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Extending Flash > Objects > Contour object > contour.orientation

contour.orientation

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

contour.orientation

Description

Read-only property; an integer indicating the orientation of the contour. The value of the integer is -1 if the orientation is counterclockwise, 1 if it is clockwise, and 0 if it is a contour with no area.

Example

The following example traverses all the contours of the selected shape and shows the value of the orientation property of each contour in the Output panel:

var elt = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
elt.beginEdit();

var contourArray = elt.contours;

var contourCount = 0;
for (i=0;  i<contourArray.length;  i++) {
    var contour = contourArray[i];
    fl.trace("Next Contour, orientation:" + contour.orientation);
    contourCount++;
}
elt.endEdit();

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