RE: FLASH: Possible bug in F4

[Mike S. Krischker]

	I was also trapped the first time with this. If you duplicate

	a symbol, you first have to select the new symbol, before you

	edit it. Otherwise you'll destroy the old symbol.


	There may be reasons for this, and I can get used to it...

	Wouldn't call this a bug. Maybe I misunderstand?


	Mike S. Krischker - Switzerland

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* I've hit what looks like a bug in Flash 4. I created some symbols and then

* later duplicated one of them under a new name, and made changes

* to a couple

* of its components. In a keyframe, I then tried to substitute an

* instance of

* the new symbol for an instance of  the old by changing the properties. The

* dialog box would accept the change, but when I examined the properties

* again, it was still an instance of the old symbol. I tried

* dragging the new

* symbol from the library onto the stage, but when I examined the properties

* of the instance, it was the old symbol name! The only way I could get the

* new symbol into the frame was to put a completely unrelated

* symbol (i.e. not

* created by duplicating) into it, then change *it* to the new symbol. Then

* the new symbol would be present. I've preserved the .fla if

* anyone wants to

* download and play with it (it's about half a meg long). It's at

* http://www.cymerian.com/flashbug.

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