Re: FLASH: Flash 4 locks up

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 08:33 PM 10/3/2000, you wrote:

>Hello! I have been running Flash 4 for about 4 months without any

>problems at all. Windows NT SP5, 320Mb RAM, dual PII 333.

>

>All of a sudden, a fairly complicated Flash file consistently crashes

>the program when I attempt to do almost anything with the file -

>adding a layer, running a Netscape preview, adding a text box, etc.

>I can kill Flash with the NT Task Manager and restart, but it crashes

>every time I try to get any work done.

>

>No hardware problems on the system. The .FLA in question is only

>about 40K, but as I'm still working out the movie, it has about 30

>layers. I tried to Save As, but the resultant new file also crashes the

>program.

>

>Macromedia has some notes about Flash 3 being somewhat unhappy

>about dual processor systems, but setting the Flash4 program to only

>use one processor makes no difference - crashes again and again

>anyhow.

>

>Does anyone know how I can fix this thing?

>

>TIA --- Phil Matt



Sounds as if it's just this one file, yes? In that case, the next thing to

try would be to copy all frames and paste into a new file. Highlight the

first frame in the top layer, hold the shift key, highlight the last frame

in the bottom layer (assuming all layers end at that frame or earlier).

This will highlight all frames. Use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C to copy frames. Start

a new movie, same dimensions and frame rate. You need not add any frames.

Just highlight the existing frame and use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V to paste the old

frames into the new movie. Now try saving. There's a good chance this will

fix it.


If that doesn't work, you need to start eliminating elements (layers or

objects, your choice) one at a time to find the culprit.


Good luck.


Marc Hoffman

Poison Dart Frog Media

www.dartfrogmedia.com



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