Flash Site Re-design...

So, I've been given a Flash site to redesign. However, I have no peior experience with Flash or ActionScript or anything of the like. I have the entire site copied to my local hard drive and it works perfectly...all the files are present, complete with the .FLA file as well as all the associated .AS files. I am using Flash CS5 to perform the re-design. Here's my dilemma...I need to be able to rename various elements throughout the code. From within the Actions window, there are many different types of elements that need to be changed. In the example below, the values I've placed within the square brackets are what I need to be able to change...
var [name1]:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
var [name2]:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem( "This is sample text." );
var [name3]:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem( "This is more sample text." );
[name2].addEventListener( ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, [name4] );
[name3].addEventListener( ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, [name4] );
[name3].separatorBefore = false;
[name1].hideBuiltInItems();
[name1].customItems.push([name2], [name3]);
this.contextMenu = [name3];
function [name4](e:Event)
var [name5]:URLRequest = new URLRequest ( "http://www.domain.com" );
navigateToURL( [name5], "_parent" );
Now, I can change them manually, but when I save the changes, then publish the new SWF, I see a whole lot of errors in the Compiler Errors window like this...
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 1 1120: Access of undefined property [name1].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 2 1120: Access of undefined property [name2].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 3 1120: Access of undefined property [name3].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 5 1120: Access of undefined property [name2].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 5 1120: Access of undefined property [name4].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 6 1120: Access of undefined property [name3].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 6 1120: Access of undefined property [name4].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 7 1120: Access of undefined property [name3].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 9 1120: Access of undefined property [name1].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 10 1120: Access of undefined property [name1].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 10 1120: Access of undefined property [name2].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 10 1120: Access of undefined property [name3].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 11 1120: Access of undefined property [name3].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 13 1120: Access of undefined property [name4].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 15 1120: Access of undefined property [name5].
Layer 'actions', Frame 1, Line 16 1120: Access of undefined property [name5].
In addition, Within the Actions window, in the lower-left frame, there are headers (for lack of a better term)...
- Current Selection
actions : Frame 31,(box out)
- [name6] preloader
actions : Frame 1
- [name7]
actions : Frame 1,(menu)
actions : Frame 8,(in)
actions : Frame 12,(out)
actions : Frame 17,(box in)
actions : Frame 24,(page)
actions : Frame 30
actions : Frame 31,(box out)
And within the Library dock, to the right, there are items within the "Linkage" section...
NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINKAGE
1. Layout
all pages
back button
back button arrow
back button graphic
back button label
box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [name8]
content area
So, you see, throughout the rest of the code, I can change anything I want (except for the headers in the Actions window, but it always errors out on publish, then the HTML does not work properly after that. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanx.

If you actually have those brackets in the code, those errors would be the least of what I'd expect. Is that the actual code you have and errors you are getting? THe errors you show don't seem to align with the code you show. Since some of them involve declaring new objects, and you are getting undefined property errors, that's just wrong.

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import an ai file, I break up everything as much as possible.
Depending on how you import your ai file, bitmaps will be created,
so make sure you stay away from bitmaps when possible when resizing
any symbol.
That's all I can really think of.

Flash site - swf file too large

Hello,
I have created a website using Flash CS5 using AS2. The site was completely custom designed using Photoshop and in then imported into Flash. The site has all of the pages in the main timeline on different keyframes, so say frame 2 is home, and frame 3 is services, etc. This is a site for my design portfolio so I have probably 5 galleries that I have made, but they are very simple, one frame will have the first picture, the next frame will have the second picture and so on. I have gotten my site exactly how I want it and works how I want it... but in the end the .swf file when published, is over 9MB which I know is wayyyyyy too large for a flash site that works fast for everyone.
So how can I make this file size smaller. I am fairly new to this, although I had no problem getting my buttons to navigate with actionscript no problem, but my actionscript knowledge is very limited beyond that. I'm not sure where to go with this site to make the size smaller, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I can send someone the fla file to look at if needed.
Thanks

