# Q: xscale on a movie clip with a loadmovie attached?

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**Created:** [May 13, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-xscale-on-a-movie-clip-with-a-loadmovie-attached/2185 "2002-05-13T02:04:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-xscale-on-a-movie-clip-with-a-loadmovie-attached/2185/1 "2002-05-13T02:04:27Z")

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hi. here’s my situation. i’ve loaded a movie onto a movie clip. then i use xscale and yscale on the MC to flip the loaded movie, using code like the following (flipVar equals wither 100 or -100):

\_root.myClip.\_xscale = flipVar;

correct me if i’m wrong: for a regular MC without an swf loaded, this just sets the flip absolutely - if flipVar equals 100, it’ll be normal and if it’s -100, it’ll be flipped… no matter what it was before this operation.  
but it seems like with a loaded swf it sets it relative to how it was before the operation - if it was upside-down and flipVar is -100, it’ll be right-side-up. is this all correct? if so, how can i flip a loaded movie absolutely?  
your help is much appreciated!

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**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-xscale-on-a-movie-clip-with-a-loadmovie-attached/2185/2 "2002-05-14T03:02:17Z")

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I’m assuming that what you’re saying is that you flip a movie clip holder of some sort, then load an swf into it and when it shows up it’s not flipped the way you wanted it.

I had been under the impression that any loaded movie would take on any scaling that you had set to the holder clip…

I’ll try a little experimentation on this to see if I can figure that out… it should work that way.