FLASH: Another Flash Bug

[Len Harrison]

Hi Flashers,


I seem to be turning up anomalies at a rapid rate these days. Here's

another:


I have a movie clip used as the label for a button.

First frame layer 1 contains a text symbol and a stop instruction. Second

frame (and all thereafter) layer 1 is empty.

Layer 2 is a mask. First frame is empty. Second frame (and all thereafter)

contain the same text symbol as in F1L1.

Layer 3 is a masked gradient. First frame is empty. Second frame is gradient

in zero position. Gradient moves up to a key frame, then down to zero

position again with intermediate steps tweened. Final frame on layer 3 has

an instruction to goto and play frame 2.


Button instructions as follow:

On Rollover telltarget (mc) play

On Rollout telltarget (mc) goto frame 1


Result? MC initializes properly. Rollover works fine. On rollout the mc

disappears. Send it to frame 2, it works fine.

Fix: Cannot use the same symbol in Mask layer Frame 2 as was used in top

layer frame 1. If text is not a symbol or is a *different* symbol it works

okay. Go figure.


Problem with fix: All my text needs to be symbolized for later localization

in German, French, and possibly Japanese. By using a common prefix,

translators can localize quickly with only minimal knowledge of Flash. This

adds a twist to that. Maybe I can make the secondary symbol derive from the

first...


for what it's worth,


len harrison

instructional designer

lenhabtcorp [dot] com

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