Importing symbols to stage

New to flash.
So, one can import psd's to the stage and each one can occupy
its own frame. One can also import psd's to the library and have
them converted to symbols.
My question: Is it possible to then import those symbols onto
the stage so that each one occupies its own frame? I don't want to
have to place each symbol on the stage individually.It gets tedious
after the first ten.

Yup.
I'm playing around with making a slide show. I want to be
able to use transitions (fade in and stop) within each frame. I
don't want to have to add frames and tween.
The show is 122 images... so you see the reason for low
tolerance. I agree... there may not be an easy (automated) way to
import the symbols... sigh.

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AS2 Components vanish or get severely corrupted when placed on a layer below an Imported symbol.
Very easy to reporduce:
Flash CS4 create a new AS2 FLA called Share.fla
Create an empty MovieClip symbol in the library and set its properties to export for runtime sharing URL: "Share.swf".
Build.
Now create another new AS2 FLA in same folder called TestShare.fla.
Create an empty MovieClip symbol in the library and set it's properties to "Import for runtime sharing" URL: "Share.swf".
Drop an instance of this empty symbol in frame 1 layer 1.
Create a second layer and drop an instance of any Component from the components panel for example the Button component.
Build.
The component appears as a blank square block.
If you add a trace statement to the components constructor you'll see it is never called.
Now swap the layers, drag layer 2 above layer 1 and build again.
Now the component shows just fine.
You might say so just swap the layers and carry on but this is simplified example to demonstrate the problem, in practice I have many shared libraries containing many component and many apps with many layers and I've been shuffling the layers for what seems like an eternity and found that there is no order that will work for everything. If anyone can explain this behaviour or suggest a permanent work around I would be very grateful.

Thought I would attach the source so just unzip and build TestShare.fla you'll see the Button component, then swap layers 1 and 2 and rebuild and you will see just an empty Button frame. Would love to find an answer to this.

How can I import symbols to iCal?

I am wondering if there is a way to import symbols to iCal.

Blowhard,
The characters/symbols which Character Palette can display/use are limited by the fonts which are installed on your computer.
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Importing swfs onto stage

I have 20 swfs that were converted from Captivate. They need
to be pasted one after another in one flash timeline so I can add
audio clips to them. What I've been doing is opening a new instance
of flash and importing each swf onto the stage, and then in another
instance of flash I'm pasting the copied frames in one after
another. What's happening is the imported frames convert to 'bitmap
1' and 'symbol 1' and so forth all the way up to 23 or so. When i
try to paste a new set of frames after set 1, it asks me if I want
to replace the existing frames, when I click 'no', some of set 2
frames aren't lining up at x=0 and y=0, when i click 'yes' it
replaces set 1 frames with set 2 frames. This method has worked
with other files, but for some reason its not working anymore!
Other than creating a new folder for each imported set, is there
any easier way?
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You might import their W3D as a cast member then cloneModelFromCastmember, or use loadFile on an existing W3D member. In either case you need an existing W3D castMember displayed on the stage as a sprite.

The images imported to my stage turn up as blank and render every image previous to the rogue imported image as red squares that fill the perimeters of the image which then renders the publishing and scene testing features in flash useless, what can i do

