Resizing movieclip with scrollbar text

Hi Experts,
Here I am trying to resize a movie clip which contains some dynamic text with scrollbar in a swf using mouse. I am able to resize the movie clip using "setProperty". But unable to control the behaviour of the scrollbar. when I am increasing the size of the movie clip the scrollbar should automatically disappear. But I am unable to do so. Can anyone help me??
Here is the link of the swf I am working on:
http://qs1252.pair.com/monarchm/test1/
Here is the code I have used for the resizer:
if (this._x <= 20) {
    setProperty(_root.cont.frames, _width, 20);
    setProperty(this, _x, 20);
} else {
    setProperty(_root.cont.frames, _width, this._x);
if (this._y <=20) {
    setProperty(_root.cont.frames, _height, 20);
    setProperty(this, _y, 20);
} else {
    setProperty(_root.cont.frames, _height, this._y);
Help me
srinivas

Thanks for your response. I should be more accurate here...
I am using two movie clips here. The first one is the "frames" in container and the second one is "re-sizer". "_root.cont.frames" gets the _x and_y positions according the to x, y positions of the "_root.cont.frames.re-sizer.re-sizer_btn".
The UI scrollbar I am using here is a flash component, and is a child of "_root.cont.frames"
This is my first thread ever! So I am learning the things here. Thanks for your guidance. I will be more accurate moving further..
Thank You,
Srinivas

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