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Anonymous
July 17, 2006
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How do you copy a Symbol to other fla without importing it?

  • July 17, 2006
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If I try to copy or move a symbol from one fla to another, it automatically gets imported, i.e. in the new fla the symbol has in its properties a source pointer, to where it was taken from. How can i copy a symbol for real, or "clone" it, into another fla library, without importing it? If I go to an imported symbols properties, how can I cancel the source option? I don't see a button for removing the source pointer.

There has to be some way to make the symbol an independent symbol without any relation to its source fla???
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Anonymous
July 17, 2006
Open both fla's libraries and drag from one library to the other
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Anonymous
July 24, 2006
Funny thing is, both if i copy and paste the symbol, or drag it from another library, the symbol in the destination .fla gets "imported" with information about its source (in the symbol properties). I guess either my Flash has some funny settings, or is not working as it is supposed to?? Maybe I should reinstall it. I have found one way to break the "import" by making "duplicate" of the symbol, and then deleting the original, and renaming the duplicate back to the original name. Of course, this method is too tedious if I wanna copy hundreds of symbols.
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