Strange stuff related to the stage property

[Hausser webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Good morning fellas:

Couple of things related to the stage has been ocurring in some of my proyects:

1)My background bitmaps are 800x600, but after several sesions working in the project director "adds" several white areas to the graphic which turns to be for example 823x607 pixels instead of the original 800x600. This areas can be removed using matte ink for example and are not big ideal graphically since they are off stage, but can mess many calculations based on "the stage" property

2) Working at 800x600 pixels, you retrieve some info in the message window by typing: "put the stage.rect" and it tells you the folowing info: "rect(8, 136, 808, 736)" and all my big background bitmaps are 800x600, I see that the resulting figures fit within the expected 800x600 framework but I'd like it to be like this: "rect(0, 0, 800, 600)" which what it should be, isnt it?

Thanks in advance.

Hausser.

[Rob Dillon]

The stage rect gives you the location of the stage window on the end
user's computer screen. The user's screen coordinates start at the
upper left corner with point (0,0). If you position your projector at
that point then it will play from the upper left corner. If you select
your projector to play "centered", then the stage will float to the
center of the user's screen area, whereever that may be.

This same coordinate system is used by MIAWs. MIAW windows are
positioned on the user's screen based on the absolute location, not a
location relative to the stage window.

As long as you are working within the stage area you can use the
stage's coordinate system. For instance, locating or moving a sprite on
the stage is based on the stage's upper left corner, not on the user's
screen.

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Rob
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