# Why does LoadMovie scale external swf clips?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-loadmovie-scale-external-swf-clips/123323
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**Created:** [September 22, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-loadmovie-scale-external-swf-clips/123323 "2004-09-22T16:56:12Z")
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#### Post date: [September 22, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-loadmovie-scale-external-swf-clips/123323/1 "2004-09-22T16:56:12Z")

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I have an external movie clip called “dialog\_open.swf” which is exactly 525 pixels by 225 pixels in size. This movie contains no actionscript except for a stop() on frame 1.

In my main flash movie, I have the following code:

container\_mc.loadMovie(“dialog\_open.swf”);

container\_mc has a \_width of 525 and a \_height of 225.

The movie loads but scales up about 33% (to about 933 pixels by 520 pixels). The Macromedia help states that my external swf should inheret container\_mc’s size/scaling properties but this doesn’t seem to be the case. Anyone have a suggestion?

This is all running from a class so I can’t use an onload event to automatically resize the movie after it finishes loading (which is really annoying anyway).

My main movie is supposed to act like a desktop – it takes up the fullscreen and has Stage.scaleMode = “noScale” set.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.