Re: opening Flash tutorial downloads (was FLASH: John's flying text)

[Stacy Westbrook]

>

From: "Margo" <margomatearthlink [dot] net>

>>Just so you know, when downloaded for Mac users (at least for me), the

>>actual .fla file comes across as a text file, meaning that the resource

>>needs to be hacked with ResEdit (in order to change the file type and

>>creator) before Flash will open the file.

>

> I'm also a Mac user and I open the downloaded tutorial .fla files through

> Flash's Open command (File > Open). In the Open dialog box, I usually have

> to change the List Files of Type to All Files to see the listing.


I tried that three times (on three different downloads of the file), and

Flash didn't like the file at all.  It could see the file, but wouldn't open

it.  Oh well, I made it work anyway.


Stacy Westbrook



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