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Ask the Magic 8-Ball: Using Flash to Create a Magic 8-Ball Application

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Move the dynamic text field to a new layer above the triangle. On the first frame of that layer, you’ll want to insert a basic stop, and then use the text properties of the dynamic text field (referenced in mine by instance name “balltext”) to make sure that when the movie clip loads, the text is blank:
stop() ;
_root.ballanimated.balltext.text=””;

This keeps the movie clip from playing until we tell it to, and makes sure that there’s no text visible. When the right action is triggered, the movie clip will start, and the triangle doohickey will fade in, seeming to rise from the bottom as with a real 8-ball.

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