Image size and movieclip?

You should load the image in a seperate movieclip in your first movieclip. When the image is fully loadet, you can specify the size of the movieclip with its normal properties.
Your code could look like this:


function loadImage(file, name, depth, width, height){
  var img = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
  img.loadMovie(file);
  var handler = new Object();
  handler.onEnterFrame = function(){
    if(img.getBytesLoaded() == img.getBytesTotal() && img.getBytesTotal() > 0){
      img._width = width;
      img._height = height;
      delete this;
    }
  }
}


Then you can use this function in your movieclip like in this example:


loadImage("landscape.jpg", "myImg", 1, 300, 200);

I do not want to use so much code. My aim is to hit a button and load the image in a movieclip such that the  image size should not be bigger than the mc size:
on (release) {
    _root.picture.loadMovie("myimage.jpg");
}
Unless otherwise Thanks for your effort:

I do not want to use so much code. My aim is to hit a button and load the image in a movieclip such that the  image size should not be bigger than the mc size:
on (release) {
    _root.picture.loadMovie("myimage.jpg");
}
Unless otherwise Thanks for your effort:

Of cause you can't just use loadMovie("myimage.jpg"); - that's the problem...
loadMovie() can't do it all for you, thats why you should define your own method that does what you want - that's the point in programming!

Escuse me saying this - but I just can't see why you changed your mind, just because the solution is a few lines of code....

But ok - no problem :)

Even if I use the suggested code, the image size does not change at all. If I call the method as: loadImage("landscape.jpg", "myImg", 1, 100, 50); gives the original image size.
I use the code in the on release() {.....} statement of a button.
Thanks for your reply

does not works still