Animated mask question.

When i try to test a simple animated mask using test movie command, it looks like my animation stops on frame 1. Anyone seen this before?
Thanks, Mike

Thank you for all the input. I think I may have stumbled onto the the problem. For some reason, if I use a merge object for my mask object everything works fine. I was using multiple drawing objects for the mask. Apparently that's not allowed.
Thanks to all of you who gave my problem some thought.
Mike

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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:37:05 -0700
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Subject: Layers in Animated Gif Question...
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