Swf loader size issue

hi..
      i want to load a swf into mdi window in flex.. here my swf size is 200x200.. when i m trying to load this swf into
mdi window using swfloader it exceeds the mdi window.. it is not load with original swf size(200x200).. how to achive this..
any help related to this????

<MDIWindow xmlns="flexlib.mdi.containers.*" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns:mate="http://mate.asfusion.com/"
   " title="Player"
   height="200" width="200">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import flexlib.mdi.events.MDIWindowEvent;
            [SWF(width='200',height='200',backgroundColor='0x000000',frameRate='25')]
            private function onCreationComplete():void
                var noCache:int = new Date().getTime();
                loader1.load("http://mysite/testt.swf?"+noCache);
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
    <!-- The text area where the notes get displayed -->
    <mx:SWFLoader id="loader1"/>
</MDIWindow>

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    I then looked at the Properties of the printer, and found that it was using an "HP Color LaserJet PS" driver (self-chosen by the printer install procedure).  Its Paper Size was also set to A4.  Word does override some printer driver settings, but in this case both the application and the printer were set to A4, so there should have been no issue.
    On a hunch, I then changed the CreatePDF printer driver to a Xerox Phaser, as suggested in the above Adobe document for other versions of Windows.  (Couldn't find the recommended "Xerox Phaser 6120 PS", so chose the 1235 PS model instead.)  After confirming that it too was set for A4, I repeated the test using the same Word document.  This time the result was fine.
    While I seem to have solved the issue on this occasion, I have not been able to do sufficient testing with a 5-PDF trial, and wish to avoid similar problems with the future live users, all of which use Word and A4 paper.  Any information or recommendations would be appreciated.  Also, is there any information available on the service's sensitivity to different printer drivers used with the CreatePDF's printer definition?  And can we assume that the alternative "Upload and Convert" procedure correctly selects output paper size from the settings of an uploaded document?
    PS - The newly-revised doc cpsid_86984 still seems to need further revising.  Vista and Windows 7 instructions have now been split.  I tried the new Vista instructions on a Vista SP2 PC and found that step 6 appears to be out of place - there was no provision to enter Adobe ID and password at this stage.  It appears that, as with XP and Win7, one must configure the printer after it is installed (and not just if changing the ID or password, as stated in the document).

    Thank you, Rebecca.
    The plot thickens a little, given that it was the same unaltered Word document that first created a letter-size PDF, but correctly created an A4-size PDF after the driver was changed from the HP Color Laser PS to a Xerox Phaser.  I thought that the answer may lie in your comment that "it'll get complicated if there is a particular driver selected in the process of manually installing the PDF desktop printer".  But that HP driver was not (consciously) selected - it became part of the printer definition when the manual install instructions were followed.
    However I haven't yet had a chance to try a different XP system, and given that you haven't been able to reproduce the issue (thank you for trying), I will assume for the time being that it might have been a spurious problem that won't recur.  I'll take your point about using the installer, though when the opportunity arises I might try to satisfy my cursed curiosity by experimenting further with the manual install.  If I come up with anything of interest, I'll post again.

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