Movie Clip Symbol Won't Play On Main Timeline
Hi everyone,
I've created a movie clip symbol with it's own animation on its timeline. I've placed this symbol onto the first frame of the main timeline but when I test it, it doesn't play. There's no stop actions or anything on either timelines so I'm not sure why this is happening. I thought that the animation in a movie clip symbol will automatically play (i.e. if you test in a browser) once it's on the main timeline - is this right? Or am I doing something wrong. Maybe I need to tell it to play?
Appreciate any advice.
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Posted on: 08-29-2005, 08:56 AM
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xY
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