How to Change Symbol Position Horizontally and Vertically with Actionscript

Question

Hi,I want to change the position of the symbol i created with Actionscript to a certain length, first from top to bottom, then from right to left. Can you help me?

ClayUUID · Accepted Answer

I'd think using the tween library would be vastly preferable to hand-coding a weak imitation of it.

kglad · Answer

you would change the symbol's x and y properties using the symbol's instance name. for example, if mc1 is at 0,0 and you want to change that to 100,200:

mc1.x = 100;

mc1.y = 200;

if you want to animate the position change, you would use a loop (eg, enterframe) to repeatedly update the x and y properties:

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTERFRAME, loopF);

function loopF(e:Event):void{

if(mc1.x<100){

mc1.x += 2; // different values from 2 would change the speed.

}

if(mc1.y<200){

mc1.y += 2;

}

// done animate this move, terminate loop

if(mc1.x>=100 && mc1.y>=200){

this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTERFRAME, loopF);

}

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