document.getTransformationPoint()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

document.getTransformationPoint()

#### Parameters

None.

#### Returns

A point (for example, {x:10, y:20}, where x and y are floating-point numbers) that specifies the position of the transformation point (also origin point or zero point) within the selected element’s coordinate system.

#### Description

Method; gets the location of the transformation point of the current selection. You can use the transformation point for commutations such as rotate and skew.
Note: Transformation points are relative to different locations, depending on the type of item selected. For more information, see document.setTransformationPoint() (../Document_object/docu9939.md).

#### Example

The following example gets the transformation point for the current selection. The transPoint.x property gives the x coordinate of the transformation point. The transPoint.y property gives the y coordinate of the transformation point.

javascript
var transPoint = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTransformationPoint();

document.setTransformationPoint() (../Document_object/docu9939.md), element.getTransformationPoint() (../Element_object/element4.md)