flash (macromedia): I have created a fla to hold all the graphic elements of a project. When I add
one of these elements to a different fla I set it to update on publish so if I
make a change to the original it applies automatically. The problem is when I
tell it to update, it can't find the original. If I look at what flash set the
relative path to the source document as it say "./uiAssets.fla" when it should
be "../uiAssets.fla" because they aren't in the same folder.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

did you by any chance, make a new folder, or move the folder, or place the
original folder into another folder? this will cause the path to change and
flash wont be able to find it until you update to the new path.

Just a guess :)

No, nothing has been moved. As soon as the item is added to the other fla and
it's saved, it updates the path incorrectly. I honestly think this is a bug
unless there is documentation to say otherwise.