element.getTransformationPoint()

#### Availability

Flash CS3 Professional.

#### Usage

element.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 element’s coordinate system.

#### Description

Method; gets the value of the specified element’s transformation point.
Transformation points are relative to different locations, depending on the type of item selected. For more information, see element.setTransformationPoint() (../Element_object/elemen19.md).

#### Example

javascript
The following example gets the transformation point for the third element in the ninth frame on the first layer in the document. The transPoint.x property gives the x coordinate of the transformation point. The transPoint.y property gives the y coordinate of the transformation point.
var transPoint = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[8].elements[2].getTransformationPoint();

document.getTransformationPoint() (../Document_object/docume89.md), element.setTransformationPoint() (../Element_object/elemen19.md), element.transformX (../Element_object/elemen23.md), element.transformY (../Element_object/elemen24.md)