Stretch and rotate a Movieclip without distortion - actionscript-3

Question

i'm building a flash desktop app, where the user needs to link two Movieclips on stage (a computer and a router) using a line (or whatever can do the job), i want to achieve this same exact effect: image1. I searched and found this solution, i tried the code and did some modifications:
link.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkOnClick);
function linkOnClick(e:MouseEvent){
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrame);
var linkPoint:Point = new Point(link.x, link.y);
var mousePoint:Point = new Point();
var distance:Number;
var radians:Number;
function enterFrame(e:Event):void {
//Distance
mousePoint.x = stage.mouseX;
mousePoint.y = stage.mouseY;
distance = Point.distance(linkPoint, mousePoint);
link.width = distance;
//Rotation
radians = Math.atan2(stage.mouseY - link.y, stage.mouseX - link.x);
link.rotation = radians * (180/ Math.PI);
if(link.hitTestObject(router)){trace("Success");}
}
When i compiled the code i got this: image2, so as you may remark, the problems i found are:
1-the edge of the line follows the direction of the mouse, but sometimes it goes beyond the cursor, i want the cursor to drag the edge of the line.
2-the line changes it's width, if it's 90° degrees the line width is so remarkable, i want the line to have a constant width.
how can i acheive the same exact effect shown in image1 ?

Answer 1

// First, lets create mouse-transparent container for drawing.
var DrawingLayer:Shape = new Shape;
addChild(DrawingLayer);
// Hook the event for starting.
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDown);
// Define a storage for keeping the initial coordinates.
var mouseOrigin:Point = new Point;
function onDown(e:MouseEvent):void
{
// Save the initial coordinates.
mouseOrigin.x = DrawingLayer.mouseX;
mouseOrigin.y = DrawingLayer.mouseY;
// Hook the events for drawing and finishing.
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onUp);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onDraw);
}
function onDraw(e:MouseEvent):void
{
// Remove the previous line.
DrawingLayer.graphics.clear();
// Draw a new line.
DrawingLayer.graphics.lineStyle(5, 0xFF6600);
DrawingLayer.graphics.moveTo(mouseOrigin.x, mouseOrigin.y);
DrawingLayer.graphics.lineTo(DrawingLayer.mouseX, DrawingLayer.mouseY);
}
function onUp(e:MouseEvent):void
{
// Unhook the events for drawing and finishing.
stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onUp);
stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onDraw);
}

Answer 2

It's because of that the actionscript is trying to stretch the line thickness by changing its container MovieClip's scale. But you can prevent this by setting the line Scale option to None.
To do that, select your line and open the properties menu and then select None from the drop down menu of the Scale option.
But,
I recommend you to draw a line by a code: Draw line from object to Mouse (AS3)
Write below code:
this.graphic.clear ();
this.graphic.lineStyle(0x000000);
this.moveTo(startPoint.x,startPoint.y);
this.lineTo(endpoint.X,endpoint.y);