loading swf into container...

[RobbieC]

hi there, I've successfully managed to load an external swf file into a movie, but I don't know how to resize it or position it... is this possible?

I'm using this code to load the swf into a movieclip called 'Holder':

var Holder:Loader = new Loader();
var urlrHome:URLRequest = new URLRequest("myMovie.swf")
Holder.load(urlrHome);
Holder.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, movieLoaded);

function movieLoaded(event:Event):void
{
addChild(Holder);
}

My 'Holder' is bigger than the swf importing, but ideally i would like to resize and position it in the center of the stage... (at the moment, the movie loads in small and sits at the top left corner of the stage, even though my container is in the middle...

Any thoughts would be gratefully received

Thanks, Rob

[Gohloum]

I don't see any size or position defined for your Holder, so when you call addchild, it's adding it to the 0,0 location (top left). Since holder does not have dimensions defined, it will conform to it's contents. simply try tracing out the values in your movieLoaded function:

trace(Holder.x, Holder.y, Holder.width, Holder.height)