FLASH: assigning starting and end points of a line

[Matt Perkins]

would be nice if flash would let you specify the x2,y2 (end) points of a

line like you can with x1,y1 (start) points wouldn't it?

i figured out a basic way, but i'm having problems when i set new x1,y1

points.

i've got a 45 degree line movie clip that is 25pixels high and wide. i know

that you have to adjust the scaling based on percentages to set new x2,y2

points.

but i'm having problems as i said before.


here is what i have now. click the mouse to set a new starting x,y points

(x1,y1) you'll see why it's messing up.

http://hfaze.ice.org/lab/line.swf


here is the code for the scaling: it's in a movie clip and it adjusts the

line mc with the instance name "line1" (i want to have a few of these on the

stage at a time, that's what i'm using an index variable).


Set Variable: "index" = 1

Set Variable: "xstart" = /:x1

Set Variable: "ystart" = /:y1

Set Variable: "xend" = /:x2

Set Variable: "yend" = /:y2

Set Variable: "xdif" =  xend - xstart

Set Variable: "ydif" =  yend - ystart

Set Variable: "xscale" = ( xdif / 25) * 100

Set Variable: "yscale" = ( ydif / 25)  * 100

Set Property ("/line" & index, X Position) = xstart

Set Property ("/line" & index, Y Position) = xstart

Set Property ("/line" & index, X Scale) = xscale

Set Property ("/line" & index, Y Scale) = yscale


i was wondering if anyone had a method or a code snip handy for this.


> ::: Matt Perkins

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hfazevnet [dot] net

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