Problem opening a .fla file

I keep getting the error The application Flash has
unexpectedly quit. It happens when I open any .fla file in Flash
CS3 (Intel-based Mac and Mac OS X 10.4.10). I have been using the
application all of last week without hitch or problem. Suddenly
today it won't let me successfully open anything. Have ran a
software update on the full Adobe Suite. Updates were only
available for the Adobe Version Cue Server.

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Problems opening Mac .fla files on a PC

Hi,
Sorry in advance not to have fully searched the forums; I'm stuck away from work using crappy Australian 3G wireless....
A work partner is using Flash CS3 on a Mac.
She sends me her .fla files for me to edit which I cannot open.
I'm using Flash CS4 on a PC.
Is there a simple way to fix this problem; it's driving us crazy and really slowing down development. I haven't had this problem before working between PC and Mac formats...
Many thanks in advance,
Mez

No special program should be needed. She can just right click on the item and Compress the file to a zip. I just tested it myself from home to work and it is fine. And you should just be able to Right click and extract all.
Since you are having problems with the zips my guess is that it has to do with how the files are getting sent.
You didn't answer my question about file sizes, but I'm guessing that they are way too small. The Mac tracks its files differently than Windows. So sometimes people get two files with the same names -- a small file that doesn't work and a larger one that is the correct file. Or perhaps just the smaller file. That is what I'm guessing is happening.
Make sure that the mac user has "Send Windows Friendly Attachments" selected. It is under the Edit menu I think. Or it can be selected on an attachment by attachment basis in the attaching dialog (assuming that she isn't just dragging and dropping it into the e-mail.)
If that isn't it the only other thing I can think of is that one or the other of you have some kind of accelerator software that is maybe messing up the attachments?

Flash crashes every time I open an fla file

I installed a trial version of Flash CS3. I had a Flash 8
Professional already installed. Every time I tried to open a fla it
crashed, so I uninstalled both versions and reinstalled. I still
have the same problem. I can't open existing fla files or create
new fla files. This is important to my work so I would appreciate
any help.
PC: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 2GHz 1GByte RAM
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shouldn't adobe help you?

Help - can't open a fla. file

I have created a fla file and I was working on it today when
flash crashed and since then every time I open that fla file, flash
crashes again! any ideas? I have been working on this file for more
then a week and I was just about to finish it!!! HELP!

Don't mean to sound bad but you should have backed up your
file during the week, also save as new file with V2 at the end of
name just so that if it gets screwed up you always have the other .
In terms of fixing your file, have you tried opening another
fla file and seeing if it is just flash prog that has a problem and
not file. Also if possible can you try opening the fla on another
computer?
jon

Can't open PC .fla file on Mac

I have searched archived messages and although there have
been posts about this, no one seemed to have any answers. So, I
thought I would ask again. Oh, and please don't laugh!
My company had a web site built back in 1998-1999. The
outside person they hired to do the site created a Flash animation.
I do not know what version was used or for sure what platform (PC
or Mac). I do have the .fla files as well as the .swf files to work
with, but when I try to open them I get this error message.
"This document contains embedded objects that were created
with Microsoft Windows version of Flash. These embedded objects
must be deleted before opening on a Macintosh."
I am trying to open the .fla files using an old Mac version
of Flash 4. (Yes, I said please don't laugh!) My company will not
allow the resources to buy an upgraded version. Can anyone tell me
why I am getting this message? How I can open these files? or
ANYTHING I can do? Thanks for the help.

i think your company's lack of resosurces allocated to
software updates has finally caught up with
them :p
The only thing you can do is find flash 4 - install it on a
pc - open the FLA and well...come to
think of it - i have no idea what that error could mean - FLA
files are cross-platform. Original
author must have embeeded windows video files or something -
i cant even remember what flash 4 did
or did not support. Flash 4 didnt have a dependant files
feature (i dont think).
chances are the error is generic and the real issue is that
the file is old and possisbly corrupt. I
dont have flash 4 anymore but you could post the fla to see
if it can opened at all - on PC and/or
MAC - then try downloaded the 30-day trial of flash and
editing it - or search ebay for flash 6 or
even 7 at a cheap cost.
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Jalk67 wrote:
> I have searched archived messages and although there
have been posts about
> this, no one seemed to have any answers. So, I thought I
would ask again. Oh,
> and please don't laugh!
>
> My company had a web site built back in 1998-1999. The
outside person they
> hired to do the site created a Flash animation. I do not
know what version was
> used or for sure what platform (PC or Mac). I do have
the .fla files as well as
> the .swf files to work with, but when I try to open them
I get this error
> message.
>
> "This document contains embedded objects that were
created with Microsoft
> Windows version of Flash. These embedded objects must be
deleted before opening
> on a Macintosh."
>
> I am trying to open the .fla files using an old Mac
version of Flash 4. (Yes,
> I said please don't laugh!) My company will not allow
the resources to buy an
> upgraded version. Can anyone tell me why I am getting
this message? How I can
> open these files? or ANYTHING I can do? Thanks for the
help.
>

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Message was edited by: DJ FROM CALI

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Is it possible to open a fla file when shockwave is installed on your computer? I have a .fla file that I created in flash cs5. But I no longer have the cs5 flash application. What do I need to open this file without the cs5 app?

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Message was edited by: DJ FROM CALI

Telling me to go to wiki is kinda rude. Although Wiki has some valuable info, it is sometime incorrect and therefore unreliable and unusable just as you answer was.
I don't know that Wikipedia is any more unreliable than your asking on a discussion list populated by total strangers and anybody can post here... (though I must say that both Wikipedia and this discussion forum have a fairly high level of commitment and quality considering both are conducted by self-assigned volunteers). If you're desperate to get your own paid employment assignment done by the weekend and are worried about reliability then consider hiring a Flash programmer.

Getting Error in opening a fla file in flash 8

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any suggestion would be really helpful.
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If it's a flash cs3 fla, then you might have a lot of problem since cs3 has new features that flash8 cant take care of.

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