How can I force a specific content size in a ScrollPane -- Repost from actionscript group

Question

Haven't gotten any answers in the actionscript group, so
maybe I will
fair better here...
See
http://www.seanberry.com/scrollPaneInTheAss.html
for reference
Have an interesting situation here. I am using a scrollpane
to hold a
loaded movieclip (scrollContent_mc for reference) which
contains several
mask/image combinations. The images within scrollContent_mc
can be
resized by using a scale tool. When the ScrollPane redraws,
it uses the
total width of scrollContent_mc which includes this resized
image
sitting behind a mask. The result is that the viewable size
of
scrollContent_mc does not change (because you are only seeing
images
through masks), but the total size does change since the
images can
extend beyond the viewable bounds of scrollContent_mc.
Is there a way to handle this? Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

sberry wrote:
> See
http://www.seanberry.com/scrollPaneInTheAss.html
for reference
>
> Have an interesting situation here. I am using a
scrollpane to hold a
> loaded movieclip (scrollContent_mc for reference) which
contains several
> mask/image combinations. The images within
scrollContent_mc can be
> resized by using a scale tool. When the ScrollPane
redraws, it uses the
> total width of scrollContent_mc which includes this
resized image
> sitting behind a mask. The result is that the viewable
size of
> scrollContent_mc does not change (because you are only
seeing images
> through masks), but the total size does change since the
images can
> extend beyond the viewable bounds of scrollContent_mc.
>
> Is there a way to handle this? Thanks for any help.
Perhaps this will help explain what the problem is...
http://seanberry.com/cheerios/holder.html
I have a compiled movie called cheerios.swf. It is a
200x200px movie
with two items... a 300x300 jpg of a bowl of cheerios with a
200x200px
mask sitting on top of it.
Then, in my holder movie I load the cheerios.swf into a
scrollpane. The
contents of the scrollpane is determined to be 300x300px,
hence the
100px of white space on top and bottom.
I want the scrollpane to only target the visible portion of
the MC
instead of the complete contents... any ideas?