Trouble with lineTo

1

I’m new so please bear w/ me…
On the main stage i have a movie clip that contains a movie clip that contains a bitmap (_root.movieclip1.movieclip2.bitmap). The actions for the instance of movieclip2 cause the bitmap to follow a sine wave path across the stage.
I’d like to draw a line behind the bitmap, so I created another movieclip on the main stage that has these actions:

onClipEvent (load) {
moveTo (##x and y positions from other movieclip##);
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
lineStyle (5, 0xff00ff, 100);
lineTo (##x and y positions from other movieclip##);
}

the timeline only has one frame (can this be done with only one frame??)
anyway, I’m lost and would appreciate some help, thanks in advance.

2

So what does it do?

3

It does nothing, there are no lines, just the bitmaps moving across the stage.

4

Isn’t that because if you use the lineTo command it acts alot like the moveTo command.
Difference: moveto only moves your pen to the point specified. Lineto moves the pen to that specific point, but also draws a line from the starting point.

In other words if you use the lineto command in the way you are trying to do, it is basically trying to draw a line from your coordinates to the same coordinates, thus not drawing any visible line.

5

so how could i get the line drawn? i’m stuck

6

Are you sure it’s not a scope issue? Can you trace the coordinates of that clip you’re tracking?

7

hey nah what ur missing is moveTo
so
moveTo(object._x,object._y)
lineTo(object1._x,object._y)
thats what ur trying to do right i made an example kinda thing for fun i call it the funlines
http://home.1asphost.com/lordsamot/funlines.swf

8

Nope. lineTo also moves the pen, so I think the problem comes from something else.