Here is the source .fla file  - (right click.. Save Target as) My friend Greg mentioned that he was working on a flash design that had to incorporate a large number of items falling inside of the movie.  Instead of trying to tween everything by hand, it might work to have a script generate the scene for you.  This was a quick proof of concept.   

Flash is an excellent tool and it's been a lot of fun rediscovering it while working on the widgets.  However, there are just a few things that it's lacking that can be somewhat of pain while developing inside it.  9 times out of 10 you can usually find a work around or if you look hard enough you can find a buried article from someone who came across the same problem as you and came up with a work around. One problem I came across during the widget development was parsing out ...

It's been a long time since I worked with Flash (i.e. Actionscript), probably too long.  In the past couple weeks, I have spent a substantial amount of time relearning the platform.  I've forgotten how fun it can be and since it's been about 2 releases since I spent any real time using it, it's come a long way. I use to be quite comfortable working with Flash a few years ago but a lot has slipped my mind since then.  The fundamentals have been coming back quickly but I've been saying, "How did ...