Flash CS3 won't quit...

Flash hangs up and i have to FORCE-QUIT almost every time i
finish using Flash... why won't it QUIT ?

I have found the cause of this problem:
~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash
CS3/en/Configuration/workspacelayout.xml
workspacelayout.xml seems to got corrupted. Deleting this
file solved the problem, now I can quit Flash CS3 normally.
And another related bug has been solved by this action as
well: I was also unable to save "workspace layout", Flash CS3 just
hang up by trying to save a layout.
BTW: this is for Mac OS X 10.4.11 but it should be
appropriate for other systems, maybe even for Windows.
Hope this helps.

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Okay... I seriously am in need of help here. I have
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first when I installed this, the program seemed to be in place, but
when I tried to start it, I got an error message saying that I need
to repair it by uninstalling/reinstalling the program... The whole
message escapes me at the moment...
Anyways I tried to uninstall it and apperantly it still shows
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The installer doesn't work anymore. I try to use the setup.exe
program and it shows a new little window with a progress bar at the
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Okay... I'm becoming extremely upset and impatient with
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Please... Some please help me. If you know of something which
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program with similar capabilities... I cannot stress how
dissapointed I am right now and I hope no one else has to go
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I do not believe the problem is in my computer... I have run
a virus scan and I have nothing infected. I have seen the window
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was corrupted and I had to uninstall it... I never saw that window
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Flash CS3 Won't Uninstall

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working.
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FlashRenaissance,
> Did Adobe do something new with Action Script?
With ActionScript 3.0? Plenty. ;)
> I am publishing it as Action Script 2.0.
>
>
quote:
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> //this.gotoAndPlay("benefits, startbutton");
In AS2, the on() and onClipEvent() functions still work the
same as
ever. The above syntax would only make sense, though, if your
destination
were actually labeled "benefits, startbutton" (complete with
the comma and
space character).
> this.gotoAndPlay.benefits("startbutton");
This line has a few syntax problems, actually. The
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() method accepts a parameter, which it
looks like
you're using with the reference to "startbutton", but you're
invoking that
parameter inside a set of parentheses that appears after the
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"benefits". That means "benefits" is a method (a function) of
the object it
belongs to, and since "benefits" appears after a dot that
follows
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My hunch is that the movie clip in question -- the one on
which this
on() function is attached -- contains a nested movie clip
with the instance
name "benefits". If that's so, and if you're asking benefits
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like this:
on (rollOver) {
this.benefits.gotoAndPlay("startbutton");
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David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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Flash CS3 quitting on editing from Dreamweaver

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When I edit a Flash CS3 document from Dreamweaver CS 3 on a
Mac it jumps
into Flash as normal. When I do the changes and click
Done¹ it jumps back
to Dreamweaver as it should do but then Flash quits. (a
normal quit and not
a crash by the way)
Is there a way of stopping Flash from quitting after doing a
change as
restarting the app every time to do another change is
annoying.
Thanks
Gaz
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OK, I have wiped the larger drive and done a complete reinstall of OSX (and updates) and reinstalled all applications on it, so I now have:
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This really depends on what exactly you want to do.
To export Photos from iPhoto to the Finder just use the Export command: file -> Export
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
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I've done three clean installs of CS3. Lots of crashing problems with FW CS4 and Bridge CS4, so I thought a fresh start would be helpful. Wrong. I'm NOT on Snow Leopard. MacPro, Intel, 4 gigs RAM. I did have Fireworks CS4 on my Mac, but it's all uninstalled. When I try to install the entire CS3 suite, Flash will not install. When I try to install Flash all by itself, it keeps asking for the Fireworks install CD, over and over, even though FW has been uninstalled. Then, ultimately, Flash doesn't install.
I tried to run the CS3 cleanup script, but the terminal won't take my password. I ran the CS4 cleanup script after I uninstalled FW, but it said there was nothing to clean up.
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I had a scratched disk.
I did two things: I bought a disk repair contraption at Best Buy. Worked awesomely. Then I copied the file onto my hard drive and ran it from there.
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