Re: FLASH: my first flash....(it is slowly demystifying)

[John Croteau]

Hi David,


> My first flash movie is a simple sequence which can be played over and over

> (more a result of lessons and tests than an actual project).

> http://nashville.citysearch.com/E/F/NASTN/0000/20/86/

> <http://nashville.citysearch.com/E/F/NASTN/0000/20/86/>

> I wanted to add a "loading..." buffer which I did, and it works except for

> the animation in this scene doesn't display. I found that a movie clip WOULD

> play in this scene but I could never create a movie clip. I have a book

> about flash which I could not really recommend to anyone, it has two pages

> on creating a movie clip...but I am so far unsuccessful. Moreover I can

> never seem to make a movie clip which I have created show up in the library

> (maybe because I am not making it correctly...grrr!).

First, the MIME is not set properly for Flash on your server.

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Index.htm#Server

Complete details are here on why some people can not see your site and

what to do about it.


For help creating a Movie Clip try my 'Basic Tell Target Tutorial':

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Index.htm#Tutorials

By following this Step-by-Step tutorial you should be able to get a

Movie Clip working and controlled from a button.


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