# Basic Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question/117977>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question/117977 "2004-08-01T17:49:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dlynne9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dlynne9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dlynne9)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question/117977/1 "2004-08-01T17:49:07Z")

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Here is a basic question from a neophyte (sorry).

What does it mean when a motion tween produces a dashed line through the frames on the timeline, instead of a straight arrow? I have Flash 5, and I am now using a MX 2004 trial version. The dashed line occurs in both versions.

Thanks,  
Deborah

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**Author:** ![signifer123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@signifer123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/signifer123)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question/117977/2 "2004-08-01T17:53:32Z")

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that means that you ahve something invalid in the tween