Animate unable to save document

[joshh20922856]

Animate has started giving me an error where I cannot save my document, even if I have been saving in the same location. It suggests saving under a different name or in a new location, but still gives me an error when I try. It just started doing it this week on multiple documents. As someone who uses Animate on a daily basis, I wonder if this is a bug in the latest build since I've never seen this before. Has anyone else experienced this?

[christine conley8]

I am concerned that I am unable to save my files simply within Animate but can only save them to desktop.  

1)Doesn't this seem like a problem? 

2)What can I do to allow me to once again save them within Animate?

[kglad]

you need to use acceptable path/file names.

again, paths/file names can use alpha characters followed by and a few symbols like dash and underscore and numbers. spaces can be problematic.

[christine conley8]

Ok - the second screenshot I posted yesterday showed the paths/file names that seemed legit to me, but wouldn't work:
/Applications/Adobe Animate 2024/Hypnopompia.fla

I just tried it again -exactly the same - and this morning it worked. SMH

As that seems to be working correctly at the moment. Let me ask you my next question:

My most recent incarnation of a file was saved only as a swf. I can't find it anywhere as a fla. What can I do?

[kglad]

you can try a decompiler to create a fla from the swf. sothink's (imo) is the best.

[christine conley8]

ok. I'm always up for a new experience. I'll see if I can figure it out.

[christine conley8]

when I went to sothink, I got this message:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.sothink.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more

NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID

Back to safetyHide advanced

This server could not prove that it is www.sothink.com; its security certificate expired 6 days ago. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection. Your computer's clock is currently set to Sunday, January 21, 2024. Does that look right? If not, you should correct your system's clock and then refresh this page.

Proceed to www.sothink.com (unsafe)

[kglad]

i see the same thing.  i would proceed but not use a credit card/financial info.

[kglad]

and don't save anything in your application directory. that's for execurables