Resizing a movieclip correctly?

Question

I can't figure out how to resize a movieclip correctly. I'm
trying to make a photo gallery and keep everything a certain size
but when I try and change the scaling, the movieclip just
disappears.

Answer 1

use:
var pic:Loader;
var totalImages:int = 10;
var border:uint = 10;
var prevX:Number = 0;
var prevW:Number = 0;
var i:uint=0;
var container:Container;  // create a class for your container moviecip
loadF();
function loadF(){
    container = new Container();
    addChild(container);
    pic = new Loader()
    pic.load(new URLRequest(myImages))
    pic.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, resizeContainer)
function resizeContainer(e:Event):void{
    container.x = prevX+prevW;
    container.width = pic.width+border;
    container.height = pic.height+border;
    container.addChild(pic);
    pic.x=pic.y=border/2;
    prevW=container.width;
    prevX=container.x;
    i++;
    if(i<totalImages){
        loadF();