# Constraining movement of movie clip?

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**Created:** [March 24, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/constraining-movement-of-movie-clip/46432 "2004-03-24T15:59:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/constraining-movement-of-movie-clip/46432/1 "2004-03-24T15:59:59Z")

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Hi I am making a movie - in which each time it loads a moviclip appears in a different place. I am using the code

onClipevent(load) {  
this.\_x = Math.random() \*???;  
this.\_y = Math.random() \*???;

Where the questions are I don;t know what figures to put in,

I have covered the area I want it to only appear in and it reads as  
w 386.0 x150.2  
H 303.3 y 91.0

But i don;t know how to make these numbers fit in the above code, i would be really greateful if anyone could help,  
lesley