flash (macromedia):
This one REALLY has me stumped..
I am working on a Mac Dual 2-Gig G5 running OS 10.4.10 and Flash CS3.
I have a web site for a client posted (
http://www.aronwiesenfeld.com ). This
site has been running flawlessly for over a year published to Version 8 Flash
Player AS v2.0. This client asked me to create a new temporary splash page last
night that would announce his new Art Show and then click on into the main
site. This site uses a Shared Lib, a SharedTrigger, a Core SWF (containing the
main site navigation elements and handles loading of various movies into
levels) and a Splash SWF (that contains the two splash screens and initial
navigation to areas of the site. The problem I THINK I am having is in the
Splash SWF... or is a problem with my LOCAL Mac installation? When I click one
of the 5 Site Nav buttons it is supposed to tell the main core movie to advance
to a new frame (20) and I target that movie by referring to _level0. This has
worked fine for the past year (on this and other sites). I am attaching an
example of the code used on each of the initial Nav buttons in the Splash swf .
So here is the mystery...
When I "Test Movie" inside Flash CS3, everything works/looks "perfect". If I
then go to the desktop and find the generated HTML file and open it in Safari
(both version 2 and 3-beta), or Firefox or Opera, etc., everything looks fine
until I click one of the initial text Nav Buttions. At that point it takes me
to the main site and loads the external SWF into a level as it should
(indicating that the 3rd line of code on the button is execution and by the
fact the the Splash movie disappears, it indicates that the core movie is
indeed moving to frame 20 (_level0) as requested in the first line of code.
However, all of the main site navigation buttons along the bottom of the main
site as well as the background NEVER APPEAR? Also when I start to move the
mouse around the loaded external movie the site completely crashes and I get a
blank screen - IN ALL BROWSERS whether I am launching the site from my hard
drive or the Internet!! But it works perfect INSIDE Flash CS3.
Now comes the real kicker...
Just for the heck of it after spending 3 hours trying to fix this on my main
G5 tower(publishing to Player version 9, etc.), I decided to try accessing the
site from my old G4 laptop. Ready for this? The site appears to be working
perfectly IN ALL BROWSERS ON MY G4 also running 10.4.10!!!
So my guess is maybe their is a problem with the Flash Player Plugin in all my
browsers on my G5 or the Flash Plugin has a problem with OS 10.4.10 only on my
G5. BUT, even if I launch this site directly in Flash Player from the desktop
on my G5 it does not work - so the stand-alone player is having the same issue
- yet it works fine on my G5 INSIDE of Flash CS3.
I thought I had seen it all the last 5 years with Flash, but this one has be
completely stumped!
My client emailed me from California and said the site was working fine there
of his PC. If that is true then I am having a LOCAL Flash Player problem on my
G5 running 10.4.10.
In addition to my question, if anyone can give me feedback as to whether or
not this site is working on your machine/browser/OS, could you please let me
know? You will know if the site is working if you click on Enter Site, then
click on any of the 5 buttons (except Info) and you see a grey background
behind the image and the lower navigation string appears.
Thanks!
on(release) {
_level0.gotoAndStop(20);
_level0.navButtons.gotoAndStop(3);
_level0.choreoMCL.loadClip("PaintingsII.swf", 5);
}
