External Movie File Script Question

I have finally figured out how to load an external .swf into
my flash file. The only problem is that I want to resize the
external movie to fit in a smaller movie container. The movie now
plays in the correct place but wrong size.
Here is my code, I need to know the parameters to force a
resize:
"on (release) {
//load Movie Behavior
if(this.demo == Number(this.demo)){
loadMovieNum("demo.swf",this.demo, w);
this.demo
} else {
this.demo.loadMovie("demo.swf");
//End Behavior
Thanks

Add this:
//scales to 85%
this.demo._xscale = .85;
this.demo._yscale = .85;
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"Tazty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have finally figured out how to load an external .swf
into my flash file.
> The only problem is that I want to resize the external
movie to fit in a
> smaller movie container. The movie now plays in the
correct place but
> wrong
> size.
>
> Here is my code, I need to know the parameters to force
a resize:
>
>
> "on (release) {
>
> //load Movie Behavior
> if(this.demo == Number(this.demo)){
> loadMovieNum("demo.swf",this.demo, w);
> this.demo
> } else {
> this.demo.loadMovie("demo.swf");
>
> }
> //End Behavior
>
> }"
>
> Thanks
>

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