Flash :: Disappearing Pear Fruit

PEAR ActionScript, Your Opinion Needed
Hi, hope I picked the right forum to post in.

Some explanation first:
There's a PEAR PHP project, it's main goal is to provide some standardization for PHP coding. I.e. to give developers solution for common problems which would look the same way, behave the same way, will be reliable and hopefully supported in a long run.
There ware certain attempts to do something similar for ActionScript, but they are not yet there. Technically, there's as3corelib and a bunch of really variable quality projects on the Google-labs, also there are few frameworks like PureMVC that may have taken advantage of this idea... but, no one has actually did it...
So, the idea is to organize the project that would try to achieve the same goals as PEAR, i.e. to provide a set of AS libraries that are not bound to some specific framework, however implement the same logic, use consistent code style, have similar API and documented in the same way.
I'm not yet asking anyone to volunteer, or to submit his code =) Just testing the grounds =)
So, I need your opinion. Do you feel like there should be such a project? Or do you think that the idea is a waste effort which no one will use after all?
This is a poll, so you may just answer YES or NO, meaning YES - you'd like to see the project of this kind, NO - it's useless. But, if you have anything to add, I'm really looking forward to hear whatever you have to say =)

PEAR ActionScript, Your Opinion Needed
Hi, hope I picked the right forum to post in.

Some explanation first:
There's a PEAR PHP project, it's main goal is to provide some standardization for PHP coding. I.e. to give developers solution for common problems which would look the same way, behave the same way, will be reliable and hopefully supported in a long run.
There ware certain attempts to do something similar for ActionScript, but they are not yet there. Technically, there's as3corelib and a bunch of really variable quality projects on the Google-labs, also there are few frameworks like PureMVC that may have taken advantage of this idea... but, no one has actually did it...
So, the idea is to organize the project that would try to achieve the same goals as PEAR, i.e. to provide a set of AS libraries that are not bound to some specific framework, however implement the same logic, use consistent code style, have similar API and documented in the same way.
I'm not yet asking anyone to volunteer, or to submit his code Just testing the grounds
So, I need your opinion. Do you feel like there should be such a project? Or do you think that the idea is a waste effort which no one will use after all?
This is a poll, so you may just answer YES or NO, meaning YES - you'd like to see the project of this kind, NO - it's useless. But, if you have anything to add, I'm really looking forward to hear whatever you have to say

Fruit Machines
me again hi!

i am trying to make some fruit machine reels with numbers on and hence use the numbers to progress along a trail. so far i got the trail with each symbol in the trail having an on/off state. In the reel timeline a variable is set in every frame housing a number on the reel. now i need that variable plus varibles from the other two reels to play the timeline of the trail, for the specified frames.

does anyone get that, cos i wrote it and it makes no sense to me.
cheers fellas!

Fruit Machine Tutorial
I dont have the slightest idea how to make a fruit machine but i was wondering if anyone knows or has seen a tutorial on making one in flash because i love to play them in real life and i think it would be so cool to make one.
By fruit machine i mean the ones where you get a certain combination that gets you onto a board, then you roll a dice to go round the board. with features, nudges etc....

I know its alot of work but any ideas will help thanx.

The best thing would be if kirupa made their own tutorial because there always so user friendly

Photo Fruit Effect?
my question is how did he did this effect with the photos i really like to know how he did it that's a really cool effect.... if u guys don't mind me asking ........thanks

http://www.bartolomy.com/ <------this is the site

i ask the guy who created the site but i got no respond ... im not asking for much
m i?

seeya and thanks again

Disappearing 'O's
This is very strange to me. I'm working on a site that's using dynamic text boxes as scrollable text areas. No biggie, right? I've hard coded the text into the dynamic text box variables, and everything seems to be working fine, except for one thing. Capital 'O's aren't showing up.

You can see what I mean if you go to http://www.velvetrope.ca/nefertiti and, under the main menu (bottom left) select 'articles', then select one of the drop down options (say, "Nutritional Blood Cell Microscopy"). In that case, the first line of text seems to be reading "Nutritinal Live Cell Mcroscpy."

The Os are there in the code. Wha'fu?

Yours in an O-less paradise,
insomniafilm

Disappearing Ads...How Do They Do That?
Ever seen those Ad's on MSN and Yahoo that have transparent backgrounds and open up on top of other text and images, play the movie then disappear? Anyone know how that is done?

