Resize an existing flash movie

I have created a basic fading slide show of about 12 Photoshop layers in Flash CS3. Now the client wants to change the page will require the swf to be 40% smaller. Is there an easy way to do this without going back to Photoshop and rezing the image and then re-building the fades? I've tried the transform panel with constrain on and I've tried setting a new size in properties but both result in a cropped image when imported to DW CS3, even though transform appears to work correctly in flash. What's the best way to make this change?

The globe is a simple white wire globe made up of about 9
layers that spins slowly on a blue backgound. No other graphics.
You can deselect a layer and see lines disappear. Note that I am a
Premiere Video guy needing this silly globe to last longer in a
video. I downloaded it free from the web as globe-blue.fla or
globe-blue.swf, and now I cant find it to send you a link. It would
appear that I could unlock the layers and simply cut and paste to
the end....but flash doesnt seem to allow that. I hope this helps.
If I could attach it here, I would!

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Actually my doubt concerns with resizing a flash movie when a browser resizes. The flash movie is a slide show. In flash I have scripted to resize the image using onResize event. Also it's working finely when opening on flash CS3. But when I opened the same on a browser and resizes the browser, the flash component is not resizing. Can I use any javascipt function for this purpose. If so can anyone describe, how it could be. Because I don't have any idea on javascript.
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I generally put the whole slide/page into a movie clip and use this code on resize to center it. In your case I would use the same code but inside the listener fire a function call where you'll resize each item?
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I am developing a html Web site with a flash intro
and need help because I am learning all over again, not having done
it in 3 years.
The screen is to start out white and fade to silver, which I
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conditioning and realized it was quite simple. The movie is 600x400
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with "Resizing Flash Movie to Size of Site"?
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Thanks again for your time but it seems we're not on the same page (pun intended!).
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