Re: FLASH: Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?

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At the exact moment of 2000.01.28.09.45, her/his local time, Dorian Nisinson

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> put forth:


> Ken,

>   Flash always tacks on the latest changes to the original file.


Good to know Dorian; thanks.


> Therefore those fla files can get really big. Periodically, I do a save

> as to a new (and incremented) file name just to slim them down. it also

> helps if just before I do that, I delete unused symbols from the

> library. It doesn't effect the final exported swf file size but it does

> make for fat FLAs.


I have done some more experimenting and have experienced further strange

results:


I copied the file FlashMagic/BookExamples/preload/ProjectFiles/preload.fla (7.5

meg) to my hard drive. With 120 meg allocated to Flash 4.0a (Mac), all other

Flash windows closed, I can open this file. (115 meg won't do it). I immediately

save it to HD as "preloadproject.fla". It is now a 4.3 meg file.


Okay, that much I've reported before. Here's the kicker: I *cannot* reopen the

saved file "preloadproject.fla" with only that 120 meg allocated to Flash! I

only have to add minimal megs, but still, this makes no sense to me at all.

Maybe I think too much.


I'd also like to reiterate my other main question in this thread: On the

Macintosh platform, is it true that in order to open a fla of size X meg, one

must allocate something between 16X and 28X meg of RAM to Flash? I really need

to know these stats in order to support submitting an order for sufficient RAM

for my system at work.


TIA,


Ken Sherwood


                         *zenkat: the Flash trailer*

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


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