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188 EXTENDING FLASH PROFESSIONAL
Element object
Last updated 5/2/2011
// At least one symbol or bitmap is selected in the first layer, first frame.
var elt = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0];
elt.setPersistentData("myData","integer", 12);
if (elt.hasPersistentData("myData")){
fl.trace("myData = "+ elt.getPersistentData("myData"));
elt.removePersistentData( "myData" );
fl.trace("myData = "+ elt.getPersistentData("myData"));
}
element.getTransformationPoint()
Availability
Flash CS3 Professional.
Usage
element.getTransformationPoint()
Parameters
None.
Returns
A point (for example,
{x:10, y:20} , where x and y are floating-point numbers) that specifies the position of the
transformation point (also origin point or zero point) within the element’s coordinate system.
Description
Method; gets the value of the specified element’s transformation point.
Transformation points are relative to different locations, depending on the type of item selected. For more
information, see
element.setTransformationPoint() .
Example
The following example gets the transformation point for the third element in the ninth frame on the first layer in the
document. The
transPoint.x property gives the x coordinate of the transformation point. The transPoint.y
property gives the y coordinate of the transformation point.
var transPoint =
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[8].elements[2].getTransformationPoint();
See also
document.getTransformationPoint() , element.setTransformationPoint() , element.transformX ,
element.transformY
element.hasPersistentData()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.