Disappearing Act
Okay I created a flash movie / gallery @ 600x400 px in flash 5, imported it into a dreamweaver 4, html page that has rollovers in it, and every time i rollover the non flash graphics my movie disappears WHY! OH GOD WHY?

Swf's Disappearing?
hi there. had a question regarding a site i recently put up...www.ironcreative.com. i built it in sections using loadMovie to load separate swfs. after moving throught the site and loading many different sections some swf movies don't show up and then it seems that every other one does. and this is mainly a problem with explorer 5.2 on a Mac running OS X. everything is fine on a pc. it seems like it could be a memory issue. anyone have any suggestions?

Disappearing SWF In IE7
The site I'm working on http://myeasterseals.org/index.php has a SWF video player in all of the main-level menu pages. When going to the home page in IE7 the player is visible, but if it's refreshed or you navigate to a different page, the SWF is gone and is replaced by blank white. It works fine in FireFox and Safari.

Some details:
Flash CS3 with AS3
Site is built in Joomla 1.5
http://myeasterseals.org/index.php

Edited: 11/05/2008 at 09:57:22 AM by wilwells

MC Disappearing
have a simple MC that moves and fades in using the script below but for some reason the movie clip will disappear and replay even though I have a stop function attached.

It will disappear after about a minute or two. I have the movie loop set to false but cant figure out why its "replaying". Any help is appreciated.

Here is the actionscript i have attached to the mc.

Quote:

onClipEvent (load) {
_x = 563.0;
_y = 140.0;
speed = 4;
_alpha = 0;
fadespeed = 3;

}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_alpha += fadespeed;
endX = 172.0;
endY = 140.0;
_x += (endX-_x)/speed;
_y += (endY-_y)/speed;
stop();
}

Mc Not Disappearing
I have a mc, it is the HUD (heads up display) for a game of mine. It appears when I want to, but it wont disappear!! I have tried a lot, but nothing seems to be working. It just, stays there. It's supposed to disappear when the user hits something, where the user may either restart or send score. It stays there cheerfully, it even stays when the user clicks restart and goes back to the menu....in a different scene!

...help

oh and I have been trying

PHP Code:

onClipEvent(load) { // for the frame i want it to disappear in
    removeMovieClip(this);
}

/******************************/

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
    removeMovieClip(this);
}

I have also tried simply not to include the frames at all, which still doesn't work. Even if there are no frames there it is STILL THERE!

And.. the only code that is being implemented for the mc when I want it to appear is:

PHP Code:

onClipEvent (load) {
    this.swapDepths(7);
}

Disappearing Button?
hey guys whats up?
I had a lil question

How would i make a button disappear after it is pressed.

What i'm trying to do is use 2 buttons one over the other for music. So one is red and one is green ...when the red visible it indiates sound off so when it is clicked the sound turns off and it disappears showing the greed one right under it and then vice versa.

Thanx in advance

Atif

Problems With Disappearing SWF In MC
I hope I can make clear what my problem is. I’m making an almost totally Flash site for an Author with several smaller swf’s being loaded into empty MC’s on the main timeline. I think I’m having a cache problem because when I make changes to either the main movie, or the individual swf’s, sometimes the new version doesn’t show up in the finished page. I also find that several times the individual swf’s are missing altogether! I have tried clearing out the browser cache between views, and that helps, but I don’t want visitors seeing the wrong things.
I have added to the loadMovie command a random number so it looks like:

loadMovie(“external.swf?” + randomnum, “movieClipHolder”)

I hoped this would cause the swf not to be cached, but it still isn’t working all the time.
I’m still making quite a few changes to all the movies while we work out the final design, so how do I make sure that all the movies are seen and are the correct version? One last thing – for some reason, viewing it in Netscape never completes the loading past the first few frames.

Thanks

Disappearing Movie...
The oddest thing.

A little background: I am creating a movie that I can reuse many, many time for my fonts page. I created a simple movie to be a "pass thru" to load the main movie. I am passing the filename to an XML file, so I created the PassThru movie to be put in the cache many many times while the main movie is loaded once.

