# Getting the dimensions of an mc after content is loaded in

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**Created:** [August 21, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-dimensions-of-an-mc-after-content-is-loaded-in/236544 "2007-08-21T19:34:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![greggreg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@greggreg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/greggreg)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-dimensions-of-an-mc-after-content-is-loaded-in/236544/1 "2007-08-21T19:34:20Z")

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hello,

im having a little trouble getting the dimensions of a movie clip after i attach a bunch of children movie clips to it. it only returns the dimensions of the clip when it was created at runtime and not after the content is loaded in. any help would be awesome.

thanks.