Checking files for movie clips

Hi,
Is there a quicker way to do a global search within a large
flash file to see if any movie clips still exist, without having to
open every frame & check ea symbol individually on the timeline
to check in addition to searching the library?
thanks.

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dmc99 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a quicker way to do a global search within a
large flash file to see
> if any movie clips still exist, without having to open
every frame & check ea
> symbol individually on the timeline to check in addition
to searching the
> library?
>
> thanks.
>

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Duh, thanks Kglad. It's been a long week ;).
Jesse
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:47:57 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: removeChild for movie clip that was added in another function?
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quote:
Originally posted by:
NickTheNameless
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