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MovieClip._xscale

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

my_mc._xscale:Number

Description

Property; determines the horizontal scale (percentage) of the movie clip as applied from the

registration point of the movie clip. The default registration point is (0,0).

Scaling the local coordinate system affects the

_x and _y property settings, which are defined in

whole pixels. For example, if the parent movie clip is scaled to 50%, setting the

_x property moves

an object in the movie clip by half the number of pixels as it would if the movie were set at 100%.

Example

The following example creates a movie clip at runtime called box_mc. The Drawing API is used to

draw a box in this instance, and when the mouse rolls over the box, horizontal and vertical scaling

is applied to the movie clip. When the mouse rolls off the instance, it returns to the previous

scaling.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("box_mc", 1);

box_mc._x = 100;

box_mc._y = 100;

with (box_mc) {

lineStyle(1, 0xCCCCCC);

beginFill(0xEEEEEE);

moveTo(0, 0);

lineTo(80, 0);

lineTo(80, 60);

lineTo(0, 60);

lineTo(0, 0);

endFill();

}

box_mc.onRollOver = function() {

this._x -= this._width/2;

this._y -= this._height/2;

this._xscale = 200;

this._yscale = 200;

};

box_mc.onRollOut = function() {

this._xscale = 100;

this._yscale = 100;

this._x += this._width/2;

this._y += this._height/2;

};