I have been working on animating a scene in flash for a few weeks and recently I have encountered a problem with importing my images on to the stage where the images I import do not turn up, however the key frame that I attempted to import the image onto shows that it is occupied by an image and every frame previous to the key frame that just imported an image that does not show turns up as a red square that fills the original perimeters of the image, there is no solution to this problem any where on the forum and the adobe technical support staff will not help me find a solution to this problem what can I do to get Flash running normally again and fix this problem?????
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I don't know if Flash has a memory limit of its own. The memory for your Flash file is based on the available memory on your computer.
There is a limit on the number of frames that you can have in any given timeline. I think that it's about 15000 frames, but that's a guess. Flash does all of its work at runtime, this means that no part of your animation is pre-compiled like it is in a video file. So the more objects that you have on the stage, the more work Flash has to do. It follows that the more objects that there are to animate, the more work your processor and the video card have to do.
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I have a situation where i have to export a function from one module and call it from the other. In linux you typically do an EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) to make it visible to the kernel. In solaris as long as function is not static the symbol is visible to the rest of the kernel namespace.
But my driver that calls the function from the other module fails to load cribbing "/kernel/drv/sparcv9/betaDrv: undefined symbol"
Here in my code the alphaDrv module has a function "export_from_alpha" which is called by betaDrv module.
OS is Solaris9 (64bit kernel) on SPARC
Code for alphaDrv:
#include <sys/modctl.h>
#include <sys/conf.h>
#include <sys/devops.h>
#include <sys/cmn_err.h>
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/stack.h>
#include <sys/frame.h>
#include <sys/kobj.h>
#include <sys/ksynch.h>
#include <sys/copyops.h>
#include <sys/disp.h>
dev_info_t *g_dip;
/* Function exported from alphaDrv to be called from betaDrv */
char *export_from_alpha(void)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "Houston, receiving you loud and clear !!");
return "Hello World !";
static int alpha_open(dev_t *devp, int flag, int otyp, cred_t *credp)
return 0;
static int alpha_close(dev_t dev, int flag, int otyp, cred_t *credp)
return 0;
static int alpha_read_write(dev_t dev, struct uio *uiop, cred_t *credp)
return 0;
static int alpha_info(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_info_cmd_t infocmd, void *arg, void **result)
int rc = DDI_FAILURE;
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(ALPHA) - alpha_info");
switch(infocmd)
case DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO:
    *result = g_dip;
    rc = DDI_SUCCESS;
case DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE:
    *result = (void *)getminor((dev_t)arg);
    rc = DDI_SUCCESS;
    break;
default:
    *result = NULL;
    break;
return rc;
static int alpha_attach(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_attach_cmd_t cmd)
int inst = ddi_get_instance(dip);
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(ALPHA) - alpha_attach");
switch(cmd)
case DDI_ATTACH:
    if(ddi_create_minor_node(dip, "ALPHA1", S_IFCHR, inst, DDI_PSEUDO, 0))
      return DDI_FAILURE;
    g_dip = (void *)dip;
    break;
case DDI_RESUME:
    break;
default:
    return (DDI_FAILURE);
return (DDI_SUCCESS);
static int alpha_detach(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_detach_cmd_t cmd)
int inst = ddi_get_instance(dip);
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(ALPHA) - alpha_detach");
switch(cmd)
    case DDI_DETACH:
      ddi_remove_minor_node(dip, NULL);
      break;
    default:
      return (DDI_FAILURE);
return (DDI_SUCCESS);
/* Driver specific implementations */
static struct cb_ops alpha_cb_ops = {
alpha_open,
alpha_close,
nodev,
nodev,
nodev,
alpha_read_write,
alpha_read_write,
nodev,
nodev,
nodev,
nodev,
nochpoll,
ddi_prop_op,
(struct streamtab *)NULL,
D_MP | D_64BIT,
CB_REV,
nodev,
nodev
static struct dev_ops alpha_dev_ops = {
DEVO_REV,
0,
alpha_info,
nulldev,
nulldev,
alpha_attach,
alpha_detach,
nodev,
&alpha_cb_ops,
(struct bus_ops *)NULL,
nulldev
static struct modldrv alpha_modldrv = {
&mod_driverops,
"ALPHA Driver",
&alpha_dev_ops
static struct modlinkage alpha_modlinkage = {
MODREV_1,
(void *)&alpha_modldrv,
NULL
int _init(void)
int rc;
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(ALPHA) - _init");
rc = mod_install(&alpha_modlinkage);
if(rc)
    cmn_err(CE_CONT, "Failed to install driver(ALPHA) - %d", rc);
return rc;
int _info(struct modinfo *modInfop)
int rc;
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "\n\n\nEntryPoint(ALPHA) - _info");
rc = mod_info(&alpha_modlinkage, modInfop);
if(!rc)
    cmn_err(CE_CONT, "Failed to get driver info(ALPHA) - %d", rc);
return rc;
int _fini(void)
return(mod_remove(&alpha_modlinkage));
}Code for betaDrv:
#include <sys/modctl.h>
#include <sys/conf.h>
#include <sys/devops.h>
#include <sys/cmn_err.h>
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/stack.h>
