Saving a movieclip

Hello All,
I 've saved a movieclip which was preloaded with an image, it
works perfect. But when i tried to save another movieclip( i 've
added backcolor, forecolor as well as another movieclip to this
clip) the whole file is getting saved not that particular
movieclip.
I also want to save the movieclip to a jpeg file and i need
to specify path for it.
Is it possible to save the file to a server.
Hope somebody can help me with it.
regards,
jeevm
The code for saving the clip is:--
MMSave(mat,"myfile.swf");

found this thread and a guy answers it at the bottom. tested it and it works exactly how i wanted.
http://www.actionscripts.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=90159

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TAHDAH
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Converting AS3 to AS2. Some movieclip buttons not working.

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Buttons 1_1, 2_1, 3_1, 4_1, and 5_1 work. All buttons have correct instance name. The buttons are in a 5x5 grid. Hence the naming convention of column_row. So all row 1 buttons are working. Do not get hand cursor over any of the other buttons. This is totally baffling. I am using Flash CS4. The file is saved as CS3 and the publish settings are AS2, Flash player 8.
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As for why movng the buttons to another layer fixed anything, it will not have mattered. Whatever fixed the problem will remain a mystery. It could have been an issue with instance names/frames since you are at frame 126 for some reason. If you transition the buttons into place, that might be related to what the problem was.

Button swap image in holder movieclip

Hello
I know this might seem like a silly question, but I'm
struggling to find any help in tutorials already. what I'm trying
to do is have a row of buttons that when clicked change the image
held within a holder movieclip. I have a button with instance name
"adept" and a holder movieclip with instance name "holder". this is
the code i have so far, i have barely started:
adept.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Click);
function Click(event:MouseEvent):void {
eventNotice.text = "MOUSE CLICKED";
// code here to change contents of holder movieclip
I literally don't know where to start, and the idea is to
have about 6 buttons relating to 6 different images that when
pressed, change the image within the holder movieclip to the one
relevant to the button pressed.
any help right now would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

not to worry, i have cheated slightly by saving all the
images needed in separate keyframes in the holder movieclip
timeline and the buttons now tell the movieclip to switch to each
the frame containing the relevant image. thanks anyway :)

Saving and Loading specific properties of an Image

Hey everyone. I'm currently in the process of developing a game which allows you to customize the color (hue) of your character via a slider. What I would like to happen is: Upon clicking either Accept or Play, it will save the current hue of the image, navigating back to that page will load what was previously saved (hue), as well as when starting the game, it will replace the standard graphic with the previously saved image.
Below is the code I have right now that pertains to the image with a basic non-functioning properly saving and loading code:
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
// open a local shared object called "myStuff", if there is no such object - create a new one
var savedstuff:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("myStuff");
Accept.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, SaveData);
PlayBTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, LoadData);
function SaveData(MouseEvent){
           savedstuff.data.username = Sliders.Dino.MovieClip // changes var username in sharedobject
           savedstuff.flush(); // saves data on hard drive
function LoadData(event: MouseEvent)
           if(savedstuff.size>0){ // checks if there is something saved
           Sliders.Dino.MovieClip = savedstuff.data.username} // change field text to username variable
// if something was saved before, show it on start
if(savedstuff.size>0){
Sliders.Dino.MovieClip = savedstuff.data.username}
What I have above is only saving the actual image, which is inside a movie clip names Sliders.
Below is the Class I am using that associates with the slider that changes the hue of "Dino".
package
          import flash.display.Sprite;
          import fl.motion.AdjustColor;
          import flash.filters.ColorMatrixFilter;
          import fl.events.SliderEvent;
          public class Main extends Sprite
                    private var color:AdjustColor = new AdjustColor();
                    private var filter:ColorMatrixFilter;
                    public function Main():void
                              /* Required to create initial Matrix */
                              color.brightness = 0;
                              color.contrast = 0;
                              color.hue = 0;
                              color.saturation = 0;
                              /* Add Listeners function */
                              addListeners();
                    private final function addListeners():void
                              colorPanel.hueSL.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, adjustHue);
                    private final function adjustHue(e:SliderEvent):void
                              color.hue = e.target.value;
                              update();
                    private final function update():void
                              filter = new ColorMatrixFilter(color.CalculateFinalFlatArray());
                              Dino.filters = [filter];
Overall what I'm asking for is: How do I get it to save the current hue of an image by clicking a button, and then having that previously saved image be loaded upon reloading or clicking a button? To me, it doesn't seem like it should be too hard, but for some reason I can not grasp it.
Thanks in advance for reading this and for any assistance you have to offer!

