Changing imported image with layers to movie clip

Yes I have imported an .ai file into flash with several
layers on it. When I then converted it to a movie symbol it
flattened all the layers down. How can I convert it and keep the
layers editable?

They are editable, just within the movie clip. Double click
it either on the stage or in the library.

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virgosam20 wrote:
> first, i found the button i wanted in the common
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> clip. Then it got added to my library.
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> had just converted it to. so now i have the same object
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> its a movie clip and not a button.
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again? once you converted it to a movie clip, you had what
you wanted on the stage - but then you
deleted it and dragged another instance of the same symbol
back onto the stage - there's no reason
to do that.
> Then i double clicked on it to bring up the movie clip
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> (but this was not my original stage as i have a number
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> When i double clicked on it again, it brought up the
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> I think i have to add the button to each of the
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> as when i did it before, there was only one layer for it
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> the key frames myself.
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> I then added a behaviour to it using the Behaviours
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> movieclip, then 'go to and play....') and it appears in
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> But when i got to Play Movie, although the curser
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>
> Hope that can help you with what i've done and you can
tell me where i've gone
> wrong.
>
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