Setting dynamic image width - need help !!!

[Mo11]

Hello all,

I've been fighting with that for a while now, I've red all I could find but nothing seems to work...
I'm sure there's something I'm missing here.

my problem :

I'm loading pics (jpg) with loadMovie into movie clips that had just been created (createEmptyMovieClip). I want to set the size of the pics after they've bee loaded.

here's the code:

PHP Code:

for (i=1;i<=myData.count;i++)
{
    name = "holder" + i;
    //create a empty movie clip for holding the Jpg pics 
    createEmptyMovieClip(name, i);
    eval(name).loadMovie("../../images/prods/thumb/" + eval("myData.pic" + i));
    eval(name)._x = 80*i;
    eval(name)._y = 120*i;
    eval(name).onEnterFrame = function()
    {
          if (eval(name)._width > 0)
        {
            eval(name)._width=50;
               delete eval(name).onEnterFrame;
        }
    }    
} 


I know you should wait for the pic to be loaded before you can acces the _width property, but I think that tha's what I'm doing ...

any help would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks in advance,

[Billy T]

does the eval(name) bit work? try putting in some traces

also try

eval(name).onEnterFrame = function()
{
if (this._width > 0)
{
this._width=50;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}

[Mo11]

Hey Billy T,

Thanks for your reply. I'll try to do as you suggested.

Apparently, the eval(name) works because the pictures are loading, and the positionning is well done.

The only thing I don't manage to do is to resize the pictures (the movieclip)...

[Mo11]

just tried :
eval(name).onEnterFrame = function()
{
if (this._width > 0)
{
this._width=50;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
doesn't work ...

any other sudggestions?

[pom]

You can't use the container clip as a preloader clip, because loading erases everything in your clips, including the onEnterFrame (that's my guess anyway). Try this: if I'm right, it shouldn't trace anything (if I'm wrong, I'll just go back to pottery).

for (i=1;i<=myData.count;i++)
{
	name = "holder" + i;
	//create a empty movie clip for holding the Jpg pics 
	var clip = this.createEmptyMovieClip(name, i);
	clip.loadMovie("../../images/prods/thumb/" + eval("myData.pic" + i));
	clip._x = 80*i;
	clip._y = 120*i;
	clip.onEnterFrame = function()
	{
		trace ("Hello, my name is " + this._name) ;
	  	if (this._width > 0)
		{
			this._width=50;
	  	 	delete this.onEnterFrame;
		}
	}	
}

pom