Question on Upgrade to Flash CS5.5

1) I have a Web Premium CS5. Am I eligible to upgrade just the Flash Professional CS5.5 at the special upgrade price?
2) My Web Premium is on the Windows Platform. Am I able to purchase the upgrade as a M

Suites can only be upgraded to suites. You cannot just upgrade one single product. And yes, when you do, you can switch to Mac, but also only for the entire suite.
Mylenium

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Upgraded to Flash CS5/Flash Player 10, Bad Stuff Happened

Hey guys.
So I finally finished my Flash game the other week after months of working on it and have currently been on the hunt for a sponsor. Everything was going great and I've even had ideas for new games. I didn't want to start them until I upgraded to CS5, so yesterday I bought/installed Flash CS5.
This also appears to have updated my Flash Player from 9 (8?, I dunno what it was) to 10.
Now, when I go play my .SWF of my completed game (which was made in AS3 in CS3) it's acting all crappy. Certain functions aren't being called to stop sounds, the game isn't playing right in certain areas, etc...
I'm *this* close to just smashing something against the wall.
Does anyone have any idea how I could fix this / has this happened to anyone else?
BONUS CRAZIES: I opened up the CS3 .FLA in CS5 and saved it as the newer CS5 format. I then exported a new .SWF and not only is it still acting crappy, now certain movieclip images have been completely swapped with other TOTALLY unrelated movieclips. This absolutely makes no sense...
Is there some way I should be saving this or something to get it to work the same no matter what the Flash Player? I mean, I can see the game not working right if I was using an older Flash Player version, but a newer one?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks for the link to the online CS5 docs.
Within the docs, the page that seems to come closest to answering the question is this: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/CS5/Using/WS3D3F757E-6EEB-4f6b-BC7F-BE8F94D329E1.html
However that page seems to be simply an update of the CS4 page: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WS3D3F757E-6EEB-4f6b-BC7F-BE8F94D329E1.h tml
So we might easily conclude that no changes have been made to 3D support in CS5 verses CS4.
Currently (at least at the CS4 level) the only solutions for people wanting to 3d graphics in flash are things like Papervision3d, which are great, but use huge amounts of CPU resources because they don't take advantage of GPU capacity like DirectX / OpenGL / o3d etc do.
However I have heard it said that Flash 10.1 and CS5 support GPU accelerated type 3D graphics (like DirectX or OpenGL or Google's o3d on the web).
They even mention something about this in the introduction video to CS5.
I think many developers have been waiting for this for a long time.
So if it is true, I am surprise that there is not a big fanfare and lots of documentation about it.
However I cannot find any.
Does this functionality exist?
If so where is the documentation?
Many thanks for help, if anyone knows.

Embedding and using external fonts in Flash CS5

I just upgraded to Flash CS5. Font embedding is entirely different than it was in CS4. I've been looking for examples online but none seem to show me a solution that matches what I need.
In the project I'm working on, code changes the font a text box uses based on region and language. To keep file size down I created separate swf files with the fonts embedded. That way I only download the font I need. The way I did this and the code I used in CS4 doesn't seem to work anymore. Can someone please point me to a tutorial on this.
Thanks

OK, maybe you can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Below is the code I'm using.
LOADING THE FONT
Font SWFs:
I'm trying something new with CS5. To create a swf with the font I need I'm creating a library symbol of the font with all the characters in it. Titled it "Verdana". I've also turned on Export for ActionScript and given the font a unique class name (VerdanaFont). Then of course publish the swf, name it Verdana.swf, and put it in the correct location. Does doing it this way automatically register the font?
The Loader code:
private function LoadFont()
var fontPath:String = "assets/fonts/Verdana.swf";
var fontLoader:Loader = new Loader();
fontLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, createTextBox);
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private function createTextBox()
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tf.align = "left";
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Getting Flash CS3/CS4 AIR1.0 app to work in Flash CS5

