Re: FLASH: BP - whats with the red squares? where's the picture gone?

[Gregg Caines]

Did you try opening the F3 FLA file in F4?

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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> Hi Everyone

>

> I drew a map using Flash 3 a while back, which was fine, but when I got

> Flash 4, it doesn't seem to work.

>

> The problem is - If I export a .swf file using Flash 3 (as a Flash 3

file),

> I get the map I made, but if I export it using Flash 4 (as a Flash 3 or

> Flash 4 file - it doesn't seem to matter!), I just get a load of red

> squares?

>

> I know that if I try and explain this , it'll be impossible, so here's the

> URL's to see exactly whats happening.

>

> The one exported with Flash3 (This is fine!) -

> http://homepages.tesco.net/~iamshopping/siteria-map.htm

> The one exported with Flash4 (screwed up!) -

> http://homepages.tesco.net/~iamshopping/screwed-map.htm

>

> Also, if it helps anyone - heres the original .fla file -

> http://homepages.tesco.net/~iamshopping/map-fla-file.zip

>

> I was thinking that maybe the fla file had got screwed up somehow, so I

> re-installed Flash 3 onto the machine with Flash 4, and I can open the

file

> which looks fine in Flash 3, then open it in Flash 4, which looks fine

until

> I go "Test Movie", at which point all the pics disappear and I get red

> squares.

>

> I've tried copying and pasting the parts from Flash 3 to Flash 4, but that

> just makes Flash 4 crash.

> So I opened the original and a new blank file in Flash 4 and copied from

one

> part to the other, but that works perfectly.

>

> Any ideas anyone?

>

> Ben

>

> P.S. Thanks in advance for anyones help - this is driving me mad.



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