Open up a new flash document and create 3 layers. Name them actions, hotspot, and cursor. Lastly change the frame rate to 24 fps. First we are going to create our cursor, then add some interactivity and finally add all of the actions to the movie to make this thing run.

To create the cursor draw a simple white cross as seen in the movie above by drawing two 18px lines, rotate one of them 90 degrees and place it over the other. Select both lines and hit F8 to make it a movie clip. Open up the movie clip for editing. Highlight the cursor and set the x and y positions to -9. This will center the cross instead of having the cross positioned at the top left corner. Next make three layers. Name them labels, actions, and cursor. Make sure the cross is on the layer named cursor. Now create keyframes on each layer at frame 5 and frame 10 by highlighting that frame and pressing F6.

The next thing we are going to do is setup the frame labels so we can navigate through the movie clip much easier than using frame numbers. To add a label simply select the frame on the labels layer and in the property box there is a spot for a frame label on the left hand side. Give frame 1 a label name of white, frame 5 a label name of red, and give frame 10 a label name ofblue. Also add a stop(); action on frames 1, 5, and 10 on the actions layer.

The last thing we need to do to setup the cursor is to change the color of the cursor on the red and blue layers. Highlight the cross on frame 5 and change the line color to red. Now highlight the cross on frame 10 and change the color to blue. Finally go back to the main timeline and give the cross an instance name of cursor_mc.

The next thing we are goiing to is setup the hotspot to add some interactivity to the cursor. To do this we are going to make a simple white box. The dimensions for the box in the movie above are 100 x 75. Select the box and hit F8 to make it a movie clip. On the main timeline give the box an instance name of hotspot_mc.