# Movie clip dissapears after I set \_width to it!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-dissapears-after-i-set--width-to-it/294118>\
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**Created:** [August 8, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-dissapears-after-i-set--width-to-it/294118 "2009-08-08T21:14:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tokey666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@tokey666](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tokey666)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-dissapears-after-i-set--width-to-it/294118/1 "2009-08-08T21:14:22Z")

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Alright, I am pulling my hair out on this one. haha.

Check it out. I am creating an XML gallery. I am able to load in the gallery info from the XML just fine. The preloader works just fine. And I can set my \_x and my \_y just fine.

BUT… when I attempt to set my movie clip (that acts as the pic holder) to a width or height, the MC never shows up!

```auto
function firstImage() {
    if (loaded == filesize) {
        picture._alpha = 0;
        picture.loadMovie(image[which],1);
        desc_txt.text = description[which];
// initiate postitions and scaling values for objects
        picture._x = 0;
        picture._y = 0;
        //THIS NEXT LINE CAUSES THE PROBLEM
               // IF I COMMENT IT OUT, WORKS FINE!
        picture._width = 500;
        
        picture_num();
    }
}

```

Help would be more than amazing.

Thanks!