Setting width on movieclip with image loaded

programming flash
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Hey,

I am trying to load an image into a movieclip and then change the width of the movieclip. The problem I am having is that when I do this the image is no longer visible.

Any help is greatly appreciated


import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
var container:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(container);
var pictLdr:Loader = new Loader();
var pictURL:String = "image.jpg"
var pictURLReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(pictURL);
pictLdr.load(pictURLReq);
pictLdr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imgLoaded); 
function imgLoaded(event:Event):void
{
    container.addChild(pictLdr.content); 
}

//change the width
//If I comment out this line I can see the image fine.
container.width = 100;