flash 5 question

[bob sackamano]

I'm building a flash site right now, and I want a certain toolbar to continuously loop in a circular motion, how do I make it so the toolbar continues to loop this certain part on the timeline without everything starting over (including the toolbar), because the toolbar flys in from the side, then starts a circular motion, I want it to loop, but not the part where it flys in, just the circular motion. any help would be appreciated,
thanks.

[benihana]

hi bob, welcome to WebmasterWorld!

i havent used v5 for ages. but ill have a go.

stick the complete toolbar in its own movieclip, and set up 1 iteration of the circular loop in that clips timeline, making sure it starts and ends in the same place (or maybe ends a tiny bit before the start position to get a smooth transition)

then drag that movieclip onto the main timeline, and sort out the 'flying in' animation from there.

if you want it to fly in and THEN start the circular motion youll have to use a little script; e.g. put nothing in the first frame of the movieclip except a stop(); action, and then on the main timeline at the point the fly in animation ends put an action along the lines of _root.myMC.gotoAndPlay(2);. Youll also have to put a gotoAndPLay(2); at the end of the movieclip timeline.

HTMS (hope this makes sense :))

p.s. the syntax for the script maybe different in 5, but you get the idea.
cheers

bEn