# Get child properties from stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-child-properties-from-stage/300037>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-child-properties-from-stage/300037 "2009-11-14T22:55:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![gravity223](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gravity223](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gravity223)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-child-properties-from-stage/300037/1 "2009-11-14T22:55:45Z")

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Hi,

I have some code that adds a child using addChild(dragsquare); dragsquare is what I used as the class for a movieclip, mcsquare.

Everytime a child is added to the stage, it is called: ObjectX  
The “X” increments everytime a new object is added using ++objNum.

E.g:

Object1  
Object2  
Object3

etc…

When the child is added to the stage, it can be dragged, resized, rotated, etc…

I have used this code so when someone clicks the “save” button it loops through all objects on stage (increasing the last number by 1 to get the next object) and finding their properties. Here is the code I have used.

```
 ActionScript Code:

```

```auto

     [LEFT]save.[COLOR=#000000]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000000]MOUSE_UP[/COLOR], saveObjects[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR] saveObjects[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]event:MouseEvent[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]:[COLOR=#993300]void[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#993300]for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] i:uint=[COLOR=#000000]0[/COLOR]; i<numChildren-[COLOR=#000000]23[/COLOR]; i++[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] objName:[COLOR=#993300]String[/COLOR]=[COLOR=#0000ff]"Object"[/COLOR]+i;
        [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] mc = getChildByName[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]objName[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
        [COLOR=#993300]trace[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]mc.[COLOR=#000000]scaleX[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
        [COLOR=#993300]trace[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"object "[/COLOR]+i+[COLOR=#0000ff]" saved"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[/LEFT]
 

```

23 children already exist on stage so I have to minus that number to get whatever is added on stage by the user.

However, scaleX is getting the childs **ORIGINAL** properties and not its current stage properties (where it has been resized, rotated etc…) and only returns a 1 for scaleX. How would I make it track the properties it has on stage?

Thanks.