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Subject: Re: FLASH: invalid characters
From: Catherine Kunicki
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:45:09 +0100

Check that you are using Flash v4.0a which makes running Flash on a g4 less
problematic.

I am using a g3 and a g4, sharing files and having no problems.

However, there are font issues - in MacOS 8.6 and higher. Here's an
explanation from MacFixit.com

> Use to fix a font bug in Mac OS 8.6. The problem occurs with older style
> fonts, specifically fonts which have "FONT" resources in them. Using MacOS
> 8.6, if one of these fonts is "looked at" by any application, the system
> puts a corrupt resource into the font. From that point on the font is
> corrupt and can crash your application or your system if used by any
> application. This is also addressed by Apple's Font Manager Update 1.0 (see
> also MacFixIt Extra on the Font bug).

Here's a link to the page with downloads which contains a couple utilities
to help clean this up:

http://www.macfixit.com/library/a-f.shtml

you are looking for: FONT Fixer for 8.6 & Corrupt Fond Fixer

hope this helps

catherine


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>From: Torbj�rn Caspersen <casperatpro-con [dot] no>
>To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
>Subject: Re: FLASH: invalid characters
>Date: Tue, Jun 27, 2000, 9:21 AM
>

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>
>
> Use
> Set Variable "/Text.mc:Text" = Text
> instead of
> Set Variable "/Text.mc/Text" = Text
>
> an everything should work. If you adress a variable in another mc, you have to
> precede the variable name with :
> asin /:variable �or ../:variable or mc1/mc2:variable
>
>
>
> Flashers - I have an mc called Text.mc and in that is a text field called Text
> (yeah, original I know!) but that's not the problem.
>
> - In an actionscript I have used � �Set Variable "/Text.mc/Text" = Text
> which never used to be a problem - till now.
>
> Since moving up to a Mac G4 each time I try to edit anything else in
> that actionscript or use that syntax in any file, Flash returns the
> error "The variable name you have entered contains invalid
> characters" and highlights that line of script.
>
> Yet when I move back to a G3 - no problems. Can anyone shed some light?
>
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