Ok, I am new to this group so if this is something that has already been answered and/or is stupid, feel free to flog me (hopefully after providing me with some insight as to the answer).
Anyway, I am trying to create a flash file where I can provide it a list of jpg filenames (I'll figure out where this will come from later, maybe an XML file) and it will load the images into movie clips and resize them so they fit in their perspective MovieClip's. My problem is that whenever I try and load the JPG into the movie clip and then resize the movie clip, the image will disappear, and if I try and trace the width and height of the image (before or after loading the image) it returns 0 (which since I would have no clue the starting resolution to do the math, rules out using xscale and yscale even though they are the only reliable working thing right now). The structure I am trying to use is *Pic1 (MovieClip)* - this is the main movie clip that I want to hold everything involving a single image. Pic1 contains: *Frame (MovieClip)* - a simple movie clip filled with black so that when I overlay the image on top of it I will have a border *PicData (MovieClip)* - a blank movie clip that I try and load the jpg into. I have tried loading the jpg by using Pic1.PicData.loadMovie(); and by using a MovieClipLoader so I can hold off on changing the width until the onLoadComplete event is triggered. Regardless of how I load the movie, the result is always the image disappearing if i try and change the width or height. The only things that seems to almost work are the _xscale and _yscale (which are of no use without being able to determine the original width and height so I can calculate the scale I need) and changing the width and height of Pic1 (which changes the width of the image but also shrinks my frame). I even tried taking PicData out of Pic1 so that I could change it's width without messing with my border but no such luck. I also tried using the following structure: *Pic1 (MovieClip)* - contains the frame *PicData (MovieClip)* - will contain the picture Pic1 contains: *Frame (MovieClip)* - the movie clip with the black frame PicData contains: *PicInnerData (MovieClip)* - used to load the jpg. I tried this because I figured that since changing Pic1's width earlier changed both the frame and the image, if i broke them out but kept the image in the same type of structure that maybe changing PicData's width would change the width of the image in PicInnerData but I had no such luck there. At this point I am extremely confused and am probably confusing everyone on this list with this email, but I'm hoping somewhere out there may have come across something like this in the past and may have a clue as to how I should go about fixing it. Thanks for any help. -Jamie _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
