Float Object within Movie Clip AS3

[corkg]

Hi

I am using AS3 and want to have an object floating in a movie clip.

I can make a movie clip float in the middle of the stage but not in a movie clip.

How do I do this?

Thanks

[corkg]

In fact how do you find the width of a movieclip using AS3
similar to stage.stageWidth?

[5TonsOfFlax]

A MovieClip's width is accessible through it's width property.

trace(aClip.width);

[cancerinform]

import flash.geom.Point;
var point:Point = new Point(a.width/2 - a.m.width/2, a.height/2 - a.m.height/2);
a.m.x = point.x;
a.m.y = point.y;

a is the parent movieclip.