Re: [flasher] Re: Finding Height and Width of Movie - Problem! (Of course)

[Muzak]

You can't retrieve the width and height of the stage for some reason (probably because it isn't an object, like a movieclip). What

you can do is make a movieclip with just the outline of a rectangle, the size of your movie and put it on the stage (set it's

_alpha=0) and use the MC's width and height.


hth,

Muzak


> ----- Original Message -----

>

From: "Mike Kelly" <mike [dot] kellyt-online [dot] de>

>

To: "flasher from chinwag" <flasherlists [dot] chinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 3:34 PM

> Subject: [flasher] Finding Height and Width of Movie - Problem! (Of course)

>

>

> > Hello,

> > I'm trying to create two variables in Flash 5, one which is equal to half

> > the movie's height, and another which is half the movie's width.  (The

> whole

> > movie, not just a movieclip.)  My movie is 800x600, but I may change it,

> so

> > my code tries to reflect that.

> > If I use:

> > scrwidth=_root._width/2

> > ...I get a strange value: 392.575.  So my movie is only 785.15px high??!

> > Same problem with the height - it suggests my movie is only 366.5px high.

> > These strange numbers don't seem to be related in any way to the content I

> > have on the stage...

> > Any ideas what's going on?

> > Thanks,

> > M