Need help with an effect related to distance

Ive already posted the same thing at the flash 8 section but no one had an answer, so i thought experts in action script might be able to help ;D

erm, I was looking at one of the tutorials for flash to help me get an effect which i wanted for a flash movie which im making. The tutorial is rlly good but the effect that i wanted is a little different.

tutorial: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/acti…_distance2.htm
the lovely effect: http://danlod.com/enindex.php
(note: the subject is the little flash movie which shows/lists the options for different languages)

The tutorial states how to calculate the distance and all that, but i want the objects to get bigger when the pointer gets closer to them instead of changing transparency but as u can see im a true novice with my actionscript skills… can anyone plz show me an example or make a quick 1 line script for me ? ( i think only the last line needs editing)

thnQ

heres the script:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
xdist = Math.round(_root._xmouse - _parent._x);
ydist = Math.round(_root._ymouse - _parent._y);
distancefromthis = Math.round(Math.sqrt((xdistxdist) + (ydistydist)));
_parent._alpha = (100-distancefromthis)+20;
}