ActionScript 3.0 :: Dropped MovieClip Doesn't Take Parent's Dimensions
Jun 29, 2010
I'm working on a map project with several movie clips that are dragged and dropped onto their respective movie clips.
PROBLEM: Initially, draggable movie clips are reduced their original size. When they are dropped onto their matching movie clip, I would like them to take the dimensions of the movies placed on the map. How to do that?
HERE IS MY CODE
stop();
var startX:Number;var startY:Number;var finalX:Number;var finalY:Number;
var finalWidth:Number;var finalHeight:Number;
I'm working on a map project with several movie clips that are dragged and dropped onto their respective movie clips. PROBLEM:
Initially, draggable movie clips are reduced their original size. When they are dropped onto their matching movie clip, I would like them to take the dimensions of the movies placed on the map. How to do that?
HERE IS MY CODE stop(); var startX:Number; var startY:Number; var finalX:Number;
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[Code].....
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