Panels have been bugged for a while now and I'm not sure it has been fixed in CS3.
The cause of this is a corrupted panelset.xml file in: C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash 8\en\Configuration Think it has something to do with custom panels being assigned a numeric ID and getting messed up when you add new ones. Just delete the panelset.xml file and restart Flash. regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Sacks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:22 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash is BUGGED with Panels > Wow. This is awful. Just insanely badly bugged. Flash MX2004 AND Flash 8. > Dunno about CS3. > > I made a JSFL panel, the swf for this panel is named "Gaia Framework > Tool.swf". When I tried to open it under Window > Other > Panels, it opened up the gProject panel. Huh? So, I add v1 to the end of my > panel name and it opens fine. Not a fair solution > and not sure what's causing this buggy behavior. I try to open the actual > gProject panel and that does nothing (since it's > already open). > > So, I go into the Extension Manager and uncheck gProject. Launch Flash, same > problem. Wha? I just turned off gProject and it > doesn't appear in the list of available Other Panels. > > So, I got into the Extension Manager and trash gProject. Launch Flash, and > when I try to open my Panel under Other Panels, it > opens gProject (in the same group I had it grouped with before - the > library), but the panel is empty and it says cannot find file > when I rollover it. This is totally insane. > > I go into the Configuration folders both in my Local Settings folder AND in > the Flash program folder and search for anything that > says gProject. Nothing. > I search the registry for gProject. Nothing. > > I search the file system on C: for gProject. Nothing. > > I search the C drive looking INSIDE every single file for the word gProject > (which took forever). Nothing! > > Now this is ridiculous. Flash MUST be storing this information somewhere. > How can it know the panel gProject's name, much less > where it exists or what group it belonged to unless it was stored somewhere > on my computer, be it in the registry or some > configuration file. All my searching resulted in NOTHING found. > > So, WHAT THE F**K? > > We've got a few nasty bugs here. First bug is that opens the wrong panel if > the panel has the same first character in its name. > > Second, it opens the right panel that has the same first character if I add > "v1" to the end of it (very odd, indeed). > Third, it opens the wrong panel that has been completely removed from the > system and does not even appear in the list of available > panels to Flash and the loaded panel is empty. > > If I am going to distribute my panel and people own a copy of gProject, how > am I supposed to deal with this terribly nasty bug? > > > -- > Steven Sacks > Flash Maestro > Los Angeles, CA > -- > blog: http://www.stevensacks.net > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
