sunstorm
11-28-2004, 05:25 AM
I'm a real newbie with actionscript, self-taught, and I'm having a real newbie problem:
When I create a new movie clip (convert to symbol, etc.), it never functions like it did on the drawing board.
That is, the actionscript is never right there -- I have to click further into the clip to see the actionscript, which is now part of a movie within a movie!
I'm just trying to create a movieclip that I can use over and over -- (one that will collect info from an array in the main timeline, depending only on what I've named the clip) -- I need the actionscript in the right place to be able to target the array.
Once the actionscript is buried in a movie within a movie, it doesn't work!
There must be a simple way to "convert to symbol" that saves the movie clip just as it is, so that when I drag it from the library, all the actionscript is right there when I click on it, just as it was when I created it.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
I'm using Flash 5, by the way (since it's what I have), before I move on to the most recent version. Thank you all. I'd really appreciate any ideas.
When I create a new movie clip (convert to symbol, etc.), it never functions like it did on the drawing board.
That is, the actionscript is never right there -- I have to click further into the clip to see the actionscript, which is now part of a movie within a movie!
I'm just trying to create a movieclip that I can use over and over -- (one that will collect info from an array in the main timeline, depending only on what I've named the clip) -- I need the actionscript in the right place to be able to target the array.
Once the actionscript is buried in a movie within a movie, it doesn't work!
There must be a simple way to "convert to symbol" that saves the movie clip just as it is, so that when I drag it from the library, all the actionscript is right there when I click on it, just as it was when I created it.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
I'm using Flash 5, by the way (since it's what I have), before I move on to the most recent version. Thank you all. I'd really appreciate any ideas.