FLASH: Flash 5 Beginner's Problem

[Mike Kelly]

Hope someone can help!


I have six movie clips ("square1" - "square6") on six layers in my main timeline.  In the first frame of my "actions" layer I have:


for (i=1; i<=6; i++) {

    setProperty (("square" + i), _x, ("square"+i)._x+5);

}


Then in the 10th frame of the "actions" layer, I ask the movie to goto 1 and play.


Unfortunately, instead of moving the clips by 5 pixels every loop, this moves the whole lot off screen in one go.

Should my first bit of code be in a handler of some kind?  Why are the "on" and "onclipevent" handler options dimmed in my action code window?


Suggestions gratefully received.


Mike



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