flash (macromedia): I saw this problem once on XP, but was unable to replicate it. Now that I've released one of my sites, someone commented that they experienced the same thing on Mac OS X.2.1. Here's the problem...

I created a SWF file using Flash MX 2004 Pro. When the SWF file loads into the browser, it displays all the slides at once, one on top of the other. Essentially the page looks like a jumbled mess, with all the overlapping pictures and text.

Has anyone seen this before or know the cause?

Thanks!

Does this problem happen for all users or only certain users? That is,
if all the slides appear ontop of each other, is that always
reproducible until you modify the posted .swf? Also, is the pileup just
momentary or does it stay that way.

If it only happens for some players, find the version of the player they
have...see if it is Flash player 6 or perhaps some earlier player.
Remember, slides won't play in versions before Flash player 6. Note
too, that if you intend for it to be used on Flash Player 6, make sure
the publish settings are for flash player 6.

If it happens for all users, try the following things:
- make sure you don't have an initial stop() on the initial slide's
timeline or that you're not doing a gotoandStop(0) via actionscript on
the main timeline. Internally, slides are represented as nested movie
clips. The initialization code should cause them to hide upon startup
and only show the "current" slide. If you stop this process somehow,
that could causes the slides to all pile up.

- make sure that all the slides have the right class names
(mx.screens.Slide). If the slides lose their class association they
won't respond to the .visible property and will pile up.

Ed Skwarecki
Macromedia

Anybody???