How do you resize a movieclip without affecting the scale?

Question

I have a movie clip object with a width of 306 and height of 194. I need to change the dimensions of the movie clip and still have the x and y scale set at 100. Currently when I change the movie clip width to 352.8, the x scale increases to 115.3%. I have to have the scale reset to 100% after I've adjusted the movie clip's width. Is there a way to do this in CS3? (this is all in design mode, not run time). Do I need to delete the movie clip and recreate it?

Answer 1

Perhaps there is a more proper way to do this, but you could resize a container inside your movieclip to the size you want.

...
   Constructor() {
      this.container = new Sprite();
      addChild(container);
   }

    override public function set width(value:Number):void{
        container.width = value;
    }

    override public function set height(value:Number):void{
        container.height = value;
    }
...

Answer 2

You would need to set a movieclip in your movieclip to the new size. For instance a background movieclip (with alpha to 0 if you don't want to see it). The parent movieclip will take the size of its children or what is drawn in it.