Stretch a graphic/layer only horiztonally

Question

Hi all,
So here's my problem. I'm designing a site where a small
beige box serves as the background for the content of each page on
the site. However, my problem is that, while I'd like the rest of
the content and images and shapes on the page not to scale due to
larger/smaller windows, I would like the single box to stretch
horizonally across the page, so it fills it from side to side. I do
not want it to scale vertically, however.
You can view my project here:
goldinroute.com/macgregor/master.html
Click on "About." Yes, I know the design is hideous. I'm
trying to get this figured out before I work any further on it
(though I'm open to design suggestions as well!). Does anyone know
how I can do this?

Answer 1

Amy,
Thanks SO much for your help! Your code has definitely put me
on the right track, but I could your (or anyone else's help)
figuring out everything. Here is the code I now have:
Stage.align = "TL";
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
stop ();
boxmovie._width = Stage.width + 100;
boxmovie._x = 0;
sizeListener = new Object();
sizeListener.onResize = function() {
boxmovie._width = Stage.width;
Stage.addListener(sizeListener);
Problem is, as you can see at
(goldinroute.com/macgregor/about.html) that the box has some
strange margins around it. Initially there is a margin on the left.
Then, when you resize the window, a margin appears on the left.
This occurs in Flash preview as well as when I load the html file
into a browser, so I know it's just the browser inserting margins.
Obviously, I'd like no margins to appear at all. Any ideas?
Second, while I got essentially what I wanted to happen in
the about..swf file, the problem is that this resizing and the
stage.width attributes don't show up when this swf is loaded into
my master swf. You can view that at
goldinroute.com/macgregor/master.html. This is the key. Any ideas?
I imagine it's because it's referring to the stage in about.swf,
which doesn't take into account how bout master.swf is. The code I
use to load in about.swf is:
var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myMCL.addListener(myListener);
myMCL.loadClip("splash.swf", 20);
Thanks!