ActionScript 101

The Width and Height properties define how tall and wide the object is. You can program them in a fashion similar to that of the X,Y coordinates. Here we will create a program that resizes the Rectangle object once the user clicks on it.

onClipEvent (mouseDown) {

setProperty("", _height, "300");

setProperty("", _width, "300");

}

Xscale/YScale

Another way to adjust the size of an object is with the Xscale and Yscale properties. These allow you to, using scale, stretch the size of an image. If I set both values at 50, the object will become half of its size. If I set them at 200, the object becomes twice its size.

Here is some code that demonstrates how to change the properties:

onClipEvent (mouseDown) {

setProperty("", _xscale, "50");

setProperty("", _y, "300");

}

You can fool around with different numbers to generate different effects. For instance, if you set either property to 0, then your object disappears. If you set it to a negative number like -100, it enlarges the picture in a weird way and relocates it.

Here are some pretty pictures to demonstrate how this works.

Before the user clicks on the image:

After the user clicks on the image (value set to 200)