Teach Yourself Visually™ Flash® CS4 Professional

You can animate movie clip instances by listening

for an

ENTER_FRAME event. Every time Flash

renders a frame, it broadcasts a message to every

object that is listening. At 31 frames per second

(fps), you can reposition a movie clip 31 times a

second, creating a smooth animation.

The steps in this section assume you are using ActionScript 3.0.

If you are using an earlier version of ActionScript, both your

AddScript menu and the list in the Actions panel will differ.

Move a Movie Clip with ActionScript

Move a Movie Clip

with ActionScript

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1 Press + ( + ).

The Library panel opens.

2 Drag a MovieClip symbol

from the Library to the Stage.

Note: See Chapter 8 ...