# Resizing bitmaps loaded from XML?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-bitmaps-loaded-from-xml/231305>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 3, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-bitmaps-loaded-from-xml/231305 "2007-07-03T16:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![CraigMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@CraigMayhem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CraigMayhem)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-bitmaps-loaded-from-xml/231305/1 "2007-07-03T16:03:28Z")

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Hey all - it’s been a while. Got into CS3 for a side project at work. I don’t know jack dookie about AS3.0 but I’m trying. I’m sure my code is pretty \*\*\*\*\*\*\*, so if there is a more elegant solution I can find somewhere, let me know!

Thanks!

I am loading some bitmaps into a FLA via XML. I want to re-use the big bitmaps for thumbnails because that’s what I’m told to do (they don’t want to create bitmap thumbnails)

Here is my XML loading code:

[AS]  
var myXML:XML = new XML();  
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;  
var XML\_URL:String = “Untitled-3\_en.xml”;  
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML\_URL);  
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);  
myLoader.addEventListener(“complete”, xmlLoaded);  
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {  
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);  
this.head1.text=myXML.tab[0].headline;  
this.box1.htmlText=myXML.tab[0].headline;  
this.head2.text=myXML.tab[1].headline;  
this.head3.text=myXML.tab[2].headline;  
this.head4.text=myXML.tab[3].headline;  
this.titleText.htmlText=myXML.title[0];  
this.mainText.htmlText=myXML.tab[0].bullet;  
this.bkg1.source="…"+myXML.tab[0].bgimage;  
this.bkg2.source="…"+myXML.tab[1].bgimage;  
this.bkg3.source="…"+myXML.tab[2].bgimage;  
this.bkg4.source="…"+myXML.tab[3].bgimage;  
this.thumb1.source="…"+myXML.tab[0].bgimage;  
this.thumb2.source="…"+myXML.tab[1].bgimage;  
this.thumb3.source="…"+myXML.tab[2].bgimage;  
this.thumb4.source="…"+myXML.tab[3].bgimage;  
}  
[/AS]

At this point I’m loading the bitmaps into ScrollPanes, but I’m completely open to better solutions!

Here’s the full AS (WARNING: it’s really ugly right now)

[AS]  
import flash.display.Sprite;  
import flash.events.MouseEvent;  
import fl.transitions.Tween;  
import fl.transitions.easing._;  
import flash.display._;  
import flash.net.URLRequest;  
import flash.display.Loader;  
import flash.events.Event;  
//  
var bkg:String =“zero”;  
//

// define functions  
function tweener(clip, begin, finish) {  
var myTween:Tween = new Tween(clip,“scaleY”,Regular.easeOut,begin,finish,.175,true);  
}  
function tweenerLeft(clip, begin, finish) {  
var myTween2:Tween = new Tween(clip,“x”,Regular.easeOut,begin,finish,.175,true);  
}  
function tweenerSee(clip, begin, finish) {  
var myTween2:Tween = new Tween(clip,“alpha”,Regular.easeInOut,begin,finish,.5,true);  
}  
function buttonOver(clip, action) {  
clip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL\_OVER,action);  
}  
function buttonOut(clip, action) {  
clip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL\_OUT,action);  
}  
function scaler(prop1,prop2,prop3,prop4,prop5, prop6) {  
prop1.scaleY = 1;  
prop2.scaleY = 1;  
prop3.scaleY = 1;  
prop4.scaleY = 1;  
prop5.scaleY = 1;  
prop6.scaleY = 1;  
}  
this.thumb1.mask=this.mask1;  
this.thumb2.mask=this.mask2;  
this.thumb3.mask=this.mask3;  
this.thumb4.mask=this.mask4;

this.bkg1.alpha=0;  
this.bkg2.alpha=0;  
this.bkg3.alpha=0;  
this.bkg4.alpha=0;

