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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: Can't place bitmaps? |
| From: | Thorsten Schmiedel |
| Date: | Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:46:04 +0100 |
hummmm, maybe I should've read the whole thread before answering....
> From: "Matt Wobensmith" <mwobensmith
macromedia [dot] com>> Reply-To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:38:44 -0700
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: Re: FLASH: Can't place bitmaps?
>
> Hi Charles -
>
> You wrote:
>
>> On a g4 with FLASH 4.0a with 120 megs of RAM OS 9.04 I'm still getting
>> mysterious circumstances during which placing a bitmap just won't work no
>> matter what..
>
> If you are trying to drag bitmaps from the library to the stage, and they're
> not falling into place, then indeed, it does sound like you have the dreaded
> drag'n'drop Mac bug.
>
> This is an OS9 issue that affects more than just Flash; essentially, any
> program that uses draggable items will be affected.
>
> I dunno if or when Apple will address this - there has been a fair amount of
> discussion on it in public forums. The only way I know to cure it is to
> reinstall OS9, but that may or may not seem like a solution. See this
> TechNote for more possible solutions:
>
> Library items can't be dragged to the stage on Mac
> TN 14442
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/cantdrag.htm
>
> I also found links to people discussing this problem as it affects other
> programs on their machines - check 'em out:
>
> www.dealchat.com
> "Drag Drop Freeze"
> http://dealchat.com/mac/read.html?id=239153&thread=239153
>
> www.macintouch.com
> "Mac OS9 Special Reports"
> http://www.macintouch.com/m904_readerreports3.html
>
>
> Matt
>
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