Flash 8/ActionScript 2.0

Newbie question here.

I see that you can set the ruler measurement units in a Flash document (ex. inches, pixels, points, etc.)

So, if I set the unit of measurement to Inches or Inches(decimal), I would expect all of the measurements in the document to use inches.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to hold true. All of the other objects on the page seem to be measured in pixels.

For example, if I create a textfield at runtime with the following attributes:
x = 10
y = 10
width = 10
height = 10

The textfield is created 10 pixels from the left, 10 pixels down from the top with a width of 10 pixels and a height of 10 pixels, not inches like you would expect.

How do you use inches and inches(decimal) as the unit of measurement for all objects in a document?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

  • Mikeymac