FLASH: Re: flasher-digest V1 #2826

[Michael Marcinelli]

Hello Karin,

I'm animating a movie clip in a timeline.  It's a simple motion teen.  When I

execute a script to set that movie clip's alpha setting to 50, the timeline then

refuses to move that movie clip.  It's as if programming any property settings

takes control away from the timeline (like in Director).  I'm hoping there is a

call (as in Director) that will give control back to the timeline.  Any clues?


Thanks.


Michael

michaelmarcinelli [dot] com

Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:52:27 -0700

From: "Karin Christensen" <

karincccosmo [dot] net

>

Subject: Re: FLASH: LOSE ANIMATION CAPABILITY AFTER SETTING PROPERTY OF SYMBOL


Hi Michael,

I'm not sure what the problem is but there shouldn't be a problem animating a

graphic if you change it's alpha property.  What  do you mean by animate?  You

can't really animate a symbol on the main time line except to tween it...move,

rotate, etc.  What exactly are you trying to do that isn't working?

Karin


> Hello,

> Apparently, when you set a property, such as alpha, you lose the ability to

animate the symbol in the timeline.  This seems analogous to setting the

puppetSprite to true in Director which places > control over the sprite from the

timeline to lingo.

>

> How can I allow a symbol to be animated on the timeline once I set it's alpha?

Even after setting it back to 100.



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