Publishing Delayed

[sfhazel]

I recently switched from Flash MX to Flash 8. One thing I noticed was that projects in Flash 8 take a long time to publish.

I started a new project in Flash 8 last week, and the larger the project becomes, the longer my publishing time is. Of course, larger projects should take longer to publish. However, I have larger, more complex projects built in Flash MX that publish within a few seconds.

My new Flash 8 project takes about 10-15 seconds to publish, and causes Flash to lockup during that time period. Sometimes I get a pop-up from Windows asking me to end-task the program. At first I thought there was some sort of never-ending-loop in my project, but I have not been able to locate it. I've noticed this problem in every Flash 8 project I've started since switching from MX.

Has anyone else experienced similar delayed publishing times? If so, did you find the problem or a way around it?

[wvxvw]

It seems more like your flash has a glitch... However you may try Flasm for publishing your projects. Flasm does it considerably faster.

[sfhazel]

I just finished checking out Flasm. It looks like this is a re-assembly tool. I can decode and recode my SWF, but what want to improve me FLA-->SWF assembly speed. I'm going to try re-installing Flash 8. Maybe that will fix it.

[wvxvw]

Flasm usualy comes with a JSFL script that alows you to compile .fla from flash by running a custom comand
http://flasm.sourceforge.net/
Flash 8 and Flash MX 2004

I've written a dll and a JSFL script which manages to preview your SWF in internal player. Here we go.

Copy flasmhelper.dll from helper directory of Flasm distribution to External Libraries directory inside of your Flash configuration folder.
On windows 2000 and XP Flash 8 configuration is located here: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration. The path will vary for non-English Windows and/or Flash.
Copy Update with Flasm and Preview.jsfl to Commands directory inside Flash configuration folder.
Edit the first line of JSFL script and adjust path to the Flasm executable.
Start Flash 8/MX 2004. "Update with Flasm and Preview" should be now available under "Commands". If you wish, associate a shortcut with it.
You are all set. Execute the command to preview embedded Flasm actions. You have to write some first :) If unsure, re-read previous section.

[sfhazel]

Thank you for showing me how to set that up. I was able to get it working, however I still experience long publishing times and occasional program lock-ups. Maybe my computer is just too wimpy to handle my projects these days. Re-installing didnt seem to help either.