flash actionscript: Help please!

Three buttons. Three elastic frame sizes. One size for each button.
I figure how to increase sizes but not how to decrease...

Is there easyer method for doing this...
I am using ActionScript 2.0 only.

http://www.galahala.com/elastika.zip

there's an easier way: define one function that resizes mcElastika using a
parameter that defines the new _width of mcElastika. have each menu button
initiate a setInterval() loop calling that function and sending the correct
parameter (corresponding to that button).

set speed between 0 and 1, depending how quickly you want that width to
ease-into its final width:

speed=.9;
mcWidthA = [300, 50, 240];
btnA = [mcMenu.mcPortfolio, mcMenu.mcReferences, mcMenu.mcInfo];
for (var ivar = 0; ivar<btnA.length; ivar++) {
btnA[ivar].jvar = ivar;
btnA[ivar].onRelease = function() {
clearInterval(nWidthInterval);
nWidthInterval = setInterval(mcElastikaWidth, 1, mcWidthA[this.jvar]);
};
}
function mcElastikaWidth(w):Void {
mcElastika._width = speed*mcElastika._width+(1-speed)*w;
mcLineRight._x = mcElastika._x+mcElastika._width/2;
mcLineLeft._x = mcElastika._x-mcElastika._width/2;
mcLineUp._y = mcElastika._y-mcElastika._height/2;
mcLineDown._y = mcElastika._y+mcElastika._height/2;
mcGumb._y = mcElastika._y-mcElastika._height/2;
mcGumb._x = mcElastika._x-mcElastika._width/2;
mcMenu._y = mcElastika._y+mcElastika._height/2;
mcMenu._x = mcElastika._x-mcElastika._width/2;
mcLogo._x = mcElastika._x+mcElastika._width/2;
mcLogo._y = mcElastika._y+mcElastika._height/2;
if (Math.abs(mcElastika._width-w)<1) {
clearInterval(nWidthInterval);
}
updateAfterEvent();
}

I made a modification so now it scales horizontaly and verticaly.
Nice ABS system :-)

in that for-loop: for example, if you want those buttons to load swfs use:

swfA=["portfolio.swf","references.swf","info.swf"]


for (var ivar = 0; ivar<btnA.length; ivar++) {
btnA[ivar].jvar = ivar;
btnA[ivar].onRelease = function() {
clearInterval(nWidthInterval);
nWidthInterval = setInterval(mcElastikaWidth, 1, mcWidthA[this.jvar]);
targetMC.loadMovie(swfA[this.jvar]);
};

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Go to flash.com and download the tween extention. It allows you to do
exactly what you are looking for. It is easy to use, free, and adds
very little weight to your final swf.

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