Macromedia Flash Tutorial, Continued

Duplicating Digits

Instead of recreating each Movie Clip for each digit we will duplicate them and modify them as needed. Go to the library and select "1 Second", then click the down arrow and select Duplicate. Create Movie Clips for 10 Seconds, 1 Minute, 10 Minutes, and 1 Hour.

In the 10 Seconds Movie Clip change the Tell Target in the last frame to /Clock/1Minute and delete frames 7, 8, 9, and 10 in both layers. In the tens digits we don't need these numbers since there are only 60 seconds in a minute.

In the 1 Minute Movie Clip change the Tell Target to /Clock/10Minutes.

In the 10 Minutes Movie Clip change the Tell Target to /Clock/1Hour and delete frames 7, 8, 9, and 10 in both layers.

In the 1 Hour Movie Clip delete the Tell Target.

We need a Movie Clip to create a one second delay, so create a new Movie Clip, call it "1 Second Delay" and insert 10 frames in it. In frame 1, add a label of Start. In frame 10, insert a Blank Keyframe and add these actions:

Go to and Play           Label: Start
Begin Tell Target        /Clock/1Second
   Go to Next frame
End Tell Target.

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