Image resize from XML data

[ross928]

I have an XML document with the .jpg image reference, but the jpgs are not all the same size...

I cannot for the life of me, figure out how to resize the image once it comes into the empty movie clip (loadjpg_mc) in the duplicated movie clip (main_mc).

I have tried _xscale and _yscale, but like I said they're all different sizes so they come out either too big or too small instead of all the same size of like 150x150...

myXML.onLoad = function (success)
{
	if (success)
	{
		var node = myXML.firstChild.childNodes;
		var houses:Number = myXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;

		for (var i = 0; i < houses; i++)
		{
			var details:Number = myXML.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes.length;
			duplicateMovieClip (_root.main_mc, "main" + i,i);
			_root["main" + i].loadjpg_mc.loadMovie("http://www.domainname.com/images/"+ node[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue);
			
			_root.main_mc._y = _root["main" + i]._y + 62;
			_root["main" + i].loadjpg_mc._x = _root["main" + i]._x - 380;
			_root["main" + i].loadjpg_mc._width = 40;
			
			
		}
	}
};

[nunomira]

hi,

See if this post helps.

Also, loading movies may help.

[ross928]

When I add a ._width or a ._height the image does not show up. so i then decided to add the createEmptyMovieClip and see if I could force the size, but still no dice...

_root["main"+i].createEmptyMovieClip("loadjpg_mc", 3);

[nunomira]

hi,

Here's another example that might help you.
This example centers an image, but it's easily changed to resize an image instead.

[ross928]

nunomira -

hehe, i just actually got writing the below code and then saw the example you provided and was like, hey thats what he did too! i had to learn about the "addListener" and "new Object" - it's been a couple years since i've done AS, let alone AS 2.0!

thanks for your help

var mc_loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object = new Object();

myListener.onLoadInit = function(mctarget:MovieClip) {
jpgheight = 95;
percentage = (70/jpgheight)*100;
mctarget._width = percentage;
mctarget._height = percentage/1.50;
//mctarget._width = 100;
//mctarget._height = 55;
};

mc_loader.addListener(myListener);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("loadjpg", this.getNextHighestDepth());
mc_loader.loadClip("http://www.domain.com/images/"+ node[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue, mctarget);