dynamic borders in AS3

Hey guys, finally learning AS3 and migrating some of my code snippets over from AS2. I tried reproducing one of my most used bit of code - the dynamic border - in AS3, but I have run into a small problem.

PHP Code:

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var sw:int = stage.stageWidth -1;
var sh:int = stage.stageHeight -1;

var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
// change your color here
mc.graphics.lineStyle(1,000000);
mc.graphics.lineTo(sw,0);
mc.graphics.lineTo(sw,sh);
mc.graphics.lineTo(0,sh);
mc.graphics.lineTo(0,0);
addChild(mc); 


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So this code works great in Firefox but fails miserably in IE6, Flash Player 9. So my question is does anybody have a workaround that works on IE6, Player 9? Huge thanks for taking the time to read.

*Also I'm sure someone will ask why does the border need to be added in AS - we get a lot of swfs from clients. We can insert code into swfs to fix little problems like this.

thanks again!

Hey guys just an update on this issue. My "sw" and "sh" variables were coming back at with a value of -1. Someone on another board suggested the problem may be a delay on the stage initializing in IE. AKA 0 -1 = -1.

This sounded good and I tried to do a check to see if the stage had initialized before assigning the values to both variables - like so -

PHP Code:

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////// Stage delays to initialize in IE browsers in as3?

if (stage) {
    init();
} else {
    addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);

}
function init(e:Event = null):void {
    var sw:int = stage.stageWidth -1;
    var sh:int = stage.stageHeight -1;
    
    var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
    printbox.text = sh.toString();
    removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
    // entry point
    mc.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x999999);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(sw,0);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(sw,sh);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(0,sh);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(0,0);
    addChild(mc);

    trace(sh);
} 


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It still doesn't work in IE 6 flash player 9 however. Anybody have any ideas?

Another update -- problem solved. Used a set a timer to force a different execution order.

PHP Code:

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var bugFix = function(){
    var sw:int = stage.stageWidth -1;
    var sh:int = stage.stageHeight -1;

    var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
// change your color here
    mc.graphics.lineStyle(1,0xFF0000);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(sw,0);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(sw,sh);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(0,sh);
    mc.graphics.lineTo(0,0);
    addChild(mc);
};

setTimeout(bugFix,1); 


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randomly stumbled into this fix because of jBard's issue http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...96#post4214796

nice when things work out unexpectedly :-)