User Guide

756 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
Sound.getPan()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_sound.getPan() : Number
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the pan level set in the last setPan() call as an integer from -100 (left) to 100
(right). (0 sets the left and right channels equally.) The pan setting controls the left-right balance
of the current and future sounds in a SWF file.
This method is cumulative with
setVolume() or setTransform().
Example
The following example creates a slider bar using the Drawing API. When the user drags the slider
bar, the pan level of the loaded sound changes. The current pan level is displayed in a dynamically
created text field. Add the following ActionScript to your FLA or AS file:
var bar_width:Number = 200;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("bar_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
with (bar_mc) {
lineStyle(4, 0x000000);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(bar_width+4, 0);
lineStyle(0, 0x000000);
moveTo((bar_width/2)+2, -8);
lineTo((bar_width/2)+2, 8);
}
bar_mc._x = 100;
bar_mc._y = 100;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("knob_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
with (knob_mc) {
lineStyle(0, 0x000000);
beginFill(0xCCCCCC);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(4, 0);
lineTo(4, 10);
lineTo(0, 10);
lineTo(0, 0);
endFill();
}
knob_mc._x = bar_mc._x+(bar_width/2);
knob_mc._y = bar_mc._y-(knob_mc._height/2);