This is a question in regards to Flash CS5 but since it's specific to AIR I'm posting here.
I have a Flash CS3 AIR 1.0 project and I can't get it to compile in Flash CS5. If I recall I installed some extension for Flash CS3 to be able to create AIR apps. It was an Adobe extension.
The app involves two SWFs. The first is the main app, Main.fla, the second is a window panel template, Panel.fla. The Main app would compile and include the Panel.swf which it would instantiate and load into new windows to create a paneled app.
I was able to open Main.fla and publish in CS5 with no problems. The profile even says AIR 1.0 in the properties panel, although when I click edit it shows AIR 2.0 selected in the dropdown, and there is no option for another version of AIR -- which version of AIR is actually being created? Not important as long as it work...
The Panel.fla on the other hand I cannot get to compile. The profile still says AIR 1.0 in properties but the dropdown in the publish settings says Flash Player 9, and when I compile it breaks on any AIR references, for instance:
1119: Access of possibly undefined property nativeWindow through a reference with static type flash.display:Stage.
I have this classpath:
$(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0 AIR 1.0/Classes
But apparently that is no longer good. I've looked in all the Flash CS5 directories I could find and there is no such dir.
The issue here is that Panel.fla is NOT an AIR app, it's a SWF which runs in an AIR app. How should get this working?

I changed the profile of both to AIR2.0, and it still shows AIR1.0 in the properties panel. I'm able to publish the Panel.swf now but it also generates an unwanted panel-app.xml -- unwanted because panel is not an app, it's merely a SWF to run inside the main app.
Is there a better way? And why does it still say AIR1.0 in the properties panel?

Adobe actively killing off Freehand with Flash CS5

Hi,
We have just upgraded to Flash CS5, wanted CS4 and were told there is now CS5 and it will be that.
We come to open our Freehand maps from our vast database of such and CS5 wont open them. Flash 8 would.
CS5 we are told has dropped support for Freehand. This brings the new map work of a Government body in Flash to a halt.
Freehand is the tool for maps, superior to Illustrator. I have tried out Illustrator and hate it, other Cartographers also stick with Freehand. Its about time Adobe stopped shunning that side of the graphics industry. We have a job to do.
If Adobe host Freehand they should ensure two vector apps work together. No reason why suddenly Flash will not work with the vector file, somebody has simply tweaked it to deny Freehand users the ability to use Flash anymore.
As I type I now learn that Adobe have dropped selling Freehand, long rude word !!!!!!!!!!!!
How dare they deny cartographers a better tool. We have tried to convert maps in the past, the clipping paths are one aspect that fall over. Line caps another. There is no time to both do a job and mess around battling with Illustrator, no money to employ a second person to be tasked with this. Gov't helped the banks out and now find the money by cutting down on us !
Does anyone know how to work with Freehand and Flash, CS3 I gather will open fh9 files (I still use FH9 as I prefer its interface 3 doesnt look like an 8 etc, data entry windows a decent size. )
Will CS4 open fh9, ...will it open .fh11 ?
Envirographics

Sad to hear that. I just began working with CS4 and found that copy paste from FreeHand to Flash CS4 works fine. Hope I never need to badgrade to CS5.
You may be interested to hear that there is a community actively fighting for FreeHand, in case you do not know about it, and tell your friends:
www.freefreehand.org
Regards,
Thom

Flash CS5 giving me headaches No Bold style for Arial Unicode MS

Hi,
We recently upgraded to Flash CS5 and now are facing a lot of problems.
I created a static textfield on Stage with publish settings Flash player6 As1.0
I selected the settings as shown in attached screenshot.
The problem is I can't select Bold from styles as it is greyed out. However this work fine in Adobe Flash CS3.
Anyone knows what I may be doing wrong

Hi,
I think this is nothing to do with Flash CS5 but with the font availability in your system. If the font doesn't have bold, italic variants of the font then the Style combo box becomes grayed out as there is no corresponding glyphs available for that. Normally Arial Unicode MS font doesn't have its Bold variant. Some word processor applications (eg MS Word) may do that by just thickening the available glyphs instead of using the actual bold glyphs from the Font which is incorrect.
Thanks!

Need adobe flash cs5 certification dumps...

