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ActionScript: Applying a frame to an image / background?

I am editing a custom calendar app in flash. The purpose of this app is to let you choose your own images and create a calendar from it. You can basically drag and drop images of your choice and apply frame / borders or drag and drop decorations. Here is a piece of code that draws a border / frame onto a decoration / image of your choice.

tempListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip)
{
    var mcName = target_mc._name.substring(0, target_mc._name.indexOf("@", 0));
    if(mcName == "frame_Image")
    {
        target_mc.onPress = function()
        {
            if(_root.selectedImage != null)
            {
                var index = this._name.substring(this._name.indexOf("@",0)+1, this._name.length);
                var objPath = nodesFrames.childNodes[index-1].attributes.image;

                if(_root.selectedImage._name.split("@")[0] == "image")
                {
                    var mask = _root.selectedImage[_root.selectedImage._parent._name + "_" + _root.selectedImage._name + "_maskMc"];

                    frameImageWidth = mask._width;
                    frameImageHeight = mask._height;
                    frameImageXScale = -1;
                    frameImageYScale = -1;
                }
                else
                {
                    frameImageXScale = _root.selectedImage._xscale;
                    frameImageYScale = _root.selectedImage._yscale;

                    _root.selectedImage._xscale = 100;
                    _root.selectedImage._yscale = 100;                              

                    frameImageWidth = _root.selectedImage._width;
                    frameImageHeight = _root.selectedImage._height;             
                }

                if(_root.selectedImage["frame"])
                {}
                else
                {
                    _root.selectedImage.createEmptyMovieClip("frame",  _root.selectedImage.getNextHighestDepth());
                }
                var image_mcl1:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
                image_mcl1.addListener(_root.mclFrameListener);
                image_mcl1.loadClip("Images/" + objPath,  _root.selectedImage["frame"]);
            }
        }
    }

I need to somehow apply the selected frame image to the entire background - not just the decoration or the image. How can I do it?

Thanks in advance for your input. Please let me know if the question does not make sense, I will attach some images that may help you in context.

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You can create a new bitmap with a masked clip and then create a background tile. This is the as2 version:

this.beginBitmapFill(tile);

And here's how to do it: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/tiledbackground_flash8.htm



The only difference is that instead of loading a bitmap, you can create one from a masked clip.

I hope this is clear enough, other ways let me know.

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There is no built-in Flash in Flash, to set the background image, you have to implement the logic yourself.



So, for example, if you want an image to fill the entire background, you might have to stretch it or cut it manually, maybe even onResize.

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It's been a long time since I wrote AS2, but ... have you tried creating an empty MovieClip that is in the bottom layer? Then you can let the selected frame image be a child of this MC.

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