Anyhow, when I view the whole think inside of Flash, it works fine. But when I publish to an HTML page, I see my main move flash onto the screen then disappears. I have no frames on the main movie that are blank. It is almost as though the PassThru movie is deleting it. The PassThru has one frame and one action (loadMovie). The main movie receives the XML filename by reading the _parent.XMLFilename property.

Any thoughts?

Disappearing Movie
I have developed a Flash document, but now when I open it I can only view the timeline, and the work area is all white, none of my images show up. When I >control >test movie, it plays the movie. Does anyone possibly know how I accidentally hid the presentation? Do you know how to show the work area now? Thanks for your help.

How To Keep My Background From Disappearing?
I have a background that should always be present, all the animation is run over the top of it (the background is an imported bitmap). Now as soon as I add the animation and the movie runs past frame 1, the background dissapears. How do I keep the background from dissapearing without turning it into a graphic symbol and giving it its own timeline???

Menu Not Disappearing
hello folks,

I'm using FLASH MX, and I would like to know, if I'm inserting a menu bar, how do I keep this menu bar from being erased or dissappeared everytime I play the movie. i would like the menu to be stabled. I would appreciate your help on this. Thanks and God Bless.

P.S. already know how to add motion with flash mx, yupi!!!!, don't laugh, i'm a beginner.

Appearing And Disappearing Help
Yes I would like to know the steps in making things appear and disappear slowly I know you use Alpha to do taht but not exactly sure how to do it. If you could be specific as in keyframe/frame.. That would be greatly appreciated thks

Disappearing Variables
I've posted this somewhere, but i can't find the post... So i'll post again... D'OH!

I've got a movie clip set up to grab variables from a text file.

There are 4 dynamic text fields in my movie, and they each have their own variable, which is defined in the text file, of course... Now, the problem?

When flash reads the text file, it passes the variables directly to the dynamic text fields, then kind of forgets about them. One of my variables is "difference". I've got an if statement set up in the first frame of my movie that says if difference is less than zero, go to frame 2 (which has red dynamic text), otherwise stay at frame 1 (which has green text).

This all to simulate if a number's below 0 make it red, if it's over, make it green.

But the if statement doesn't work. It can't find a value for "difference". I can define difference right before my if statement and it works fine, but i can't use the value from the text file.

Anyone have any ideas or methods for defining a variable within flash based on a text file? Or perhaps like

colorDiff = getValue("my dynamic text field");

or

colorDiff = loadVariables("textfile.txt", variablename);

Something to that effect.

Any help will, well... help. Thanks!

MX Arrays Disappearing
I've got a pair of arrays that are emptying inbetween button clicks and I'm not sure why (just started MX progging although I've been using other langs for quite some time).

At the top of my first frame, I set everything up with:

//Game Initialization
_global.gamestatus = 0;
_global.numbertospawn = 3;
_global.rows = 8;
_global.columns = 9;
_global.startx = 90;
_global.starty = 60;
_global.BoardArray = new Array();
_global.AvailableList = new Array();
_global.AtomsArray = new Array();
_global.max_x = rows * 28;
_global.max_y = rows * 28;
....
Below I have all my functions.

Then I have a button on another layer with:

1)on (release)
2) {
3)if(gamestatus==0)
4){
5)initboard();
6)GetAvailableList();
7)}
8)else
9){
10)spawnnew();
11)}
12) }

Now then, the first click of this button starts up initboard and GetAvailablelist which fill BoardArray and AvailableList just fine and everything is peachy. Now, once I click the button a second time (for spawnnew which adds random pieces) BoardArray and AvailableList are completely empty. The first click, they are still filled after line 6 (used debugger) however the second click they are already empy before line 3 (used debugged). No other functions run between the 2 clicks so I'm at a loss as to what is going on.

Thanks

Disappearing Movieclips
My site plays normally but after about 4 or 5 minutes certain movieclips disappear, is there a command I'm forgetting to include??

Buttons Disappearing...
Hello everyone, I have a strange problem here... I have a simple menu with a button, when I run the swf or the web page on my computer, everything works just fine, I see the button. But after uploading it on a web server to test it, I noticed that the button doesn't appear, I just get the menu background... I'm a little confused here, what could make the movie run on my computer and not on the net?? I'm on a network right now, I've tried with 3 differents computer and got the same thing on each one!??

