Resizing \ Stretching Problem

[thatrenowned]

I have an instance of the listbox component in my library and I use the following code to put it on the stage

_root.attachMovie("List","myList",1);
_root.myList._width = 325;
_root.myList._height = 500;
_root.myList._x = 100;
_root.myList._y = 50;

For some reason, its stretching the list box instead of just resizing it normally like if I drag it onto the stage and set its properties. Any idea why its doing this and is there any way to get round it? I plan to use several list boxes throughout the movie but they need to be dynamic so manually placing them on the stage isnt really an option...

thanks

 

[thatrenowned]

ah well, found out myself about 10 minutes after posting...you have to use the setSize command instead:

_root.myList.setSize(325,500);