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flash (macromedia) : How can you copy a Symbol from one .fla to another without it making a link?


Chris Georgenes
4/26/2007 2:06:19 PM
I dont understand the "linking" part - if you have 2 docs and paste a symbol from one to the other -
it will be copid to the new doc without any reference to the original document.Can you explain what
linking is here?

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Chris Georgenes
4/26/2007 2:59:36 PM
weird!
I can't reproduce this:

1. Open 2 docs.
2. Open Library for doc 1 and "pin" it.
3. Open Library for 2nd doc.
4. Drag symbol from Library 1 to 2.
5. I can edit, rename, do anyting to either symbol in both docs without effecting the other - they
are both 2 different symbols separated by 2 docs.

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GenePilot
4/26/2007 5:57:40 PM
I copied symbols from one .fla file to another, but instead of creating new
symbols, it just linked them!!??

How do I make them Symbols that aren't linked?

I can't find any documentation on this.
parkeast
4/26/2007 5:59:41 PM
GenePilot
4/26/2007 6:13:30 PM
I opened two documents, lets call them docOrig.fla and docNew.fla.
From the library of docOrig.fla I copied (<ctrl-c>) then pasted into the
library of docNew.fla.

I then renamed my objects but my main program wasn't recognizing the new name.
When I went to inspect them in the properties panel under the 'Source'
section, it said File:docOrig.fla and under Symbol it had the old Symbol name
from that file.

One additional caveate that is just infuriating. When I duplicate this
symbol, it creates a local copy (no linkage), but now I can't edit the Symbol
name and my program doesn't want to recognize the name because the Symbol name
is '<old name> copy'!!
[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Newsgroup User[/b][/b][/i]
I dont understand the "linking" part - if you have 2 docs and paste a symbol
from one to the other -
it will be copid to the new doc without any reference to the original
document.Can you explain what
linking is here?

Chris Georgenes
Animator
http://www.mudbubble.com
http://www.keyframer.com
Adobe Community Expert

*\^^/*
(OO)
<---->

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