Any idea?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. tried with computers running Windows XP/NT4 and explorer 5/6

Disappearing Text
Hi all, in a bind here.

I'm editing a file containing text which must be HelveticaNeue Medium Condensed. Upon loading the file Flash asks me to substitute the font, even though I do have the font on my machine. Unlike any other font, (HelveticaNeue Medium Condensed) is displayed with parenthesis when I select it within Flash's drop down box in the properties panel.

Main problem is when I build the swf the text does not appear, the box is completely blank.

Any ideas? When I select "View/Antialias Text" the text does appear smoothed which is supposed to indicate the font is properly embedded.

Thanks so much!

Disappearing Movie
I'm having trouble with a movie clip disappearing after scrolling down the page. The only flash on the page is the buttons on the left-hand side. So far, the only person that has noticed this is viewing the page using IE on a mac.

http://www.redjetacid.com/performink/performink.html

I'm also having a little trouble using some pixel fonts. Even if everything is lined up so that x and y are whole numbers, I'm still having trouble making the text crisp. Any other ideas what the problem might be? Maybe there's just too much movement.

Disappearing Text.
When I rotate text 90o and convert it to a symbol and add actionscript it disappears from the movie when I test it. Rotate it back so it is in the normal position and it appears again. Why is it doing this and is there a way to make it appear when rotated?
Thanks
ES

Disappearing MovieClips
Hey All,

My portfolio is divided up into sections, Websites, Print work, Illustrations, etc... and in each of those sections are selections of my work. Duplicated movieclips are created depending on how many sections there are.

Currently, there are 8 sections.

Now once I click on one of those sections, another mc is duplicated for each of the actual pieces of work. This works perfectly. However, the section mc's disappear after I click on them. How and why could this be? Any ideas?

Here's part of my code with both duplicateMovieClip's

PHP Code:

if (mainTag.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "portfolio") { portfolioList = mainTag.childNodes; for (child=0; child<count; child++) { currentSubnav = projectCat.duplicateMovieClip("projectCat"+child, child); currentSubnav.subnavName = portfolioList[child].nodeName.toLowerCase();
currentSubnav._name = portfolioList[child].nodeName.toLowerCase();
currentSubnav.childNum = child;
currentSubnav._y = 36+(child*14);
currentSubnav._x = 268;
// SET VISITED STATE
currentSubnav.onLoad = function() {
this.visited = false;
};
// SET BUTTON FUNCTIONS
currentSubnav.onRollOver = currentSubnav.onDragOver=function () { this.gotoAndPlay("over"); }; currentSubnav.onRollOut = currentSubnav.onDragOut=function () { this.gotoAndPlay("out"); if (this.visited == true) { this.gotoAndPlay("visited"); } }; currentSubnav.onPress = currentSubnav.onDragOver=function () { this.gotoAndStop("visited"); this.visited = true; // trace(this._name+" category has "+portfolioList[this.childNum].childNodes.length+" projects"); count2 = portfolioList[this.childNum].childNodes.length;
childNum = this.childNum;
// LOAD PROJECT ITEMS INTO DUPLICATED MOVIECLIP
for (child2=0; child2<count2; child2++) {
currentProject = projectItem.duplicateMovieClip("projectItem"+child2,
child2);
// trace("0"+child2+" "+mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.client);
currentProject.itemNum = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.num;
currentProject.itemClient = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.client;
currentProject.itemTitle = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.title;
currentProject.itemYear = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.year;
currentProject.itemRole = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.role;
currentProject.itemLink = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.link;
currentProject.itemImage = mainTag.childNodes[childNum].childNodes[child2].attributes.image;
// trace(currentSubnav.childNum);
currentProject.childNum = child2;
// trace(portfolioList[this.childNum].firstChild.nodeName);
currentProject._y = 36+(child2*14);
currentProject._x = 372;
// SET VISITED STATE
currentProject.onLoad = function() {
this.visited = false;
};

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Disappearing Component?
hey,

i need some help
when i use the textscroll component and put it in a movie, it disappears when i play it, when i choose play scene, all goes well, but when i do the whole movie it doesn't work :s

what should i do?

thanku

Xaero

Disappearing Layers
I've got big problem. I attach file caus you have to look at it to understand the problem. When you turn on sideskirts and front bumper on car one layer dissaperas. I noticed when I turn on more parts (in attachment it can't be done) more layers dissapears. Please help me, I don't know what top do

PS: To turn on sideskirts and bumper use round buttons on mini-car.

