Changing stage size midway through movie

Question

Hi
I have downloaded a Flash movie from a library which I want
to use as part of a larger movie. The downloaded Flash movie is 300
pixels square, while the movie I want to use it in will be 765 x
100 pixels. The downloaded movie has a number of layers and is
around 100 frames in length.
Is there a way of selecting all the elements on the stage and
then a) reducing them all in size, which would be 33 percent of
original size and b) moving them so they are centered on the stage?
Or am I better working on a larger stage (would have to be
2295 x 300 pixels) and then publishing at 33 per cent of actual
size? Does one way have a benefit over the other in terms of
finished file size? If I do it this way, I'm still going to have to
move all the elements across the stage as a group (if this is
possible).
Many thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Found the solution that worked (used ._xscale and ._yscale
instead of ._width and ._height
[code]
function resize_movie_clip(clip_loader_name:MovieClip,
max_width:Number, max_height:Number, center_offset:Number )
if( (clip_loader_name._width > max_width) || (
clip_loader_name._height > max_height ) ) // If either dimension
is too big...
if( clip_loader_name._width > max_width )
_root.picsPage_mc.txt_test = "func if 1";
clip_loader_name._width = max_width;
clip_loader_name._yscale = clip_loader_name._xscale;
if( clip_loader_name._height > max_height )
_root.picsPage_mc.txt_test = "func if 2";
clip_loader_name._height = max_height;
clip_loader_name._xscale = clip_loader_name._yscale;
else { new_width = orig_width; new_height = orig_height; }
[/code]