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Hi, I developed an App and I published it on the Apple App Store about a month ago, when I was still using Adobe Flash CS5.
Now I bought the latest version of Adobe Flash, the CS5.5 and I want to upgrade my exiting app with the Retina Display support.
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bye and thanks
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Here is my understanding of the updating rules for iOS apps. Once you publish an app targeting a specific OS, any further update to that app must target that OS. Since Flash CS5.5 only targets 2.6 and later, which has a dependency on iOS 4 or later, you are as you discovered stuck. I think you solution is to create a new version, "My Awesome App HD" and then publish via CS5.5 to get the performance and Retina support you want.
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Hello all,
I'm currently developing a client library for a server-based API which is developed by my company.
The goal is for the .swc to be usable in both Flash and Flash Builder (any Actionscript environment, really). So far I've just been creating it in Flash CS5 and have yet to test it in Flash Builder. It contains a single piece of UI (a login window) but is intended to expose a number of actionscript classes as API interface points to the developer. The login window is a single Movie Clip placed onto the stage. I have been testing by simply running the Flash project for the SDK and it works well.
However, I run into problems when I attempt to use the SWC in other projects (I have the Flash project for the SDK set to create a SWC as well as a SWF)...
I link the SWC to the other project using the flash compiler settings
com.mycompany.SDK is a class required for initialization (singleton) and com.mycompany.LoginWindow is the UI window for logging in
The developer needs to call SDK.Initialize(), which seems to work fine
When the following code is added I get the below error: addChild(new LoginWindow())
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: InstanceInfo.
I take it that the error is a result of an undefined class - but I cannot figure out where InstanceInfo (it is not a class of mine) is being used or how to fix this...

Found a good example that helped me figure this out.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/articles/xml_prefs.html
Will share the results when complete.
Thanks

IPad Development Question - Flash CS5

My friends and I were thinking about creating a few games for the iPad. With Flash CS5, there is an option to publish to iOS. With the conflict between Apple and Adobe... If we create a game in Flash and publish it to iOS, would Apple allow it in their App Store?

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wallaby/
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/edge/
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I have licensed version of Flash Builder with Master Collection CS5.5 how to upgrade to Flash Builder 4.7

Did not take advantage of the free upgrade awhile back and need to upgrade my Flash Builder 4.6 licensed in Master Collection 5.5 to version 4.7.
My serial is not working from my MC5.5 and my individual license from my Flash Builder is not working.
Any ideas on to solve this issue?
Tried to purchase an upgrade on their site but cannot find one that will let me upgrade from 4.6 to 4.7.

No. You'll either have to pay for CS6 at full price. Or you'll need a subscription to the Creative Cloud. I highly recommend the latter.

Question about flash CS5 working with TLF TextField & self document preloader

Hello everybod,
I am working on a project that document type of it is Flash CS5. I have an Document class that attached to my fla file.
in it i create a self document preloader like this :
Class Document :
package Codes
     import flash.display.Sprite;
     import flash.display.StageAlign;
     import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
     import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
     import flash.events.Event;
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               stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
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it works true. but when i insert a TLF TextField, i get an error like this
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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Please help me. i dont know what should i do & where is the problem.
I am waiting for a replay.
Thanx every body.
Mehran Hadidi
[email protected]

Hi Alan,
Thanks for the very speedy response!!
That worked, cheers.
Just for the record, if you are having a problem accessing your FlashVars (and you are using a TLFTextField in Flash CS5) and you are using external classes (i.e. you have a document class and not timeline code) you need to listen for the ADDED_TO_STAGE event before trying to access them.
For example ...
package
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
    public class Main extends Sprite
        public function Main():void
            if (stage) init();
            else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
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            if (parent != null && parent.parent != null) {
                params = parent.parent.loaderInfo.parameters;
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I hope this gets fixed soon. It seems like a big oversight.
Regards,
Adrian

Flash CS5.5: Loading XML-file causes a "Security Sandbox Violation"

Hi,
after upgrading from CS3 to CS5.5, i get a "Security Sandbox Violation" when loading a XML-file. With CS3 everything was fine, but now my file is not working any more. The XML-file and my SWF-file are stored in the same directory and it nether work local nor on the webserver.
I don't know the correct message in english, but flash tells me something like:
"Security Sandbox Violation"
access to file:[]data.xml disconnent - not allowed from file:[]myfile.swf
Why am I not allowed to load an XML-file from the same directory/domain any more? And how can I get my data into my flash-File now?
It doesn't seems to be a Flash-Player-Problem, because an older version with the same code still works. So the problem has to be located in Flash CS5.5
Can anybody help me? Thanks a lot!
Sonja

Please ask such questions on the product specific forums. It is highly doubtful that anyone wil lsee it here.
Mylenium

