Getting height of Loaded SWF

[Aelo]

I'm using Flash MX 2004 and I'm trying to get the height of a movie I loaded into an empty movie clip. When I use trace to find out the height, it only displays the original height (0), and not the current height with the content loaded into the empty.

I have this attached to a button on the main timeline:

on (release)	{
	loadMovie("clip_content.swf", "empty_clip");
	trace(empty_height);
}

and this variable initialization is on a "scripts" layer on the main timeline:

empty_height = empty_clip._height;

[wdhall]

You are checking the property before the clip has time to load so you need to wait until the movie has finished loading.

code:

---

empty_clip.onLoad = function () {

	trace ("onLoad called");

	trace(empty_clip._height)



}

---

Try this snippet, you may need to add the correct target paths before it will work in your movie ie _root.empty_clip etc...

Hope this helps...

[earl223]

the probem may be in the fact that the even though you used loadMovie, the actual SWF may not have been FULLY loaded by the time you used TRACE. try to call the trace a few frames down the line. =)

[Aelo]

wdhall, where were you suggesting I place the code you provided?

I got it working by putting the empty_clip.onLoad code on the scripts layer (1st frame) and adding another frame to the movie (2 frames total) so it traces the initial height of the empty clip, 0, and then once I push the button, it updates with the new height.

Only thing is, the Output window is being constantly updated. How do I do this so only after I've pushed the button, it updates?

Note: I'd like to keep this on one frame if possible.