Re: FLASH: flash 4 and os9 -- macromedia and apple, at it again?

[John Dowdell]

At 8:15 AM 1/11/0, alex wrote:

> i recently have been working with flash 4 and os9 (b&w g3, 350,

> etc,etc) and noticed some strange operating issues in flash.

> Namely that certain selections weren't being made, fills

> sometimes worked, sometimes did not (sometimes depending on

> the color used for fill?).


If you're seeking info on "Can other people use Flash 4 on MacOS 9?" then

yes, and you should expect to be able to do so too.


For "What are the hot issues with Flash and MacOS 9?" then the big one

still seems to be the complications from Adobe Type Manager and Adobe Type

1 outline fonts.


For "What might cause erratic selection or fills?" then the first thing I'd

usually examine would be whether things become normal again at a different

display setting... if the problem occurs at 1024x768@32-bit but not at

640x480@24-bit then that zooms attention in on the video display.


(There's been a tablet-related issue that's vaguely similar, where drawn

lines went in unexpected directions, and this has been reproducible with

certain versions of drivers for drawing tablets.)


I'm assuming through all this that you're trying to do things you could do

before upgrading the system -- on a re-read the description can also be

achieved with particular grouped or imported curves, for instance.


I'm sorry that I don't have a single assured cause to give you in response

to the symptom presentation, but for what it's worth you should expect to

have the same easy results others do. It may be useful to look at the

drivers first, then the normal escalation to extensions and other system

customizations that might cause the difference.


jd








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