Path.npts – Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 User Manual

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Path object

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