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Trying to mimic an often seen Flash portfolio displayer I've made a scrolling frame, larger than the page. The script works fine until I publish to flex, then it fails.
Does this mean that GetPostion() cannot read postions off the page after publishing?

Hi Mac

Just reading thne Opus help file

Index = Flex support for Opus script"

It says that GetPosition works for graphical objects and video.

I don't know whether a frame is a strictly by definition, a graphical object and if it is not, this might be the answer.

Might not be the answer either but at least you'll have something to ponder over until the experts arrive on Monday morning and provide you with a definitive answer to your problem.

Cheers

Graham

thanks for looking Graham.
The first SetPostion works fine for the little frame which creates the sliding 'hilite' which slides onto the other "selector button" frames. But they are on the page.
Then the GetPosition returns the postion of a selected image in the wide images frame, relative to the page itself. Usually this image would be off the page.
The last SetPosition moves the images frame relative to the page to centre the image.
I'm guessing the GetPosition is failing because it is trying to locate an object which is off the page.
If I publish to web using the Plexus plugin it works fine. Standalone exe works fine, preview while developing works fine, it just fails as Flex.

I've included comments within frame img1 script to clarify what I'm trying to do.
I think that I've proved to myself that the script cannot work in Flex.
Ah well...

Hi Mac,
Try it now -- removed all instances of var from your pub -- looks like variable scope is the problem when publishing as an swf.

Rewriting it without the frame would possibly work, or using GetParent(), GetChild(), etc -- but I've taken the easy route.

Won't make some of the purists happy,
but don't be afraid to break the rules to get something working.

cheers
Paul -- from south of the Bombay Hills

I knew when I first posted that Paul would nail it.

Thanks Paul.

P.S. what does South of the Bombay Hills mean? I didn't realise there was anything South of the Bombay Hills.