[omniman]

Is there a way to change a movie clip's width without affecting _xscale?

Sorry - let me explain that better...

I am using a function that converts dynamically loaded images into bitmaps. This allows me to set "smoothing" for dynamic content. When I attempt to resize the image I load in, it resizes the "bitmap holder" but not the image itself.

import flash.display.*;
 
function loadBitmapSmoothed(url:String, target:MovieClip) {
    // Create a movie clip which will contain our unsmoothed bitmap
    var bmc:MovieClip = target.createEmptyMovieClip("bmc", target.getNextHighestDepth());
 
    var listener:Object = new Object();
 
    // Track the target
    listener.tmc = target;
 
    listener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip) {
        mc._visible = false;
    var bitmap:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mc._width, mc._height, true);    
        this.tmc.attachBitmap(bitmap, this.tmc.getNextHighestDepth(), "auto", true);           
        
        bitmap.draw(mc);
    bitmap.height = thumbH; //value set above
    bitmap.width = thumbW; //value set above
    };
 
    // Do it, load the bitmap now
    var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
    loader.addListener(listener);
    loader.loadClip(url, bmc);
} 

[UnrealEd]

have a look at the BitmapData manual, especially the height property of the class. As you can see, the height property is read-only. So when you want to resize the bitmap, you should pass the resized width and height properties together with the constructor of the class:

new BitmapData(thumbW, thumbH, true); 

i think this should, i'm not sure though. I've never faced this problem before, cause i change the size of my images manually (or with a server sided language) before loading them into flash

UnrealEd

[omniman]

I tried that (passing size with constructor) and it resizes the bitmap "holder", but not the actual image. For example, if I set it to 100x100, I only see the top-most and left-most 100 pixels - the rest of the image is cropped.

In this particular application, when a user clicks on a thumbnail, it zooms into a larger view. I don't want to resize the images out of flash because there needs to be a seamless "zoom".

[omniman]

I got it...

Code:

this.tmc._height = thumbH;
this.tmc._width = thumbW;

Rather than the bitmap itself. Thanks.