No, this is not easy. Unfortunately the data that defines the stage size is not directly available in AS code. I believe it is only in the swf file's header, so you would actually have to do a lot of work to figure out what size the swf should be masked at. Steve
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Andrew Sinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'm using AS3. After loading in an arbitrary swf using the Loader class, > getRect and getBounds don't necessarily reveal the internally defined > boundaries of the loaded swf, rather they seem to return the boundaries of > the stuff inside the loaded swf which can be either smaller or larger than > the internally defined boundaries. Am I missing something? > > I want to load in a swf, create a mask around it so that only the stuff > that is supposed to show is shown, and then scale it to fit a target area. > This should be easy, right? > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
