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Path object
Last updated 5/2/2011
var myPath = fl.drawingLayer.newPath();
myPath.addPoint(0, 0);
myPath.addPoint(0, 30);
myPath.addPoint(30, 30);
myPath.addPoint(30, 0);
myPath.addPoint(0, 0);
myPath.newContour();
myPath.addPoint(10, 10);
myPath.addPoint(10, 20);
myPath.addPoint(20, 20);
myPath.addPoint(20, 10);
myPath.addPoint(10, 10);
myPath.makeShape();
path.nPts
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
path.nPts
Description
Read-only property; an integer representing the number of points in the path. A new path has 0 points.
Example
The following example uses the Output panel to show the number of points in the path referenced by the
myPath
variable:
var myPath = fl.drawingLayer.newPath();
var numOfPoints = myPath.nPts;
fl.trace("Number of points in the path: " + numOfPoints);
// Displays: Number of points in the path: 0