How To Make a Flash Movie Loop

Making a Flash project loop can cut your animating time and is a simple adjustment to make when exporting your movie. You can do it one of two ways. You can use Flash itself or you can go through the coding used when embedding the .SWF file movie. Regardless of how you do it, a looping Flash movie will allow you to keep the movie in action and perhaps allow you to relax on the amount of work you need to do in Flash itself. This article will explain how to make a Flash movie loop.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Flash CS3

Instructions

1. When you have finished your .FLA file and are ready to export it for publication, navigate to "File."
   Then, go to "Publish Settings" in Flash.

2. Select the "HTML" tab from the Publish Settings menu.

3. Make sure the "Loop" option is selected under the "Playback" options.

4. Select "Publish." Flash will now publish your .SWF file in an .HTML file for uploading to your server.

5. If embedding a Flash file using HTML or in Dreamweaver (see Resources below), the code used to embed the file should specify the loop. Make sure that the Loop parameter is set to "true."
   It should look like this: <param name="LOOP" value="true">.

Tips & Warnings

• To ensure your movie loops, make sure that you have not added a "stop()" command in your ActionScript. This will always stop your movie, regardless of whether you've told the movie to loop through coding or through Flash itself.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Embedding Flash file with HTML
• Creating a Movie Clip Animation Loop Using ActionScript 2.0