Coding an animation

Question

So i just started working with flash and i have come across something i did not learn yet, i am required to make a simple sidescrolling game, i know how to make the character move using sprites but i do not know how i can code the animation for it, basically i have a simple animation made out of 8 frames, moving to the right, but i have no idea how to actually write the code for it so it will only move when i press the right arrow key, i looked at the code snippets and it says it must be converted to a movie clip, the frames are currently classed as graphics.

Waiting for any suggestions.

Thank you.

kglad · Accepted Answer

assign your movieclip an instance name (eg, character_mc) and use:

character_mc.play(); // when your character moves and

character_mc.stop(); // when your character stops.

//

when you get a little more advanced, you'll use gotoAndStop() and gotoAndPlay() depending on what your character is doing and your particular character_mc frames.

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