Problem with textboxes in Flash CS5

Hi, I am currently a Flash CS4 user and am trying Flash CS5 currently to see if it is worth it to pay for the upgrade. I currently have a problem with the use of textboxes in CS5 comparing with the previous version. When I try to change the texts of a text box using the following command in actionscript:
showlmytext.text = "My string: " +String(somevariable);
I would get weird misaligned text outputted in my textbox, which exact same code did not cause this problem on Flash CS4.
Can somebody please tell me what is the problem and how can I fix it?
Thanks

Hi Mario,
I hope you are well. My name is Sandi Langlotz.
At my job at greenidea.com, here in SF; I am having difficulty with using Hebrew in the trial download of CS5 Flash. Russ Mumford my boss has also contacted you regarding our problem.
Flash has a new TLF (Text Layout Format tool). My difficulty has to do with text boxes that are formatted for Right to Left text, with Hebrew selected as the Locale. We are pasting from Microsoft Word.
I hope that you may have a suggestion, a referral or a possible work around for me to try.
I have tried Adobe Customer Service several times to no avail.
Problem 1.
The first sentence below, (in blue) is correct format for Hebrew. Hebrew reads from R to Left.
When I paste the Hebrew text into the Flash animation, one of two things can happen;
the punctuation is cut off of the left side completely; or it is pasted in to the Right side of the Text box, (at the wrong end of the sentence).
I have tried to click the cursor into the left in order to insert the punctuation mark; this works sometimes but often I am unable to click in to manually correct the problem. I don't understand why it is cutting it off, or why I am sometimes unable to click into the left side and insert the punctuation.
Problem 2
In the second paste (the 2nd bold sentence), .CSO on the left side of the sentence is correct, as is the rest of the sentence.
When I paste the text into Flash from Word, Flash puts it in as reversed order. the word CSO. has the punctuation switched to the right (CSO.) Flash reverses the order of the other characters in the sentence also (like in the 2nd black sentence).
שולחן נקי הוא שולחן מאובטח.
שולחן נקי הוא שולחן מאובטח
מבוסס על רעיון ממגזיןCSO .
.CSOןיזגממ ןויער לע ססובמ
Adobe says it supports Right to Left text, but I can find no info on these two buggy problems. Do you have any idea what is wrong?
Thank you ahead of time for any info or referrals you may suggest.
Sandi Langlotz
שולחן נקי הוא שולחן מאובטח.
שולחן נקי הוא שולחן מאובטח
מבוסס על רעיון ממגזיןCSO .
.CSOןיזגממ ןויער לע ססובמ

Upgrade paths from cs5 to cs5.5

Hello,
I just got off the phone with customer service. I upgraded from CS4 to CS5 in late December. I would like to upgrade InDesign from CS5 to the 5.5 version. I was told this isn't an option because I own the suite.
This perplexes me since I have purchased many, many single items from Adobe in the past--from Pagemaker 3 pretty much on. Is it really true that once I went to CS2 I abandoned my rights to upgrade individual products?
It seems a bit unreasonable, after spending $600 at the end of last year, that now, three months later, I need to spend another $400 just to update one program. Am I missing something?
I am posting here because the representative I spoke with had a really, really hard time understanding English and I'm not sure he even got my question. It took him over a half hour just to find my account and verify that I had a registered version of Design Premium. He told me that part of the problem was that I have purchased so many Adobe (and Macromedia) products over the past 15 years that I now have four accounts and that it was not possible to consolidate all my software under one single account. This also sounds very odd. HELP!
Thanks!
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I looked into crossgrading. The whole thing was a comedy of errors. My new custom built super-charged PC developed an un-diagnoasable software error, and then got stolen after being sent in for repaired. At the time, it seemed like my best option was to start the migration from Windows, buy a Mac laptop, get software to run on it, yet still keep my Windows options open in case the PC was found. I was using a backup PC to keep work on schedule.
I used one of my Macromedia cross-platform suite products to upgrade to the Mac CS3 suite. So it wasn't as expensive as it could have been. In hindsight, yes, I should have just abandoned the PC and crossgraded. But I was very fearful after all the computer issues I had encountered that I would have problems with one or the other of the two computers and I felt I needed some redundancy just to ensure I didn't have more downtime.
I'll look through the Adobe site for a license transfer form. When I called several months ago, the agent, made it sound like these were very difficult to come by. Or perhaps, the agent just didn't know. I've ran into this several times with Adobe. One agent tells you one thing, another says something entirely different. Customer service is lacking in my opinion.
Ruth

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