Hello:
I have thumbnails of various dimensions that I am trying to center upon loading into a mc. I have tried other suggestions from posts on this forum, like create a container mc and load the jpg into that, then place container within the main mc, and
mc._x =- mc._width/2; //move clip to left by half its width
mc._y =- mc._height/2; //move clip up by half its height
by the way, I cannot find the =- operator in the AS dictionary, unless they mean
mc._x = -1 * mc._width/2;
None of these work properly. - I keep getting the JPG in the upper left-hand corner.
I have a blank catalogmenu_mc to which I am attaching a grid of menuitem_mc. These menuitem mc’s are NOT blank - they are 100 x 100. They contain dynamic text fields, a text button, and the thumb_mc, which holds the external image. I set the coordinates for the blank thumb_mc at (50,50) - [center] within the menuitem_mc.
When I try to center the JPG after loading into the thumb_mc, it goes back to the upper-left hand corner. I think maybe it’s because the clip that holds the thumb_mc is not blank and uses 100 x 100 for the dimensions and not 100 x 75 or 55 x 75, the size of my TN’s.
It is frustrating that an external SWF or JPG can only load in the upper left-hand corner.
Any help or workarounds? Thanks.
