Webmaster Forum / Flash / Flash Actionscript / August 2006

I want to load a gif file into a movieclip and rotate it around its center
point. But my code rotates the picture around the 0,0 point in the top right
corner.

var cx:Number = Stage.width / 2;
var cy:Number = Stage.height / 2;

import flash.display.BitmapData;

//my picture 506px by 366 px
var pic:BitmapData = BitmapData.loadBitmap("meany");

//create movieclip
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mypic", this.getNextHighestDepth());

//put bitmap into movieclip
mypic.attachBitmap(pic, this.getNextHighestDepth());

//create main movieclip and place myclip into it, hopefully offsetting it so
it is centered
this.createEmptyMovieClip("meany",this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x: -253, _y:
-183});
meany.attachMovie(mypic, "mypic", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x: -253, _y:
-183});

meany.mypic._rotation = 180;
meany.mypic._x = cx;
meany.mypic._y = cy;

function onEnterFrame() {
    mypic._rotation += 5;
}