2 types of Motion tweens ?!?

I have noticed a difference between motion tweens created by
the context menu ( ie right clicking on a PC and selection Create
Motion Tween) and creating two seperate frames and then selecting
motion tween from the Properties bar.
These are represented on the time line ... both in blue ....
bowever if you use the context menu you end up with a black dot for
each of the 2 keyframes however the second keyframe doesnt have a
black vertical line to the left of it.
What is the differnece here ? Has it got to do with the sync
option ?
For a visual reference check out ...
http://www.silverstone.co.za/temp/timeline.gif

I should add,
To synchronize the animation of graphic symbol instances with
the main Timeline, select the Sync
option in the Property inspector.
Note: Modify > Timeline > Synchronize Symbols and the
Sync option both recalculate the number of
frames in a tween to match the number of frames allotted to
it in the Timeline.
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> One x Big Mac wrote:
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>> I have noticed a difference between motion tweens
created by the
>> context menu ( ie right clicking on a PC and
selection Create Motion
>> Tween) and creating two seperate frames and then
selecting motion
>> tween from the Properties bar.
>> These are represented on the time line ... both in
blue .... bowever
>> if you use the context menu you end up with a black
dot for each of
>> the 2 keyframes however the second keyframe doesnt
have a black
>> vertical line to the left of it.
>> What is the differnece here ? Has it got to do with
the sync option ?
>> For a visual reference check out ...
>>
http://www.silverstone.co.za/temp/timeline.gif
>>
>> <br><br> <img src="
http://www.silverstone.co.za/temp/timeline.gif">
>>

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From
Adobe
Flash Quick Start
quote:
Note: Consider variable scope when using the Tween class. If
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variable's scope exists beyond the function itself. If a tween is
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