"Unknown error" when trying to save Flash Text

Question

I get the message "unkown error" every time I try to save
flash text. Help topic in Dreamweaver 8 outlines the steps to take,
but not what to do if it doesn't work. I followed a thread for this
problem in the knowledge base, but it suddenly stopped with no
apparent solution. Please help!
P.S. I did as one responder suggested and opened a new page,
typed some text, and linked it to something in my root folder. File
path is: file:///Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Dreamweaver
8/East Meets West/eastmeeetswest.html

Answer 1

Are you using mac os?
as a guess from years of this- there is a "funky" character
in the hd name,
your username, or a folder name in the path to this local
site folder. Dw
trips up on the character and can't resolved the path to the
local site
folder.
so it doesn't create Flash Text or Flash Buttons and gives an
Undefined
Error.
And will give constant nags that "the selected homepage is
not in the local
site folder"
please do this.
open a new dw document using File->new
-->don't save this file<--
type some text, select it, and using the property inspector's
Browse to File
folder icon make a link to this site's "homepage"
view the code, copy the link code and paste into reply.
it should be an absolute full hard drive path like this:
href="file=///hdname/Users/username/folder/folder/file.html"
technote: "File or folder name in Mac OS may break
Dreamweaver
functionality"
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14452
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/