Question

If I have a simple class that has a rectangle:

package 
{

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;

public class Spot extends Sprite
{
    private var __rect:Rectangle;

    public function  Spot()
    {
        init();
    }

    private function init():void
    {
        __rect = this.getRect(this);

    }

    public function get rect():Rectangle{
            return __rect;
    }

}

}

And I animate an instance of this class on the stage and try to trace it’s coordinates:

package 
{

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.Point;

public class RectangleTest extends Sprite
{
    public var spot:Spot = new Spot();
    public function  RectangleTest()
    {
        init();
    }

    private function init():void
    {
        addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, dynamicSpotTrace, false, 0, true);      
    }

    private function dynamicSpotTrace(e:Event):void
    {
        trace(spot.rect.x, spot.rect.y, spot.rect.width, spot.rect.height);
    }

}

}

The output traces:

0 0 65 65

Over and over (since the Spot has a registration point of 0,0)…how can I rewrite this so I can get the new coordinates of the Spot instance at every frame (since the spot is actually moving across the screen??)

Answer 1

With taskinoor’s answer in mind, you can do it a lot easier.

private function dynamicSpotTrace(e:Event):void
{
    var rect:Rectangle = spot.getRect(stage);
    trace(rect);
}