Wait for the clip to be completely loaded before you check it's width.
Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media · GCIB & Staff Support L&LD Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative Learning Blog and subscribe. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Adams Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:27 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] getting the width of a movieclip Given the code: var firstImage:Loader = new Loader(); var empty_mc:MovieClip=new MovieClip(); var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(); addChild(empty_mc); url = new URLRequest("test.jpg"); firstImage.load(url); firstImage.x = 10; firstImage.y = 10; empty_mc.addChild(firstImage); why does trace (empty_mc.width); yield 0? and what do I have to do to get the image centered along the lines of: empty_mc.x = 70-(empty_mc.width/2); Thanks! William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
