Is there a reason that we couldn't have done that with the drag and drop actions?
Gah, the more time I spend trying to do this stuff, the more I realize that I suck at it... I'll never understand how I'm smart enough to make it into college two years early, but at the same time too stupid to do a simple animation with gamemaker .
_-= Official Noob Label -=_
For those with self esteem like mine =).
Check the Game maker community, there are many downloadable examples of things like this, even a Novice questions and answers section incase you're still stuck.