Re: FLASH: Why is my swf different from my fla?

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At the exact moment of 2000.01.04.18.56, her/his local time, Brad Bechtel

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> put forth:


>>>Please check out ftp://206.107.180.51/kensherwood and DL "so" ... it is a 16k

>>>fla for which Play does not equal Test Movie!

>>>

>>>If you'll review frames 17 through 25, you'll see that I want a vertical

>>>"squish" only (Scale: h: 1.0%). But when I Test Movie or Publish, the symbol

>>>squishes horizontally too.

> 

> The weirdness you're seeing is because you're using the _sans font which is a

> Flash internal font used for editable text.  Change this to Arial or some

> other font that's actually present on your computer and it works as you'd

> expect and want it to work.

> 

> As a general rule you should not use the _sans, _serif or _typewriter fonts

> for anything except editable text.


Thanks for the info!


Also thanks to Marc who was on the right trail. I found Brad's post before I had

time to go check ...


> I had to assume that the file was SO.FLA - please add an extension to your

> files if you're making them available to others.  It avoids confusion,

> especially since the Macintosh File Type and Creator attributes are not stored

> on this server.


OK Brad, thanks for that advice too.


Ken Sherwood


                         *zenkat: the Flash trailer*

                    http://www.kensherwood.com/zenkat.htm


kensherwood.com

http://www.kensherwood.com





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