or if you are loading the swf files from external data source like xml, put an attribute in your xml of the size needed.
<component url="/someswf.swf" width="500" height="400" /> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Steve Abaffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just brainstorming here, not sure if this will work. Can you not put a box > or something on the stage that is the same size as the stage. If you can > access individual components on the stage then get the size of this box and > you will know the size of the stage. Just my $0.02 worth > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve > Mathews > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:39 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] sizing an arbitrary loaded swf > > No, this is not easy. Unfortunately the data that defines the stage size is > not directly available in AS code. I believe it is only in the swf > file's header, so you would actually have to do a lot of work to figure out > what size the swf should be masked at. > Steve > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Andrew Sinning > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> I'm using AS3. After loading in an arbitrary swf using the Loader class, >> getRect and getBounds don't necessarily reveal the internally defined >> boundaries of the loaded swf, rather they seem to return the boundaries of >> the stuff inside the loaded swf which can be either smaller or larger than >> the internally defined boundaries. Am I missing something? >> >> I want to load in a swf, create a mask around it so that only the stuff >> that is supposed to show is shown, and then scale it to fit a target area. >> This should be easy, right? >> >> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
