absolute or relative _x/_y coordinates

[Vevmesteren webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hello friends,

allrite here it goes.

I have three clips.

Lets call'em: clip0,clip1 and clip2

clip1 is INSIDE clip0

clip2 and clip0 are on the same level. How do allign clip2 to clip1?

So what I do need to find out I guess, is how I do retrieve the _x and _y coordinates of clip1 relative to the _root stage?

did this make sense? I sure hope so

thanks a lot, any help or pointers are wastly appreciated

V

[stwingy webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

on the timeline of the absolute coords you want type
pt = new Object();
pt.x = 0;
pt.y = 0;
this.localToGlobal(pt);
bigX = pt.x;
bigY = pt.y;

//bigX,bigY are absolute coordinates.

Ive only just learned this myself thanks to a question on here and the definitive guide.

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[Vevmesteren webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

neato...