Flash templates with text?

Question

Hi. I am working on a small video that includes a picture, a song, falling snow (I am using Flash's snow template) and scrolling text. My problem is i can get everything to work property until the last step, which is adding the text. When i add the text the snow stops. I have no idea why its happening or what im doing wrong. Also, while im here, is there a way to slow down the text? The scrolling text zips through the stage and i can't figure out how to slow it down.
I am using Adobe Flash CS5 on Mac 10.8.2. Yes, I checked the updates last night and I have all the updates.
Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

again, use:
var alreadyExecuted:Boolean;
if(!alreadyExecuted){
alreadyExecuted=true;
// Number of symbols to add.
const NUM_SYMBOLS:uint = 75; var symbolsArray:Array = [];
var idx:uint;
var flake:Snow;
for (idx = 0; idx < NUM_SYMBOLS; idx++) {
    flake = new Snow();
    addChild(flake);
    symbolsArray.push(flake);
    // Call randomInterval() after 0 to a given ms.
    setTimeout(randomInterval, int(Math.random() * 10000), flake);
} function randomInterval(target:Snow):void {
    // Set the current Snow instance's x and y property
    target.x = Math.random()* 550-50;
    target.y = -Math.random() * 200;
    //randomly scale the x and y
    var ranScale:Number = Math.random() * 3;
    target.scaleX = ranScale;
     target.scaleY = ranScale;
    var tween:String;
    // ranScale is between 0.0 and 1.0
    if (ranScale < 1) {
        tween = "slow";
    // ranScale is between 1.0 and 2.0
    } else if (ranScale < 2) {
        tween = "medium";
    // ranScale is between 2.0 and 3.0
    } else {
        tween = "fast";
    //assign tween nested in myClip
    myClip[tween].addTarget(target);