Linkt to fla ---> http://vt.driversclub.pl/hasoo/symulator3.zip

Disappearing Pictures1
Hi!

I need urgent help!

http://www.1800.com/ocean/gallery.php

Here is the gallery i'm working on. You can click on a gallery and it'll show you the pictures. I have had problems with Flash centering and resizing the photo so now I'm using PHP to send me those coorinates.

But now, try clicking on the same picture VERY fast repeatedly (like double click). it disappears after 7-8 clicks... I've made a textbox on top that shows the height the picture is supposed to be and the reported height.

http://www.1800.com/ocean/graphics/flash/gallery.fla

Please take a look and tell me ANY clues u might have!

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Disappearing Variables?
Okay, I take an XML feed in which gives me six variables

player1id
player2id
player3id
player4id
player5id
player6id

I assign these a value in the flash and put them in a container and use the loadVars() object to send them out.

by debugging the flash, I can tell that they are set properly. By using a URL interceptor, I can see that the variables contain the correct values when leaving the flash movie.

When I check my logs though, the values are set as 0;

player1id=0&player2id=0

etc etc

anyone come across this before?

Disappearing Text?
I was making a rolling credit scene using motion tween. The text were like 45 points. Since it was a very long list it had to go out of the far off boundary where you can't see it when editing. I previewed the scene and like around in the middle the text just disappears below. What the heck is that about?

Disappearing Punctuation Please Help
I have created dynamic text fields and when I am working in flash everything looks great, but when I view the file all of the 's and " " are missing. Any help would be great. I even tried making it html text. The font is Arial.

Thanks

One more thing I am using Flash MX and I did embed the font!

Disappearing Component
I have created a new component (extended MenuBar) in MX 2004. In the development environment, the component displays asa colored rectangle whether selected or not. When I export the swc to my components directory and drag it into a new fla, it shows as a rectangular outline when selected and completely disappears when not selected. Other than this problem, everything about the component works in both environments. I thought I might have missed an export somewhere but I can't find it. Any ideas?

Font Disappearing
I am using a font called Poetica and itis visible in the Flash file but does not show up at all when I publish the Flash file. I had a similar issue with another font whereny only little bits and pieces of the font were visible when published.
Is there a way to embed the fonts when published?
Thanks!

Disappearing Jpg With MovieClipLoader
Hi All,

There was a previous thread sent out by 'bgetting' regarding a disappearing jpg after using MovieClipLoader.loadClip (FlashMX 2004, ActionScript 2.0) to load the external jpg. Did that ever get resolved? I am seeing a similar problem when loading some external buttons. The button states are jpg images and the buttons disappear altogether. I am loading several rows of these buttons and only one row disappears and it's always the same row.

Also, the over and down states are not functioning for that row. The onRelease action works fine. When the button is clicked an enlarged version of the image is loaded to the stage. These buttons are implemented using movieclips.

Any help would greaaaaaaaatly be appreciated! I'm really scratching my head with this problem.

Thanks!

Disappearing Images?
Hey all. Something odd is happening to an experimental site I'm working on. It's pretty image intensive and contains several sections all with a component scroll. It works fine in all browsers on my mac and I'm reliably informed it works in IE 5.5 on a PC but all the component contents disappear in every other PC browser. Anyone have any idea as to why?

Disappearing Menu
Hi, I'm new to Flash, and since my professor cancels class every other day, I bought a hands on training book to help me out! My experience has been great so far, but I seem to have hit a bump and was seeking some help.

I am reworking my current file so that instead of targeting the scenes via 'gotourl', I am using the loadMovieNum feature. (I am guessing this is a more efficient way?) I set up frame labels just like the book instructed and went back in the previous file and saved each individual 'page' as a separate swf file to then load into the frame label version. Everything loaded fine from the swf files, but when I tested the movie my menu disappears. I can still run over it and click the invisible buttons to bring me to the next page, but I can't seem to figure out where it's going?

