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ottie_be
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August 24, 2011
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Swf dynamic texts turn from horizontal to expanding vertical text

  • August 24, 2011
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Just to be sure, as I don't know what causes the problem, I also posted this message in the Flash Pro forum. Sorry if I break any rules doing this...

I've got a two year old site in actionscript 2 (ww.pantelco.be/coaching.html) and something odd happened today. I had to change something in the fla, tested the swf and uploaded it to the server. When I test the swf in flash or just open it manually, all is fine, texts are okay.

But whenever it's in a htmlpage (using swfobject), all the multiline textfields turn from horizontal to vertical expanding text, so a large column of 1 character.

Even my backup site acts the same way. It's driving me crazy. And my client.

I installed a couple of new browsers a couple of days ago, and I remember I had to update my flashplayer. Maybe this is relevant? I just don't know.

Texts are loaded through xmls - well, they load alright, but they don't show up the right way.

Anybody?

Thanks in advance

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    ottie_beAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 24, 2011

    Relief - well sort of.

    I uninstalled the last Flash version (that I downloaded a couple of days ago) on all my browsers.

    Then I downloaded the older 10.2 and installed, and the problem was gone. I'm on MacOSX Lion, by the way.

    So this must be a bug in the last flashplayer.

    Cost me five hours and a bucket of sweat.

    And from now on, I'll be pretty scared to give the flashplayer an update, that's a fact.

    ottie

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    August 25, 2011

    If the website that shows the problem is public, then reverting your FP version is not the solution.  What about your visitors?

    Anyway, the issue is a known one, see https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=2941694 - I haven't checked if there are any fixes or workarounds in that bug report.

    chris.campbell
    chris.campbell
    Legend
    August 25, 2011

    A new version of the player was released last night that should address this issue.  For additional details, please see the following post:

    Flash Player 10.3.183.7 Released

    Thanks,

    Chris

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