Swf file getting more bigger

Hi all...
I've got problem here. I have a flash file, but in one time
i've to renew the image in it an i'm using the update or import
button in bitmap properties. After that my swf file is getting
bigger. but there is no change at all in the original fla size. i'm
using apple computer MAC OS X.
Is it normal or not?
Is something wrong with my image? what is the best image
format in flash? i'm using jpg image format.

Hello Parvathy,
The behavior is normal. You are using a Button widget, I think the corrected Static Button widget, and that one pauses at half the duration of its timeline. Since you show those widgets for the total duration of the slide, which is 31 secs, it pauses at exactly 15,5 secs. I did check this by using a Text Caption with the system variable rdinfoCurrentFrame, it halted at the value 465 (FPS=30, so this is 15,5secs).
Do you need that widget really? For a normal button (you could create a custom image button with similar look) you can control the timing of the pause, which is not the case for this widget. Or else you'll have to delay the appearance of the widget, so that its duration is shorter and time in such a way that the last Text animation is playing totally.
Was also astonished by the size of that 1-slide file...
Lilybiri

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