Can't set width or height of added item

[Handycam 0 Likes (Newbie)]

I have an application where I ask the user dimensions of a room and then add 4 walls for them to use as a starting point (so they can tweak the room with drag and drop.

 

protected function buildRoom(event:Event):void {
// get numbers from dialog
var w:Number = event.currentTarget.roomWidth;
var l:Number = event.currentTarget.roomLength;

var origin:Number = gridInc;

trace('creating room '+w+' wide and '+l+' long.');

// get instances of wall objects from XMLListCollection
var wallV1:Object = structural.getItemAt(0);
var wallV2:Object = structural.getItemAt(0);
var wallH1:Object = structural.getItemAt(1);
var wallH2:Object = structural.getItemAt(1);

// wall postions				
wallH1.x = gridInc;
wallH1.y = gridInc;
wallH2.x = gridInc;
wallH2.y = wallV1.height+(gridInc-wallThickness);
wallV1.x = gridInc;
wallV1.y = gridInc;
wallV2.x = wallH1.width+(gridInc-wallThickness);
wallV2.y = gridInc;

var wallH2y:Number = origin + (l * gridInc);
var wallV2x:Number = origin + (w * gridInc);

// first vertical wall
addWall(wallV1, gridInc, gridInc, l, 'vert');
// second vertical wall
addWall(wallV2, wallV2x, gridInc, l, 'vert');

// first horizontal wall
addWall(wallH1, gridInc, gridInc, w, 'horiz');
// second horizontal wall
addWall(wallH2, gridInc, wallH2y, w, 'horiz');

}


/** add a new wall */
protected function addWall(obj:Object, posX:Number, posY:Number, len:Number, wallType:String):void {
var actualLength:Number = len * gridInc;
var stageItem:AddedItem = new AddedItem();
stageItem.source = "images/full/"+obj.img;
stageItem.itemName = obj.name;
var rn:int = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000);
stageItem.name = obj.name+"_"+rn;
stageItem.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, selectMe);
stageItem.x = posX;
stageItem.y = posY;

var item:TransformItem = ws.myManager.addItem(stageItem);
updateItemCount();
}

 

However, I have tried setting the width and/or height of the transform item both after it's added, such as item.height, in which case no items are added (or at least not visible)

and I have tried right before it's added, as in stageItem.height, but then the bounding boxes are sized, not the artwork.

 

What am I missing here?

 

EDIT: BTW, the code posted works great in that the walls are posted, and the positioning is perfect. I just cannot set their size properly.

[GreenSock 15,320 Likes (Superhero)]

I'm not quite sure what AddedItem is or how this chunk of code fits into the greater context of the app. It definitely sounds like a problem with something else in your app, not TransformManager. If you think there's a problem with TransformManager, please go ahead and send me an FLA or Flex project that only has the essential code necessary to demonstrate the issue and I'll take a peek. (don't post the TransformManager files here, though)