function loadMenu() { var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); var loadListener:Object = new Object(); loadListener.onLoadStart = function( loadTarget ) { // do something fancy later on }; loadListener.onLoadProgress = function( loadTarget, bytesLoaded, bytesTotal ) { // do something fancy later on }; loadListener.onLoadError = function( loadTarget, target_mc ) { // do something fancy later on }; loadListener.onLoadComplete = function( loadTarget ) { loadTarget._x = 10; loadTarget._y = 10; //loadTarget._width = 250; trace(loadTarget._width) }; loader.addListener( loadListener ); var mc:MovieClip = this.target_mc.createEmptyMovieClip( "menu_mc", this.getDepth() ); this.menu_mc = mc; loader.loadClip( "menu.swf", this.menu_mc ); }