RE: [flasher] Re: flash+IE5+mac

[AndyA]

Hey Guys,


I'm really just getting started with Flash but am absolutely hooked so far.

I have a problem though which I just can't solve and hope someone here can

help. It seems to be such a basic bug, but I can't find a technote on it at

the MM website. Anyhow, here goes:


I can't seem to associate a URL to a text block. I'm using the character

panel and putting in a URL (both relative and absolute and even complete

urls). In the "Test Movie" window it presents perfectly and works perfectly.

When previewed in my browser (IE5) or published and the resulting html file

opened, the text appears completely garbled and unclickable. For example,

"Test Text" appears as something like "TT eesss Texsst ss r T". The garbling

seems different each time. The text alone (without associated URL) presents

perfectly. I've tried it with all sorts of fonts and also _sans in case

there was a font issue. I've done it selecting the whole text object with

the pointer tool and also selecting the text using the text tool. I've made

a text object with two lines of text and associated the URL to a part of the

text and the same happens with the whole text block garbled, not just the

bit with the URL associated....


Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Or is this really a bug?

Environment is Windows2000 (for my sins), Flash5, IE5, Dual Processor, 256MB

RAM, 8MB Video RAM etc


Any help would be gladly received.


Andy