adding borders to dynamically loaded jpgs

[cu92]

Hello

I am quite new to MX - was wondering if I could do this and whether it would be relatively straight-forward.

I have a slideshow that imports 12 different sized external jpg images. I would like to have a 1 pixel wide black border exactly around these images when they are viewed. I could put this black border onto the images using Photoshop but I would much rather do this 'on the fly' in Flash. I have done this kind of thing in html pages - where the border expands or shrinks round an image when it is loaded.

Hope that makes sense

Thanks

 

[billwatson]

ok no code just the algorithm


1. make sure that you have a preloader for the clip loading the jpegs as you cant access their properties until fully loaded

2. have a function to draw a rectangle whose dimensions equal the loaded pic ( use _x, _y, _width, _height) using lineto, linestyle etc

3. call the function from the line in your preloader where its all loaded.