Jsfl: element.width and element.left have junk values

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December 15, 2016
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After upgrading to Animate CC from Flash 2.0 and trying to run our re-exporter I noticed that a lot of the time the element.width and element.left sometimes have some bad values in them. Strangely element.height and element.top do not seem to contain such bad values.

Is there a work around for this or a patch?

I noticed there was thread from 2014 but it was marked answered but without a satisfactory outcome.

Thanks!

- alia

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Correct answer alia_klei

I have a work around! I noticed that if you click on a frame that section gets valid values. Such an odd way to do things!

So the workaround is to force the current frame / selection elements before you access their data!

            // Need to make sure we set the frame or the data is corrupt
            fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentFrame = frame_idx;
            var frame = layer.frames[frame_idx]
            if (frame)
            {
                var elements = frame.elements
                var num_elem = frame.elements.length

                // Need to make sure we set the selection or the data is corrupt
                fl.getDocumentDOM().selection = elements;

alia_kleiAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

I have a work around! I noticed that if you click on a frame that section gets valid values. Such an odd way to do things!

So the workaround is to force the current frame / selection elements before you access their data!

            // Need to make sure we set the frame or the data is corrupt
            fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentFrame = frame_idx;
            var frame = layer.frames[frame_idx]
            if (frame)
            {
                var elements = frame.elements
                var num_elem = frame.elements.length

                // Need to make sure we set the selection or the data is corrupt
                fl.getDocumentDOM().selection = elements;

alia_kleiAuthor

Inspiring

I wish I could just upload the old and new flash files to show the difference

kglad

Community Expert

i don't a problem: width,height,left.top all work as expected for me except for shapes where i see as more than one individual shape, jsfl only sees one shape. it reports accurate data about that one shape but it's unexpected (by me) that it would fail to see several shapes/elements.