Another problem could be that when I was setting up the frame labels the book instructed me to make a 'begin' frame label then name the restof the labels after the buttons in my menu (home, portfolio, about, contact...). However, the first button in my menu IS my homepage, where as the tutorial's first button is actually a different page. So both my 'begin' and 'home' frame labels have the "home.swf" file loaded to them. Could this be the culprit? I just wasn't sure how to go about setting up those frame labels there at the beginning since my main/home page is already visible and clicking on home from there would not need to do anything.

I hope I haven't confused the bejesus out of everyone! I can send the file if needed. It's too big to attach here.

~SLK
www.sassandperil.com

Disappearing Movie
Hi
I have encountered a problem which is hard to explain but easy to see when publishing the attached file. Once the movie has gone through the frames and after about 20 to 30 seconds everything but the text vanishes and then some seconds later re-appears.
I suspect it has something to do with the function pause. Have I overlooked something obvious? Any ideas? I would be greatful for some help

Disappearing MovieClip....
I'm sure this has a simple fix, but I am a NOOB. I am trying to get this site:
http://www.myrtlevegasproductions.com/new_site
to work but when I throw in this script on the "SPECIALS"
on
(rollOver) {

gotoAndPlay(2);

}

on (rollOut) {

gotoAndPlay(10);

}

on (press) {
unloadMovie("main1.swf");}

on (release){
load_link = "specials"+_level0.pressed_link+".swf";
loadMovieNum(load_link, 2);
stop();}

for Navigation, it works like a champ, BUT when I click Home and click "Specials" again.....all links die. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Disappearing Text?
Hi guys

I'm creating this flash app which is generating a rather strange bug.
On some computers, when you move the mouse over a dynamic textfield on the stage, the text disappears... The entire textfield doesnt necessarily disappear, just where the mouse goes over an individual letter........

so if you had the word "monkey" and hovered the mouse over "mon", you'd be left with "key"

Has anyone experienced this problem before?

Here's the URL if anyone fancies a play:
http://www.frema.ecs.soton.ac.uk/db/...ble=conceptmap

Disappearing Text
When I export my completed flash project and move it offsite onto another computer the text does not appear. I am not using a custom text throughout my site. I used Arial hroughout the whole site to try and avoid this problem however even using Arial it doesn't appear.

Does anyone know why and if so how i can fix the problem? Am i exporting it wrongly?

Disappearing Scroll Bar
I have a dynamically loaded text field that works just fine on my computer, but when I upload it to the internet and look at it, there is no scroll bar. The scroll track is there and the text is displayed, but no way to scroll it. any ideas?

check it:

http://www.dillagolf.com

thanks in advance

My Stuff Keeps Disappearing
Different flash components within the design of my swf just disappear sometimes when I test the swf on my site in different computers. I usually use the IE browser to check. Sometimes the names on my buttons don't show. Other times borders I had drawn to cover the edges of pictures don't show. I have no idea what is happening. And also, can any1 give me a tip in terms of html code which will allow me to adjust my site to specific browsers (i.e. IE, Firefox, and Safari)? I also need to know how to create and where to put an external actionscript file and how not to get it cached!!!
Thx alot guys-Aero out

Scrollbar Disappearing
I'm working on website right now and ther some issues I'm having.

In our "bio" section when you click on most of the names a scrollbar shows up so you can scroll down and read the entire bio. However, on ONE specific bio, when you click it, the scrollbar doesnt show up and when you go to cilck on other bios after you've clicked that one, they dont show up as well...whats the problem?!

[F8] Scrollbar Disappearing
I'm working on website right now and ther some issues I'm having.

In our "bio" section when you click on most of the names a scrollbar shows up so you can scroll down and read the entire bio. However, on ONE specific bio, when you click it, the scrollbar doesnt show up and when you go to cilck on other bios after you've clicked that one, they dont show up as well...whats the problem?!

[F8] Disappearing Text
Dear All

I have a text component which I have linked to an external sytle sheet and a text file (all located in the same folder).

I convereted the text component to a movie clip so that I could have it coming in from the side of my file. This all worked fine and dandy.

I then decided that a mask would be a good idea, just ot tidy it up. I placed a mask fdirectly above the text layer and linked them.

The mc (with the component) flies in very neatly now, but the text has disappeared. In the help files I read something that gave me the idea of turning the mask into an mc but that didn't help.

The attached fla shows what I mean - press the "about us" link

I would greately value any support

thanks

Edward