# Updating Scale?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-scale/223145>\
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**Created:** [April 19, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-scale/223145 "2007-04-19T21:26:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tempest811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tempest811](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tempest811)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-scale/223145/1 "2007-04-19T21:26:01Z")

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say I have a movie clip that’s 20 by 20.  
then, with actionscript, i increase that movieclip’s width to 40.

is there a way to update the scale of the clip so that the movieclip’s \_xscale represents the new 40 by 20 rectangle rather than the original 20 by 20 box?