# Can't set the width/height with createEmptyMovieClip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-set-the-width-height-with-createemptymovieclip/258899>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 29, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-set-the-width-height-with-createemptymovieclip/258899 "2008-04-29T11:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![keitai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@keitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keitai)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-set-the-width-height-with-createemptymovieclip/258899/1 "2008-04-29T11:29:12Z")

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Doesn’t work

```auto

function thumbsMaker(imgURL, thumb_width, thumb_height, i, rows) {
	var thumbBG:MovieClip;
	var thumbContainer:MovieClip = createEmptyMovieClip("thumbContainer"+i, getNextHighestDepth());
	thumbContainer._x = 30;
	thumbContainer._y = 150;	
	var image:MovieClip = thumbContainer.createEmptyMovieClip("image",1);
	var thumbBG:MovieClip = thumbContainer.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbBG",0);
thumbBG._x = 50//testing
thumbBG._height = 40;
...more code
}

```

but i don’t see the height