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AS3 draw(); only a portion of the stage

From the code here, I need to be able to set the boundaries of the bitmapData that is being drawn and saved out to a different x and y position. When the stage is being drawn it is drawn from stage's (0,0). I need to draw from x:55 y:46. I have tried to use a bitmap and add the bitmapData to it but then I get a blank white box (no bitmapData). What do I need to do?

private function saveImage (e:MouseEvent):void {
			var myBitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(694,385);
			//var bitmap:Bitmap= new Bitmap(myBitmapData);
			//addChild(bitmap);
			//bitmap.x = 55;
			//bitmap.y = 46;
			//myBitmapData.draw (bitmap);
                        myBitmapData.draw (stage);
			var jpgEncoder:JPGEncoder = new JPGEncoder(80);
			var imgByteData:ByteArray = jpgEncoder.encode(myBitmapData);
			file = new FileReference();
			file.save (imgByteData, "test.jpg");
		}

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Here is the finished code:
var myBitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(804,477);
                  var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(55,46,694,385);
                  var colorTrans:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform(1,1,1);
                  myBitmapData.draw (stage, new Matrix(), colorTrans, null, rect, false);

Thanks!

Antonio Estrada

Glad to help!

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