Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008

I use the Dutch version of [i]Classroom in a book Flash CS3[/i], and the
English version of Flash, on an updated Windows Vista pc (ServicePack1 NOT
installed).
The lesson is about making an animation of a glass of sparkling water.
I created the glass and the first bubble - so far, so good.
But then I have to copy the bubble a couple of times, into new timelines
(layers).
According to the book I select the tweened frames in the first bubble-frame
and drag it (holding the Alt-key) to the next layer. According to the book in
that new layer the same animation should appear (a pink section with a solid
line in it from start to end of the pink section).
However, in my workspace I get a pink section all the way to the end of the
new layer, with a dotted line in it.
See http://www.frankma.nl/download/flash001.jpg.
Furthermore there's a warning sign next to the edit button, telling me:
[i]Motion tweening will not occur on layers with ungrouped shapes or on layers
with more than one group or symbol[/i].
Not to mention that the animation for this second layer does not work.
I tried the same lesson on my backup pc, using Win XP, with the same results.

Is there anything I can do about it? Is the text in the book wrong, should I
use any special settings in Flash or...

Frank