Thanks for the reply.
Maybe you can help me a little more.
I looked up some tutorials having to do with the AS2 xml galleries, and I found that almost all of them were for galleries with fancy scrolling options and slider bars, etc.
My galleries are very very basic, thumbs are layed out on the left, click one and the image appears on the right. I'm not the best at using the actionscript and knowing what to do with all of it. So some of the tutorials made sense about getting files to load dynamically, but I'm not sure what code to keep in for my gallery, and what code to take out that I dont need for all the fancy effects.
my site is http://www.mrolfedesigns.com
as you can see, the galleries are pretty simple, I would like to keep them that way, and not have any complex scrolling or slider bars. Ive searched a lot into looking for some more simple tutorials, but am not finding any great ones that I can use.

Flash site play all frames without stopping

Hi all,
I'm just getting back into flash and have forgotten most of
what I knew. I've been handed a file and need to figure out how to
proceed to address this issue:
The file is a full website. It's a fairly simple design with
a graphic and some buttons. When you click one of the buttons, the
main graphic changes to content for that 'page'.
The problem is when the file is published it just plays every
layer/frame in it and loops as well. It should display the key
'home page' elements (buttons/main graphic) and then stop and wait
for a button to be clicked before running the code for that button.
I think maybe it needs a stop action on the first frame, but
in CS3 (or probably any version now, but that's what I'm using) I
can't figure out how to check to see what actions are on a frame,
and I apparently don't know how to add a stop action effectively to
the first frame.
The file has an 'actions' layer, but if I click the first
frame of that layer (which appears to have an action attached to
it), I don't see any action. If I add a stop action, then publish,
the file DOES stop like it should, but then none of the buttons
work.
Does it sound like I need to insert a frame BERFORE the first
frame, and then add the stop action to that? In other words, could
it be the case that I'm putting the stop action on the first frame,
and the button layers operate (begin) on that first frame as well
such that when I click on a button it fires the stop action I setup
to stop the entire site file from playing?
Is there any other setting/issue that might cause a file
designed as I've described (simple website with buttons) to run
through all the content without ever stopping and waiting for
input?
If someone could just point me in the right direction, I
think I'll be fine. I might need to rearrange some of the layers so
they don't start on the first frame...so maybe that's it?
I know this is simple and I hate asking, but I have to get
this done quickly...
thanks for any help,
DB

Thanks for the reply, r_c,
I really appreciate your response. In an indirect way, it may
have at least helped me figured out the 'what happened' part.
I went back into the file and, just for the heck of it, was
going to add stop actions to every frame on the actions bar. During
that process I saw (for about the forth time) some comment code in
the actions window that I had sort of assumed was just there by
default (what was I thinking?). The comment said something like
'actions would NOT be exported in files in the unregistered
version'. In retrospect (and after a few slices of pizza), that
explains why there are lots of frames with the action symbol but
when I open the frame's action window no actions are there (just
the comment). I think whoever tried to modify this file tried to do
it with the trial download and then saved the file and the process
basically wiped out all the actions in the file :/ So I have a
flash site now with all th code missing.
That being the case (at least I'm pretty confident it is),
I'm going back to the guy tomorrow at work and tell him that, if he
(or his subordinate) was dumb enough to copy over the original file
instead of working on a copy then, at best, I MIGHT be able to
rework the thing by Tuesday (after the long weekend) to add back
all the necessary actions to have it functioning again.
That (process) will be kind of good review for me and,
besides, it might be easier essentially starting over than it would
be to try and follow someone else's setup all the way down to the
point where it's messed up....if that makes any sense. Plus, I can
rename all the layers instead of looking at 90 layers named 'layer
1', 'layer 2', etc etc...and then have the code use the descriptive
names.
Anyway, I do really appreciate the response. It helped me
find enough of an answer to know how to proceed from here, which is
the best I could have hoped for given my fairly vague description
of the situation to begin with.
Thanks again,
DB

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