# Showing work area?!?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 13, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164 "2003-06-13T21:07:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Xtreme](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xtreme)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164/1 "2003-06-13T21:07:01Z")
Hello all,
I have noticed that whenever I am making a full flash site all of the externally loaded .swf’s show everything from that file not only that was placed on the document area but also the stuff sitting on the side in the ‘work’ area waiting to come into play. How can I prevent this from happening other than using a mask?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164/2 "2003-06-13T21:10:34Z")
are the externally loaded swfs the same size as your main movie (even if they’re not that big)? they shouldn’t be. only make them as big as you need. if that doesnt suit, move the objects further away until they’re no longer visible.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164/3 "2003-06-13T21:12:50Z")
When loading a movie into another movie the porperties of the movie itself become the same as the properties of the main movie (including dimensions, fps rate, etc).
A mask would be your best bet.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164/4 "2003-06-15T06:17:52Z")
Maybe you can try the follow. It actually sets the movie to open up 100% automatically and prevent users from resizing the window and it tells you how to hide the “unwanted” items from the view of your audience.
In the first frame of your movie put this action
fscommand (“allowscale”,false);
fscommand(“fullscreen”,true);
Next, make a new layer above all the other layers. Zoom right out and draw a massive box over your stage that has a fill colour that you wish to surround your movie when being viewed (usually black or white). Then select the box by clicking on the keyframe in frame 1 of this new layer. Put the layer into “outline mode” (the square icon to the right of the layer name) and zoom back in so you can just see all the edges of the stage. Lock all the other layers. Select the black arrow tool and carefully drag a square selection over your whole stage. Then hit delete. You should have cut a whole in your “cover box” to allow the user to see only what is on the stage. Lock the layer.
Hope it helps
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/showing-work-area/23164/5 "2003-06-15T06:33:15Z")
that or a mask