# Resizing an external movieclip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-an-external-movieclip/145556>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 23, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-an-external-movieclip/145556 "2005-04-23T14:46:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Sailesh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sailesh)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-an-external-movieclip/145556/1 "2005-04-23T14:46:01Z")

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so far i have this to summon the external movie

```auto
on (release) {
	loadMovie("trailer.swf", "placeholder");
	setProperty("placeholder", _y, "0");
	setProperty("placeholder", _x, "0");
}

```

as the movie is much bigger than the canvas itself i want to resize it. is this prossible? and if so, how. 🙂