How to make shape 'grow'

I still cannot get my head around how FLASH thinks....but, I
want to create
a scene where a shape grows vertically...sort of like a bar
graph. I looked
at the motion presets...but, can you give me a hint on what
sort of script
I need to devise?

Oh, I am working in CS4.
"tweaked_eye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ghu5tg$491$[email protected]..
>I still cannot get my head around how FLASH
thinks....but, I want to create
>a scene where a shape grows vertically...sort of like a
bar graph. I
>looked at the motion presets...but, can you give me a
hint on what sort of
>script I need to devise?
>

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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/256x256_zpsbf3dcf8e.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/IconImage_zpsd788c709.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/SampleicoPic_zpsd252bfba.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/NewLibrary_zps8ca703b2.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/Sample1_zpsb5472840.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/showhiddenfolder_zpsad4a3c94.png~orig inal[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/Libraries_zpsf6243bc0.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/Notepad_zps251a86f0.png~original[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/iconreference_zps1c1a3eca.png~origina l[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag25/dusty951512/Finished_zps267f893a.png~original[/IMG]
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