#include <sys/frame.h>
#include <sys/kobj.h>
#include <sys/ksynch.h>
#include <sys/copyops.h>
#include <sys/disp.h>
dev_info_t *g_dip;
/* Extern declartion for the function imported from alphaDrv */
char *export_from_alpha(void);
static int beta_open(dev_t *devp, int flag, int otyp, cred_t *credp)
return 0;
static int beta_close(dev_t dev, int flag, int otyp, cred_t *credp)
return 0;
static int beta_read_write(dev_t dev, struct uio *uiop, cred_t *credp)
return 0;
static int beta_info(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_info_cmd_t infocmd, void *arg, void **result)
int rc = DDI_FAILURE;
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(BETA) - beta_info");
switch(infocmd)
case DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO:
    *result = g_dip;
    rc = DDI_SUCCESS;
case DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE:
    *result = (void *)getminor((dev_t)arg);
    rc = DDI_SUCCESS;
    break;
default:
    *result = NULL;
    break;
return rc;
static int beta_attach(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_attach_cmd_t cmd)
int inst = ddi_get_instance(dip);
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(BETA) - beta_attach");
switch(cmd)
case DDI_ATTACH:
    if(ddi_create_minor_node(dip, "BETA1", S_IFCHR, inst, DDI_PSEUDO, 0))
      return DDI_FAILURE;
    g_dip = (void *)dip;
    break;
case DDI_RESUME:
    break;
default:
    return (DDI_FAILURE);
return (DDI_SUCCESS);
static int beta_detach(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_detach_cmd_t cmd)
int inst = ddi_get_instance(dip);
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(BETA) - beta_detach");
switch(cmd)
    case DDI_DETACH:
      ddi_remove_minor_node(dip, NULL);
      break;
    default:
      return (DDI_FAILURE);
return (DDI_SUCCESS);
/* Driver specific implementations */
static struct cb_ops beta_cb_ops = {
beta_open,
beta_close,
nodev,
nodev,
nodev,
beta_read_write,
beta_read_write,
nodev,
nodev,
nodev,
nodev,
nochpoll,
ddi_prop_op,
(struct streamtab *)NULL,
D_MP | D_64BIT,
CB_REV,
nodev,
nodev
static struct dev_ops beta_dev_ops = {
DEVO_REV,
0,
beta_info,
nulldev,
nulldev,
beta_attach,
beta_detach,
nodev,
&beta_cb_ops,
(struct bus_ops *)NULL,
nulldev
static struct modldrv beta_modldrv = {
&mod_driverops,
"BETA Driver",
&beta_dev_ops
static struct modlinkage beta_modlinkage = {
MODREV_1,
(void *)&beta_modldrv,
NULL
int _init(void)
int rc;
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "EntryPoint(BETA) - _init");
rc = mod_install(&beta_modlinkage);
if(rc)
    cmn_err(CE_CONT, "Failed to install driver(BETA) - %d", rc);
/* Calling function exported from alpha */
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "Houston, we have a problem !! --> %s", export_from_alpha());
return rc;
int _info(struct modinfo *modInfop)
int rc;
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "\n\n\nEntryPoint(BETA) - _info");
rc = mod_info(&beta_modlinkage, modInfop);
if(!rc)
    cmn_err(CE_CONT, "Failed to get driver info(BETA) - %d", rc);
return rc;
int _fini(void)
return(mod_remove(&beta_modlinkage));
}This is what i do:
# rem_drv alphaDrv
# rem_drv betaDrv
# rm -f /kernel/drv/sparcv9/alphaDrv
# rm -f /kernel/drv/sparcv9/betaDrv
# /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xarch=v9 -D_KERNEL -DDEBUG -D__64BIT__ -c alpha.c
# /usr/ccs/bin/ld -r -o alphaDrv alpha.o
# /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xarch=v9 -D_KERNEL -DDEBUG -D__64BIT__ -c beta.c
# /usr/ccs/bin/ld -r -o betaDrv beta.o
# cp alphaDrv /kernel/drv/sparcv9
# cp betaDrv /kernel/drv/sparcv9
# add_drv alphaDrv
# add_drv betaDrv
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: betaDrv
Warning: Driver (betaDrv) successfully added to system but failed to attach
This is the outout from /var/adm/messages:
Oct 17 15:34:25 test_machine1 EntryPoint(ALPHA) - _info
Oct 17 15:34:25 test_machine1 alphaDrv: [ID 938910 kern.notice] EntryPoint(ALPHA) - alpha_detach
Oct 17 15:34:40 test_machine1 alphaDrv: [ID 394848 kern.notice]
Oct 17 15:34:40 test_machine1 EntryPoint(ALPHA) - _info
Oct 17 15:34:40 test_machine1 alphaDrv: [ID 756530 kern.notice] EntryPoint(ALPHA) - _init
Oct 17 15:34:40 test_machine1 alphaDrv: [ID 999966 kern.notice] EntryPoint(ALPHA) - alpha_attach
Oct 17 15:34:41 test_machine1 krtld: [ID 819705 kern.notice] /kernel/drv/sparcv9/betaDrv: undefined symbol
Oct 17 15:34:41 test_machine1 krtld: [ID 826211 kern.notice] 'export_from_alpha'
Oct 17 15:34:41 test_machine1 krtld: [ID 472681 kern.notice] WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'betaDrv'
Thanks for the help

Hello.
I use "misc modules" to handle data transfer between modules.
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Adobe Certified Expert
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> I'm a very new newbie, so please forgive me if I don't
use quite the right
> words to describe my problem. I'm going through the
lynda.com tutorial on
> Flash
> Pro 8, and I'm in the chapter on symbols. The instructor
describes two
> ways of
> accessing the symbol in order to edit it when you are in
stage view:
> double
> click on the symbol in the library (which worked just
fine for me) or
> double-click on the symbol on the stage (which did
nothing for me). Is
> this
> strange? Is it worrisome? Am I going to miss all the fun
because I can't
> do
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