New to Flash, trying to self-learn

Question

Before I edited the .fla file, the movie would work when I
clicked on the executable file. Everything worked ok. Then I edited
the .fla file to make updates. Now when I click on the executable
file I get a box with a big blank white rectangle and above it it
says Flash, then file, view, control, help. Why doesn't the program
run anymore and how can I fix it?

Answer 1

are you using the timeline and motion tweens? for a plane to
fly across the screen, you would need a movieclip symbol of the
plane. create a layer in the timeline that corresponds to this
symbol and place it on the start position on the stage. create a
new keyframe in the timeline several frames ahead, and with this
keyframe selected, move the plane to the end position. Then click
on one of the frames in between the start keyframe and the end
keyframe, and in the properties palette, select Tween: Motion.
replace the playhead at the beginning of the timeline and hit
return to see the animation in the authoring environment. if you
want to make it last longer, add more frames between the start and
end frames (select a frame in between and hit F5 to add frames or
Shift-F5 to delete frames). this is pretty basic, but it should get
you started...
good luck,
albee