Combining FLA's

I've finally taking the plunge, and purhased Macromedia 2004, and am now beginning to try and learn Flash MX. I've come across a great sample FLA file here on the site that I absolutely love, and am now trying to edit it up to the way I would like it.

So far, I've managed to sort of understand how the FLA file works, and have broken it up into two separate FLA files. Now what I want to do is take the second file, and add it back into the first, but to add the second file into the first on images left side, and to not have it run separately after the first, like it currently does.

Another thing, I want to do, it take this second file, and to reduce is entire size to fit actually inside the first files image.

I hope I explained this well enough for what I'm trying to do. I'm a rookie at understanding all about flash. Any help from you more experienced ones would be great.

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hmmm...it's pretty confusing trying to find out what you are looking to do. So, you may want to elaborate or try to clarify what you are looking for..


Another this is, if you went and spent the money on MM2004, why don't you go an pick up a 40$ book at Barnes & Noble to learn some basics. Another idea is looking through the tutorials that come with flash. That's how i learned how to make things with flash and it will help you out in the long run.

Thanks for the advice. I already have a book as well, and as I'm reading throught that, I'm experimenting with the tutorials in the book as well as trying to alter some of the samples here. I've always been more a jump right in and get started guy, and not one who likes to sit and read it all through first. This is really my first baby steps into flash. Hopefully one day, I'll get to a slow crawl, and progress some in understanding it all better.