This is the Class that you told me to use:
package
          import flash.display.Sprite;
          import fl.motion.AdjustColor;
          import flash.filters.ColorMatrixFilter;
          import fl.events.SliderEvent;
          import flash.net.SharedObject;
          public class Main extends Sprite
                    private var color:AdjustColor = new AdjustColor();
                    private var filter:ColorMatrixFilter;
                    private var so:SharedObject;
                    public function Main():void
                              color.brightness = 0;
                              color.contrast = 0;
                              color.saturation = 0;
                              so = SharedObject.getLocal("myStuff");
                              if (so.data.hue)
                                        color.hue = so.data.hue;
                              else
                                        color.hue = 0;
                              update();
                              addListeners();
                    private final function addListeners():void
                              colorPanel.hueSL.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, adjustHue);
                    private final function adjustHue(e:SliderEvent):void
                              color.hue = e.target.value;
                              so.data.hue = color.hue;
                              so.flush();
                              update();
                    private final function update():void
                              filter = new ColorMatrixFilter(color.CalculateFinalFlatArray());
                              Dino.filters = [filter];
And this is the FLA Code:
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
// open a local shared object called "myStuff", if there is no such object - create a new one
var savedstuff:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("myStuff");
Accept.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, SaveData);
PlayBTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, LoadData);
function SaveData(MouseEvent)
          savedstuff.data.username = Sliders.Dino.MovieClip;// changes var username in sharedobject
          savedstuff.flush();
          // saves data on hard drive;
function LoadData(event: MouseEvent)
          if (savedstuff.size > 0)
          {// checks if there is something saved
                    Sliders.Dino.MovieClip = savedstuff.data.username;
          }// change field text to username variable
// if something was saved before, show it on start
if (savedstuff.size > 0)
          Sliders.Dino.MovieClip = savedstuff.data.username;

Flash Pro CC saved fla project - "Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged."

Hi all, I've been working on a project in Flash Professional CC in windows 7 that was started in a previous version of Flash Pro and occasionally after I've saved the project and tried to open it the next day I get the "Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged." message and only a blank Scene 2 in the project. I've previously been reverting back to the old saved project file and starting over. Its wasted a lot of time so far.
I can still open the same exact project in CS6 on another older computer but not in CC. I can also save the fla in CS6, transfer it to the other computer and then it will work again (for now). This isn't going to be an option in the future as CS6 was a trial version that is on its last use today.
I've tried to create a new flash pro cc project and just copied and pasted the library and scene layout from the old project into the new project. This worked for a couple of saves/ opens but the error has happened again. I'm scared that now that I've reached the point in the project were my work in the animation/ visual side will start to be more intensive that I will continuosly have to worry about losing all of my work. I'm using a document class so the AS3 code hasn't been an issue thankfully. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the reply Amy, that is essentially what I am doing already only I'm not using version control software I'm just managing it on my own since its a solo project, though I have been considerring using git anyway. It still doesn't explain why I can open and save the supposedly damaged project (according to CC) in CS6 and only then will it work again in CC. Also I'm not gettting a chance to save as a new version over and over for long. Its only a couple of days max, usually just over one day, and I've primarily been working on the code in Flash Builder with little functional change in the actual fla project. Its primarily changing movieclips instance names, which in this project is tedious and time consuming. Having to revert back to the older working version is exaclty what I'm trying to avoid. I shouldn't have to commit the project to a repository every little change that I make to the fla file.

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