Re: FLASH: Bug with F5??

[John Dowdell]

At 11:15 AM 9/11/0, Motomichi wrote:

>I have some files originally done in F4 but converted to F5. When I export

>the files to swf, all the scripts work fine but when I open them in the

>browsers all the functions don't work at all even though i exported as F4..

>I am using random function for this but the same happend with other

>functions. the worst part of is that once the files are converted to F5 you

>can't go back to F4 and open them..

>Any ideas about this issue?


Wow, I wish I could help here, but there's not much to go on. (I thought I

might be able to get some traction with that comment about the random()

function, but then it was followed up with "other functions", so I'm not

sure what to look at.)


Here are some related items which may be useful, though:


--  As the ReadMe file advises, you can't open FLA5 files in Macromedia

Flash 4. You should certainly back up your work on alternate drives,

though... if you keep only a single copy of your work then something is

seriously dangerous there.


--  When you export from F5 as SWF4, then many script items will be

converted to play in the older Players. Not all can, though. Check for

yellow highlighting in the Movie Explorer.


--  Most of the "old movie don't work" problems we've seen so far have been

traced to naming problems... the general advice, across environments, is to

use unique single-word case-sensitive alphanumeric names which start with a

letter and which can include underscores. (If an old variable is named

"date", for instance, then after being updated and backdated the new app

may or may not be able to make sense of that script.) More general info:

"Naming strategies for Dreamweaver, UltraDev and various interpreters"

http://www.macromedia.com/go/14610



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