Re: FLASH: Bug with F5??

[Motomichi]

Thanks for the tip. Here is the script that I have, this is where the movie

gets stuck. This is inside of a movie clip in the first frame.


ballnum = 1;

rc_left = getProperty("region", _x);

rc_right = Number(rc_left)+Number(getProperty("region", _width));

rc_top = getProperty("region", _y);

rc_bottom = Number(rc_top)+Number(getProperty("region", _height));

i = 1;

while (Number(i)<=Number(ballnum)) {

    bname = "ball" add i;

    setProperty (bname, _x, 211.6);

    setProperty (bname, _y, 133.1);

    setProperty (bname, _visible, 1);

    set ("vx" add i, random(40)-20);

    set ("vy" add i, random(40)-20);

    i = Number(i)+1;

}


The only way for me to get the swf file working is to export the file as a

flash4 with "debug the script" option checked. This is kind of stupid

because I am using F5 and the final work is the format or F4..


Thanks again,


mm

> 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

> 

> 

> jd

> 

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