Also, you could just multiply the width/height by the scale..

var w = subClip._width * subClip._parent._xscale / 100;
var h = subClip._height * subClip._parent._yscale / 100;

Sorry for the psuedo code.

On 2/22/06, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ah, nice one.
>
> On 2/22/06, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > If you use localToGlobal you can find the dimensions in root
> coordinates.
> >
> > ///////////////////////////////////
> > var topleft = {x: inner._x, y: inner._y};
> > var bottomright = {x: inner._x + inner._width, y: inner._y +
> > inner._height};
> >
> > inner._parent.localToGlobal(topleft);
> > inner._parent.localToGlobal(bottomright);
> >
> > trace("inner from: " + topleft.x + "," + topleft.y +
> >       " to: " + bottomright.x + "," + bottomright.y );
> > ///////////////////////////////////
> >
> >
> > Rich Rodecker wrote:
> >
> > >wierd that i've never hit this before, but I'm running into an issue
> with
> > >getting the width of a clip's children after the parent clip has been
> > scaled
> > >down.
> > >
> > >So, I say parent clip name "holder_mc".  I create 4 movieclips inside
> > >holder_mc and load movie into them.  Each of the loaded clips are 600
> > x600.
> > >If i scale holder_mc down 50%, each of the loaded clips still reports
> > their
> > >size as 600x600.
> > >
> > >Somebody's HAD to have dealt with this one already...any suggestions?
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