Re: FLASH: Instances Corrupting Files?

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 07:05 PM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote:

>Can too many instances of a symbol corrupt your file?  

>

>We're working on an events calendar in Flash.  Each day of the month has to

>be a button.  We're dropping in 30 instances of the same blank button onto

>the stage for EACH of five months (each one will TellTarget a specific MC),

>but Flash starts crapping out.  Worse than that, it crashes and makes the

>file irretrievable.

>

>Another time it happened on a brick wall: one brick symbol repeated a bunch

>o' times. Flash corrupted the file.


I've used hundreds of instances of a button within a movie clip to create a

follow-the-mouse effect, with no problems. Haven't heard of your symptom.



Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

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