Comments on: Flash 8 enhanced stroke bug

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:15:14 +0000

I am putting a file to quicktime movie. I was having the same problem with enhanced strokes, I resaved as MX2004 out of Flash 8 and that seemed to work for that problem. But a new problem is occurring—I choose flash player 5 in the publishing setting (even from the first starting the file) and I get an error that I need to choose Flash 5 or earlier still. Even though it is selected. Anyone else having this problem. I tried reinstalling Flash – but no luck.

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:28:25 +0000

Never mind; it worked in one movie with this error, but not in the next. Sorry.

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:29:18 +0000

I’m very new to the job and to Flash; using CS3, and got this same error. I changed the publish settings under the File menu to Flash 7, tested the movie, then changed back to Flash 9 and no more error. My movies and illustrations are pretty basic so I don’t know if this will work with more complex illustrations, but I hope it helps.

By: David

David — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:37:09 +0000

Ok… here was are.. ONE YEAR LATER… and this bug is STILL around. ARGH!!!! I don’t have Flash 8… or MX… I only have CS3… and the client needs their SWF saved in Flash 6 format. Nice. I’m up a certain creek without a paddle.

By: B. Phillip Smith

B. Phillip Smith — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:42:20 +0000

Just ran into this exact problem working with Flash CS3. Of course there is no “save to mx2004” in CS3. I saved down to flash 8, then found a copy of flash 8 installed on my wife’s machine and saved down to flash 7 on there, and finally opened again in CS3. This worked, but what a pain in the ass! Anyway, thanks for the posting and all the other comments here. Anyone else found a better workaround since CS3?

By: gratch

gratch — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:29:09 +0000

If you have such problem, you can simply save your work in mx2004 format and thean in flash8 (in the same IDE). Strokes are out! :)

By: daedalus

daedalus — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:43:46 +0000

i am guilty of not reading every comment, but thought I’d point out that you can select the gradient line then convert lines to fill under the modify menu. That way you can keep your snazzy lines and not get the annoying warning… :D

By: Kelvin Luck

Kelvin Luck — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:44:59 +0000

I don’t know! Sorry, I haven’t started using CS3 yet (been doing loads of Flex instead).. Please post here if you figure out a workaround…

Cheers,

Kelvin :)

By: Gretchen T Williams

Gretchen T Williams — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:40:29 +0000

What happens if you are in Flash 9 and can’t save back to before Flash 8? I can’t believe that the new version still has this problem!

By: Kelvin Luck

Kelvin Luck — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:26:39 +0000

No worries – glad it helped you out :)