Hello, About a year ago, for my work, I built a simple SWF app that loads two other SWFs.
Today, a client sent us two AS3/FP10 SWF files that would not load into my app. I think I have narrowed the problem down to the TLF text. I mostly use CS3 (not by choice) so TLF text is new to me... I do have the CS5 demo installed at work. When I convert all of the TLF text to "classic" text, the client's SWFs load without error. When I convert the client's FLAs to CS4, thereby converting all TLF text to "classic" text due to the conversion, the compiled SWFs loaded without error. When I created a new CS5/AS3 document, and published a test movie with TLF text on the stage, I noticed that an "SWZ" file was generated. Questions: 1. When should I use TLF? It looks like the default choice for new text boxes is TLF... Is TLF overkill if you are not going to utilize any of its features? Stupid question: Why would Adobe assume people want to use TLF for every new text box? 2. My theory is that the SWF files did not load because of the TLF text. More specifically, I believe that the client's files needed to load an SWZ file (locally, or from Adobe servers) and my app failed to load these SWFs because they failed to load (or my app did not allow the loading of) the SWZ file? Without seeing my code, does the above theory hold any water? If it is of any help, here is the loader class that my app is using: http://code.google.com/p/as3-multiple-file-preloader/ 3. Again, If my above theory is true (TLF is the cause of the SWFs not loading into my app), should I just bite the bullet and update my app to account for TLF text and SWZ files? On the other hand, should I tell clients to keep it simple, and use classic text only? If TLF is the default format for new text boxes, it seems like people would use TLF without even really knowing the features it offers... For example, the client documents were not using any of the TLF advanced features: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/ .... Sorry for my long-winded e-mail... I just am not sure how to best handle this situation. Thoughts? Thanks! Micky _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
