Please enable JavaScript to view this site.

ESL Documentation

Object Inquiry Built-in Functions

Return the origin coordinates of an object.

{xposition|yposition} [of OBJECT_NAME]

OBJECT_NAME

The identifier for an object.

Description

The values returned are the X and Y coordinates of the origin of the specified object, and are expressed in the coordinates of the object's parent. For regions, these are the coordinates of the object's viewport.

If you do not include the object identifier, the value returned is the X position and the Y position of the current object.

Example

 

response to MoveZoomLeft_GR

 if ((xposition of Zoom_GR) > StepSize_IV) then

         change Zoom_GR position by (-StepSize_IV) 0

 end if