Re: FLASH: two ways of defining movie clip?

[John Croteau]

Hi Yuri,


> I'm making several animations in flash but sometimes flash doesn't do what

> I want it to do.

> Problem: Creating a new symbol (selecting movie clip) and placing it on the

> 'stage' doesn't make the animation happen (not even in test movie).

> When I double click the symbol on the 'stage', I get the display "instance

> properties"  which tells me that my just created movie clip is just a

> graphic  ( in the behaviour part ).

I have created tens of thousands of symbols. Everytime I create a Movie

Clip its behavior is initially Movie Clip. When I create a Button its

behavior is set as a button. And a Graphic has its behavior set as

Graphic.


If however I create a symbol as a Graphic, drop an Instance onto the

stage and then go to the Library and change the Graphic to a Movie Clip

then the symbol I dropped onto the Stage will change to a Movie Clip but

its behavior will remain as Graphic. Of course you can change the

behavior in the Instance Properties as desired.


> Can somebody tell me what the

> difference is between these two options of defining a symbol.

>  And do I have to select both options? (first at creation and second at

> using) Maybe this might solve the problem I'm having with several movies.

Symbols are not only reusable but their behaviour can also be changed

for an Instance. Say you have a Movie Clip and you want to use frame 5

of that Movie Clip as a still graphic. There is no need to create a new

symbol. Simply drop a new copy (Instance) of the Movie Clip where you

want it and change its Behavior to Graphic. In the Instance properties

also change First Frame: to 5 and select Single Frame:.


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