Re: FLASH: Help!!! Can't drag symbols on the scene anymore

[Helen Triolo]

Thorsten Schmiedel wrote:

> 

> Hello fellow-flashers,

> 

> we have a problem with flash on one of our machines:

> I really don't know when this happenend for the first time, but sincea few

> days it is not possible anymore to drag a symbol onto the scene...


Thorsten,


Here's a post from Matt Wobensmith (4/5, searched on "problem dragging

symbols" at http://i-technica/flashlist):


Q: Have any mac G4 users come across a problem with not being able to

drag symbols on the stage?

A: Yes. We are now hearing about this. We have had a few calls about

this. It does indeed seem like a bonifide issue. 

Currently, we do not know what causes this. It's some sort of

combination of MacOS9, G3/G4 and.... ?

I have talked to several customers with this issue. While some of them

have not found a solution, some have reported fixing it by:

a) disabling virtual memory (via the Memory control panel), or 

b) disabling RAM Doubler (if you have it installed). 

Both of these mechanisms are similar.


Additionally, I can suggest a few more things to try, if you haven't

already:

-trash the Flash 4 prefs, located in the System Folder > Preferences.

-zap the P-RAM by holding Command-Option-P-R on startup

-turn off File Sharing

-turn off AppleTalk

-restart without extensions (press Shift key on restart)


All of these are the first line of defense in regards to Mac

troubleshooting. They may or may not help this problem. If they work,

let us know. However, some customers have reported that none of these

work for them. In this case, I don't have a solution as of right now.


--- end of Matt W post


hth,

Helen

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