Note: This property must be set to the default value if the scaleMode property is set to #autoSize, or the sprite will
not display correctly.
Example
This sprite script sets up a Flash movie sprite and doubles its view scale:
on beginSprite me
sprite(spriteNum of me).viewScale = 200
end
See also
scaleMode, viewV, viewPoint, viewH
viewV
Syntax
sprite(whichVectorOrFlashSprite).viewV
the viewV of sprite whichVectorOrFlashSprite
member(whichVectorOrFlashMember).viewV
the viewV of member whichVectorOrFlashMember
Description
Cast member and sprite property; controls the vertical coordinate of a Flash movie and vector
shape’s view point, specified in pixel units. The values can be floating-point numbers. The default
value is 0.
A Flash movie’s view point is set relative to its origin point.
Setting a positive value for
viewV shifts the movie up inside the sprite; setting a negative value
shifts the movie down. Therefore, changing the
viewV property can have the effect of cropping
the movie or even of removing the movie from view entirely.
This property can be tested and set.
Note: This property must be set to the default value if the scaleMode property is set to #autoSize, or the sprite will
not display correctly.
Example
This handler accepts a sprite reference as a parameter and moves the view of a Flash movie sprite
from the top to the bottom within the sprite’s bounding: rectangle:
on panDown whichSprite
repeat with i = 120 down to -120
sprite(whichSprite).viewV = i
updateStage
end repeat
end
See also
scaleMode, viewV, viewPoint, viewH