// begin button actions----------------------------------------------------  
this.b1.buttonMode = true;  
//  
buttonOver(this.b1, b1roll);  
//  
function b1roll(event:MouseEvent):void {  
scaler(this.w2, this.w3, this.w4, this.mask2, this.mask3, this.mask4);  
tweener(this.w1,1,1.25);  
tweener(this.mask1,1,1.4);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb1, 0, -50);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg1,0,1);  
if (bkg!=“one”) {  
this.mainText.htmlText=myXML.tab[0].bullet;  
this.box1.htmlText=myXML.tab[0].headline;  
bkg=“one”;  
}  
}  
//  
buttonOut(this.b1,b1off);  
//  
function b1off(event:MouseEvent):void {  
tweener(this.w1, 1.25, 1);  
tweener(this.mask1, 1.4, 1);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb1, -50, 0);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg1,1,0);  
}  
///////////////////////////////////  
this.b2.buttonMode = true;  
//  
buttonOver(this.b2,b2roll);  
//  
function b2roll(event:MouseEvent):void {  
scaler(this.w1, this.w3, this.w4, this.mask1, this.mask3, this.mask4);  
tweener(this.w2, 1, 1.25);  
tweener(this.mask2,1,1.4);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb2, 152, 102);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg2,0,1);  
if (bkg!=“two”) {  
this.mainText.htmlText=myXML.tab[1].bullet;  
this.box1.htmlText=myXML.tab[1].headline;  
bkg=“two”;  
}  
}  
//  
buttonOut(this.b2,b2off);  
//  
function b2off(event:MouseEvent):void {  
tweener(this.w2, 1.25, 1);  
tweener(this.mask2,1.4,1);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb2, 102, 152);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg2,1,0);  
}  
//////////////////////////////////  
this.b3.buttonMode = true;  
//  
buttonOver(this.b3,b3roll);  
//  
function b3roll(event:MouseEvent):void {  
scaler(this.w1, this.w2, this.w4, this.mask1, this.mask2, this.mask4);  
tweener(this.w3, 1, 1.25);  
tweener(this.mask3,1,1.4);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb3, 291, 241);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg3,0,1);  
if (bkg!=“three”) {  
this.mainText.htmlText=myXML.tab[2].bullet;  
this.box1.htmlText=myXML.tab[2].headline;  
bkg=“three”;  
}  
}  
//  
buttonOut(this.b3,b3off);  
//  
function b3off(event:MouseEvent):void {  
tweener(this.w3, 1.25, 1);  
tweener(this.mask3,1.4,1);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb3, 241, 291);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg3,1,0);  
}  
///////////////////  
this.b4.buttonMode = true;  
//  
buttonOver(this.b4,b4roll);  
//  
function b4roll(event:MouseEvent):void {  
scaler(this.w1, this.w2, this.w3, this.mask1, this.mask2, this.mask3);  
tweener(this.w4, 1, 1.25);  
tweener(this.mask4,1,1.4);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb4, 430, 380);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg4,0,1);  
if (bkg!=“four”) {  
this.mainText.htmlText=myXML.tab[3].bullet;  
this.box1.htmlText=myXML.tab[3].headline;  
bkg=“four”;  
}  
}  
//  
buttonOut(this.b4,b4off);  
//  
function b4off(event:MouseEvent):void {  
tweener(this.w4, 1.25, 1);  
tweener(this.mask4,1.4,1);  
tweenerLeft(this.thumb4, 380, 430);  
tweenerSee(this.bkg4,1,0);  
}  
// end button actions---------------------------------------------------  
//begin XML actions ----------------------------------------------------  
var myXML:XML = new XML();  
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;  
var XML\_URL:String = “Untitled-3\_en.xml”;  
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest(XML\_URL);  
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);  
myLoader.addEventListener(“complete”, xmlLoaded);  
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {  
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);  
this.head1.text=myXML.tab[0].headline;  
this.box1.htmlText=myXML.tab[0].headline;  
this.head2.text=myXML.tab[1].headline;  
this.head3.text=myXML.tab[2].headline;  
this.head4.text=myXML.tab[3].headline;  
this.titleText.htmlText=myXML.title[0];  
this.mainText.htmlText=myXML.tab[0].bullet;  
this.bkg1.source="…"+myXML.tab[0].bgimage;  
this.bkg2.source="…"+myXML.tab[1].bgimage;  
this.bkg3.source="…"+myXML.tab[2].bgimage;  
this.bkg4.source="…"+myXML.tab[3].bgimage;  
this.thumb1.source="…"+myXML.tab[0].bgimage;  
this.thumb2.source="…"+myXML.tab[1].bgimage;  
this.thumb3.source="…"+myXML.tab[2].bgimage;  
this.thumb4.source="…"+myXML.tab[3].bgimage;  
}  
/\*var rect:Sprite = new Sprite();  
rect.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);  
rect.graphics.drawRect(50, 50, 400, 400);  
addChild(rect);  
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();  
[//ldr.mask](https://ldr.mask) = rect;  
var [url:String](http://www.kirupa.com/forum/String) = “thumb2.jpg”;  
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);  
ldr.load(urlReq);  
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded1);  
addChild(ldr);

function loaded1(event:Event):void {  
var content:Bitmap = event.target.content;  
content.scaleX = .35;  
content.scaleY = .35;  
[//content.x](https://content.x) = 155;  
[//content.y](https://content.y) = 160;  
[//content.mask=this.mask2](https://content.mask=this.mask2);  
}  
\*/

// end XML actions ----------------------------------------------------  
[/AS]