Flash Question
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okay
If you have a decompiled version than you should have a library of movie clips , buttons, and symbols. Hit f11 and scroll through each on in the list. Right click on each item and select "edit" until you find the one that you need to edit.
- evilmonkey
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flash problems
The only tool for editing Flash is Flash.
Text can be tricky. The text is either hidden away in the action script or it could be hidden in external .txt or .as file. It could also be buried in a movie clip. Some times movie clips can be hard to click and find. They can be layered inside of one another. They can be invisible. That's why I suggested the movie explorer or the library because they will show you all of the elements used in the movie. In the case of the explorer it will show you where the action script is too. If you're certain you've checked every movie clip/button/graphic symbol, action script on every frame and there are no external files associated with it, than I'd give it up. Maybe your decompiler didn't decompile the file correctly....
Incidently does your library show movie clips (the little gear) and buttons symbols?
Did you find any action script in the movie yet?
If you didn't find any action script coding that would be proof positive that your decompiler did a shotty job and you could definitly quit hunting now.
That's all I can add.
Text can be tricky. The text is either hidden away in the action script or it could be hidden in external .txt or .as file. It could also be buried in a movie clip. Some times movie clips can be hard to click and find. They can be layered inside of one another. They can be invisible. That's why I suggested the movie explorer or the library because they will show you all of the elements used in the movie. In the case of the explorer it will show you where the action script is too. If you're certain you've checked every movie clip/button/graphic symbol, action script on every frame and there are no external files associated with it, than I'd give it up. Maybe your decompiler didn't decompile the file correctly....
Incidently does your library show movie clips (the little gear) and buttons symbols?
Did you find any action script in the movie yet?
If you didn't find any action script coding that would be proof positive that your decompiler did a shotty job and you could definitly quit hunting now.
That's all I can add.
- evilmonkey
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good decompiler
Sounds like you've got a good decompiler.
The text has to be there somewhere. Post the action script associated to the button that takes you to the "page" that you need to change.
Click once on the button and look in the script pane (f9). There should be a script there that could offer us a clue.
The text has to be there somewhere. Post the action script associated to the button that takes you to the "page" that you need to change.
Click once on the button and look in the script pane (f9). There should be a script there that could offer us a clue.
- evilmonkey
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I know where your missing text is....
It's buried in symbol 287.
Open movie explorer. Find symbol 287 and double click on it. That should take you to a timeline where you'll be able to find all the text and edit it however you want.
Open movie explorer. Find symbol 287 and double click on it. That should take you to a timeline where you'll be able to find all the text and edit it however you want.
- evilmonkey
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How I found it
Here' s how I found it:
After poking around for a while with little or no success...
I opened movie explorer and in the find prompt I typed a part of a sentence from the content. Hit enter and BOOM there it was...
The action script in that movie is horrible. The labeling is horrible and there are no commments anywhere. Oh well...
Good luck with your project!
After poking around for a while with little or no success...
I opened movie explorer and in the find prompt I typed a part of a sentence from the content. Hit enter and BOOM there it was...
The action script in that movie is horrible. The labeling is horrible and there are no commments anywhere. Oh well...
Good luck with your project!
- evilmonkey
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Oh okay, thank you very much. I can see that thios movie is not well programmed, but I'm willing to bet that the guy that did this is not a programmer. Probably a designer with too much time on his hands.
As for the project, thanks to you, it's done! All Ihad to do was update the staff list, and replace that moronic future careers section with science contest information.
Thanks again!
As for the project, thanks to you, it's done! All Ihad to do was update the staff list, and replace that moronic future careers section with science contest information.
Thanks again!