User Guide

_xscale 59
Description
Property; an integer that sets the x coordinate of a movie clip (represented here by my_mc),
relative to the local coordinates of the parent movie clip. If a movie clip is in the main
timeline, its coordinate system refers to the upper-left corner of the Stage as (0, 0).
If the movie clip is inside another movie clip that has transformations, the movie clip is in
the local coordinate system of the enclosing movie clip. For example, if a movie clip is
rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, the child movie clips inherit a coordinate system that is
rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. The movie clip’s coordinates refer to the registration
point position.
Example
The following example changes the horizontal position of the my_mc movie clip when the user
presses the 6 key:
on(keyPress "6") {
my_mc:_x = 10;
}
See also
_xscale, _y, _yscale
_xscale
Availability
Flash Lite 1.0.
Usage
my_mc:_xscale
Description
Property; sets the horizontal scale (percentage) of the movie clip, as applied from the
registration point of the movie clip. The default registration point is (0, 0).
Scaling the local coordinate system affects the
_x and _y property settings, which are defined
in pixels. For example, if the parent movie clip is scaled to 50%, setting the
_x property moves
an object in the movie clip by half of the number of pixels that it would if the movie were set
at 100%.