(F8) Bitmap Linkage Problem

deadbeat · 09-20-2005, 01:39 AM

Anybody else seen this problem in Flash 8?

Create a new document. Import a bitmap image to the library. Right click it in the library, select Export for Actionscript, and give it a linkage ID ("image") for use with the BitmapData class...

Then delete the image from the library. Import a new bitmap image, and give it the same linkage ID as before - Flash throws an error "You must specify a unique identifier to export or import this symbol" - even though the new image is the only thing in the library...

Argh...

K.

Xeef · 09-20-2005, 02:01 AM

Hmmm

can't reconstruct this

working fine !

senocular · 09-20-2005, 10:22 AM

I couldnt reproduce either. :-/
A work around might be save and compact before attempting to give the new image that same identifier

deadbeat · 09-20-2005, 09:56 PM

Hmmm...spent some more time testing this morning...The problem doesn't seem to happen 100% of the time for me either - but it is fairly common, and seems to happen most often with PNG files...

Save & Compact alone doesn't fix it, but if I delete the image, save the FLA file, close it, then reopen it I can again import an image and give it the same linkage ID...which works, but is obviously a headache...

Wondering if the IDE might be caching the library data, and not always clearing it properly - like what happens sometimes with the .aso files...

K.

Xeef · 09-21-2005, 01:27 AM

Hmmm there seams to by a couple of Bugs around

i was programing and testing around

stage size 500X500 a 250X250 pic in the left uper corner NONtabed testing (stand alone player)

start it and i got a player whit 400X500 or so
first i was thinking i did something stupid whit to many "undo"
start check start is fine
after 2-3 starts same again whit slightly diferent size 380X500
after that the stand alone player is totaly gone and a was need to restart flash

09-20-2005, 01:39 AM	#1
deadbeat Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 2,219	(F8) Bitmap Linkage Problem Anybody else seen this problem in Flash 8? Create a new document. Import a bitmap image to the library. Right click it in the library, select Export for Actionscript, and give it a linkage ID ("image") for use with the BitmapData class... Then delete the image from the library. Import a new bitmap image, and give it the same linkage ID as before - Flash throws an error "You must specify a unique identifier to export or import this symbol" - even though the new image is the only thing in the library... Argh... K.

09-20-2005, 10:22 AM	#3
senocular six eyes Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA (USA) Posts: 7,758	I couldnt reproduce either. :-/ A work around might be save and compact before attempting to give the new image that same identifier __________________ (6)

09-20-2005, 09:56 PM	#4
deadbeat Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 2,219	Hmmm...spent some more time testing this morning...The problem doesn't seem to happen 100% of the time for me either - but it is fairly common, and seems to happen most often with PNG files... Save & Compact alone doesn't fix it, but if I delete the image, save the FLA file, close it, then reopen it I can again import an image and give it the same linkage ID...which works, but is obviously a headache... Wondering if the IDE might be caching the library data, and not always clearing it properly - like what happens sometimes with the .aso files... K. Last edited by deadbeat; 09-20-2005 at 11:41 PM.. Reason: revised - Save & Compact does seem to work

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09-20-2005, 02:01 AM	#2
Xeef Off-Line Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ibiza/Spain language :Hungarian/German/ abit English Posts: 6,539	Hmmm can't reconstruct this working fine !


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09-21-2005, 01:27 AM	#5
Xeef Off-Line Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ibiza/Spain language :Hungarian/German/ abit English Posts: 6,539	Hmmm there seams to by a couple of Bugs around i was programing and testing around stage size 500X500 a 250X250 pic in the left uper corner NONtabed testing (stand alone player) start it and i got a player whit 400X500 or so first i was thinking i did something stupid whit to many "undo" start check start is fine after 2-3 starts same again whit slightly diferent size 380X500 after that the stand alone player is totaly gone and a was need to restart flash