/* in 'actions', do:

var tl = new TheLine(this);
addChild(tl);
*/



package {

	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.events.*;
	import flash.text.*;
	import flash.geom.*;



	public class TheLine extends Sprite
	{

		private var angle:Number = 0;



		var factor:Number = 1.0;

		var y0:Number = 200;
		var x0:Number = 100;
		var w:Number = 200;
		var h:Number = 32;


		var itsMC:Sprite = new Sprite(); // this is the actual line and hash marks

		var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(x0, y0, w, h);

		/*
		REGARDING HOW 'height' and 'width' seem to mess things up:
DormantOden: pokey19: if you use another sprite, say called MC. Then you can do this.addChild(this.MC); then change thats height/width and things
DormantOden: that should effinatly work. I do that for everything
		*/

		public function TheLine(par:DisplayObject)
		{

			x = x0;
			y = y0;



			this.graphics.beginFill(0xDDDDDD);
			this.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, w, -h);  // this rect will contain the line

			//itsMC.x = this.x;
			//itsMC.y = this.y;

			this.addChild(itsMC);





			drawMC();

			//addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,transLine);
		}

		function drawTicks()
		{
			itsMC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);

			// draw major units
			itsMC.graphics.moveTo(itsMC.x, itsMC.y);
			itsMC.graphics.lineTo(itsMC.x, itsMC.y - h);

			itsMC.graphics.moveTo(itsMC.x + w, itsMC.y);
			itsMC.graphics.lineTo(itsMC.x + w, itsMC.y - h);

			// draw half-way mark
			itsMC.graphics.moveTo(itsMC.x + w/2, itsMC.y);
			itsMC.graphics.lineTo(itsMC.x + w/2, itsMC.y - h/2);

			// now draw the little ticks
			var i:Number;
			var factor:Number = w/10;
			var offset:Number;
			for(i=0; i<10; i++)
			{
				offset = i*factor;
				itsMC.graphics.moveTo(itsMC.x + offset, itsMC.y);
				itsMC.graphics.lineTo(itsMC.x + offset, itsMC.y - h/4);
			}

		}



		function drawMC()
		{
			itsMC.graphics.clear();

			itsMC.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
			itsMC.graphics.moveTo(0, 0);
			itsMC.graphics.lineTo(w, 0);

			drawTicks();


		}



		function transLine(event:Event):void
		{
			angle+=.01;
			var cos:Number = Math.cos(angle);
			var sin:Number = Math.sin(angle);
			/*
 			this.transform.matrix = new Matrix(cos, sin,
								   			  -sin, cos,
									  		   300, 200);
			*/


		}

		public function stretchLine(n:Number)
		{
			itsMC.transform.matrix = new Matrix(n, 0,
								   			   0, 1,
									  		   0, 0);
			trace(itsMC.width);
			w *= n;
			drawMC();
		}





	} // end of class
} // end of package