Hi Giles,
thank you for responding. this is exactly what i'm doing but my "MAP" just
shoots right off the stage.
selectCommunity = function(communityName)
{
var point:Object = {x:map[communityName]._x, y:map[communityName]._y};
map[communityName].localToGlobal(point);
map.tween("_y",point.y,.6,'easeOutSine');
map.tween("_x",point.x,.6,'easeOutSine');
trace("point.y = " + point.y + " point.x = " + point.x);
}
trace reveals point.y = 255.9 point.x = 768.9
then next time the function is called: point.y = 779.7 point.x = 1436.8
so ive got two issues. the map doesn't center on "springfield" and the x
and y value increase with every call. I though var made it private. this
is not the case with objects? totally missing the boat.
nwebb, thank you for the link. I haven't tried the function there, but I will.
At 08:46 AM 10/7/2005, you wrote:
Say you have a movieClip called "A_mc" on the stage that you move to
x:20 y:20, then you have a movieClip in "A_mc" called "B_mc" that you
place at x:20 y:20.
When looking at the stage "A_mc" will be at x:20 y:20, but "B_mc" will
be at x:40 y:40.
However, if you ask what B_mc._x is then it will say 20 because it
relates it to it's parent movieClips registration point(x:0 y:0).
So to find out when "B_mc" actually is on the stage you use:
var myPoint:Object = {x:B_mc._x, y:B_mc._y}
B_mc.localToGlobal(myPoint);
Trace("myPoint is now relative to the Stage: (" + myPoint.x + ":" +
myPoint.y + ")");
So, in your case you would say:
var myPoint:Object = {x:MAP.springfield._x, y:MAP.springfield._y}
MAP.springfield.localToGlobal(myPoint);
Trace("myPoint is now relative to the Stage: (" + myPoint.x + ":" +
myPoint.y + ")");
Hope that help you "get" it.
Giles
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