Animated mask problem

I am new to Flash and am using Flash 5. I have created a fla
file that contains an animated mask layer consisting of a rectangle
with no fill or stroke that moves over an eps file I imported from
Illustrator. There is no text involved. When I hit enter to view
it, the animated mask works. When I publish it as either a swf or a
mov file, the animated mask does not appear at all. I don't know
what is wrong. My default browser is Foxfire. I don't know how to
preview it in IE to see if it works there but because it doesn't
show up in the Flash player or in Quicktime, I figure I've done
something wrong but I have no idea what. Can anyone help?

exactly my reaction - a rectangle with no fill or stroke is
indeed nothing :p
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cinemaguy wrote:
> I am confused. How are you animating a mask that is in
the shape of a rectangle with no fill and no stroke. Wouldn't that
be nothing?

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revbear wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I would appreciate some help.
>
> I am new at creating animated gif's, and am experiencing
a problem with them
> when I try to view them in a browser.
>
> I am working in Fireworks 2004, the following is what I
do.
>
> Create first frame.
> Insert simple arrow.
> Create second frame
> Insert simple arrow with diffrent color
> Third frame same but diffrent image.
>
> Set the Optimize Panel to Animated Gif, transparency set
to No tranparency.
>
> Click on File, Export.
> Type the name of the file in File Name box.
> Select "Frames to Files" option for Save as type option.
>
> In my folder where I saved the files there are now three
gif files.
>
> When I open the file into the following browsers IE 7,
6.0 or Firefox it
> remains as a static image in the browser with no
animation, the same is for
> viewing it in Window Explorer Preview Pane.
>
> In Fireworks however the animation plays perfectly.
>
> I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me
what I am doing wrong or
> why they created animated gifs are not playing in the
browser.
>
> Regards
> Dave
>
>

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