Dynamic Border around image

Question

hi there,
i have a main flash movie (main.fla) which has images placed
on the screen.
Each image has an invisible button placed on it.. (ie: the
button has only
the hitarea defined and no rollover, down etc.)
NOTE: that the images are different in sizes. hence they have
different
width and height.
I tried making a movieclip of 200 x 200 in size with a 1px
border around it
and dynamically making it adjust to the width and height of
the images. BUT
i seem to be hacing the following problem-
1) for images that are larger in size than the border
movieclip.. the border
tends to thicken.
2) for images that are smaller than the border movieclip..
the border tends
to get more thinner
Required-
OnRollover of an image.. it should have a border around it,
inorder to
highlite the selected image. Lets say, a 1px border and red
in color. How do
i achieve this?
Would really appreciate if someone would provide a simple
code to achieve
this as i am not used to programming.
Please help..
thanx

Answer 1

yep, thats cause when you stretch your mc the lines will
stretch with it.
if you are using flash 8, use the 9slice guides.
for the mc that contains your border go into the preferances,
and you will find a check box for the 9slice thingy (technical
term)
check that, then double click on the library symbel to edit
it.
you will find flash has drawn four dashed lines.
move these so that they mark the inward edge of your borders.
basically the area inside these guides stretches normally
the corners don't stretch
and the edges stretch either horizonally or vertically
for more info look in the help.
oh, and don't transform (rotate skew etc) your mc once on the
stage or you'll loose your slices...
best