Re: FLASH: BP - whats with the red squares? where's the picture gone? - NOW SOLVED! yay!

[Ben Park]

"Did you try opening the F3 FLA file in F4?"

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Gregg Caines"


First thing I did - opened the old F3 file in F4, but it looks fine -

everything works perfectly.

Until you test movie, at which point everything turns to red squares.


Hooray tho!

I think I've found a pattern!!!


The first map was drawn in Paint Shop Pro, and I would select individual

islands in Paint Shop with the selection tool, and copy and paste them into

Flash. They would then be converted to buttons, or graphics depending on the

islands. I never used the trace bitmap facility. (Hey - it was the first

thing I made, and I hadn't read the instructions :)


Anyway I had a go at this again - same map file (paintshop pro image file),

copy paste into F3 works fine - if you then open the F3 .fla file in F4, and

test movie, it doesn't work.


Now, if you copy and paste the island from paint-shop straight into F4, and

test movie, it works. No idea why, but it works!

You can convert them to symbols, buttons, or leave them as they are, and

when you test movie - fine!


In fact - If I go back and open the original F3 .fla file in F4, and click

an island, and say break apart, it does nothing - if i say break apart

again, it disappears, and if I say break apart again, I get the red square.


I've just this second worked it out - I knew I would!!!


I had another file I had created using F3, which had a picture imported into

it, but the ones for the map were just copied and pasted in. That is the

only difference - the other F3 .fla file works fine in F4, so that can be

all it can be!


It's because of that. If I import the entire original map into F3, and save

the .fla file, then open it in F4 - no problems!


Not really any idea why it does this. Is it something to do with the fact

that F4 is looking for the original picture I copied it from, and F3 doesn't

do this? Is that it?


Although I just tested that tho, by copying and pasting an island in from

paint-shop to F4, then saving the .fla, and moving the original map image,

and it still works fine - even when I test movie.


So beats me why it does it, but it does do it. On my machine at least! Next

time, I'll import them properly. I don't wanna have this problem when F5

comes out.


Ben


P.S. - I'll be able to sleep at nite now I've worked that one out, and

apologies from me, for pestering everyone else, and then sorting it out

myself.




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