Can Flash Pro CC publish to flash player 9??

[andykenward]

Hi

It is possible to publish to flash player 9 in Flash CC. Most of the flash ads still require flash player 9 as the highest version to publish for.

thanks

Andrew

[jt8348]

Nevermind, I figured it out. "Show package contents" !

I'm good....thank you to everyone who contributes and helps out the rest of us!

[StuntmanF]

thank you guys, this is awesome. finally i can use flash cc. 🙂

[Jocelyn_Cook]

Hi kglad,

Thank you so much for giving me the files to place into the properties.  I am currently trying to create a animated swf file from my Flash CC and was just wondering if what I'm doing is wrong.  I need to create a ClickTag swf which has got to be under v10. so i am saving it as your v9. actionscript3 and the click tag I'm using is:

function handleClick(mouseEvent:MouseEvent):void {

         var interactiveObject:InteractiveObject = mouseEvent.target as InteractiveObject;

         var li:LoaderInfo = LoaderInfo(interactiveObject.root.loaderInfo);

         var url:String = li.parameters.clickTag;

         if (url) {

                   if (ExternalInterface.available) {

                            try {

                                      var userAgent:String = ExternalInterface.call('function(){ return navigator.userAgent; }');

                                      if (userAgent && userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") >= 0) {

                                               ExternalInterface.call('window.open', url, '_blank');

                                               return;

                                      }

                            } catch (e:Error) {

                                      //

                            }

                   }

                   navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url), '_blank');

         }

}

buttonClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick);

The company keeps rejecting my swf banner and i have no idea why.  Any chance you could possible help this new user to Flash?

from joss

[FUNE78]

Hi joss

I have to solve many of exactly those problems for other companies or bigger agencies.

Usually a high flashplayer version can be a problem for certain adservers and of course a wrong clicktag, but there are many other reasons why it may get rejected.

Tell me when you still need assistance in this case.

Chris

[Jocelyn_Cook]

Hi Chris,

Thank you so much for replying back to my email. With the deadline being tonight i have actually downloaded CS6 and have created Action Script 2.0 swf with version FP8 to just get this job completed tonight. The codes for Script 3.0 / Fp 9 for clickTAG were not working for me but this is going to be my next mission to find out why when life is not so demanding.

I really appreciate your email.

Kind Regards,

Joss

[FUNE78]

Your solution is exactly what i recommend to most of my customers, downgrade if possible. I actually do 1500+ ads each year and i clearly had to learn that the most convenient way to get an ad done is still Flash CS6 with AS2. There are just some little things you can not do with AS2 and Flash CS6, so i do not even start going through Adobes Flash CC horrorstory. Next step in online advertising is anyway HTML and not AS3, so i look at this pretty relaxed and never had the feeling i am loosing to much ground by not using Flash CC/Flash CC 2014.

[Jocelyn_Cook]

Oh really! gosh i have no experience in this area more in branding work so its all rubbish to me!

Once again thank you so much for your email i really appreciate you getting back to me!

From jos

[C0FF33]

Totally solved my problem, thanks !! 

[Kinetic Text]

I know this post is a little old but I had to reply. Many Thanks Kglad!!!

[rezun8]

@Joeclyn

your code is being rejected due to the "Try" line you have.

Use the following code as it is 100% confirmed working with Google.

function handleClick(mouseEvent:MouseEvent):void {

    var interactiveObject:InteractiveObject = mouseEvent.target as InteractiveObject;

    var li:LoaderInfo = LoaderInfo(interactiveObject.root.loaderInfo);

    var url:String = li.parameters.clickTag;

    if (url) {

        if (ExternalInterface.available) {

            var userAgent:String = ExternalInterface.call('function(){ return navigator.userAgent; }');

            if (userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") >= 0) {

                ExternalInterface.call('window.open', url, '_blank');

            } else {

                navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url), '_blank');

            }

        } else {

            navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url), '_blank');

        }

    }

}

clickTag_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,handleClick);

There is no need to re-install an Older version of Flash unless you feel more comfortable using it. As of Jan 1/2015 Google will now accept Flash Player files of version 11.1 and up. Check with you media buyer to confirm.

Cheers

[marketingc19692062]

rezun8

I just tried to upload an ad 10.2 and it didn't work. Changed it to 9.0 and it worked, but the ClickTag could not be found... My guess is it is because AS 3 is still not accepted by Google Adwords.

So your information is wrong.

Adwords still only accepts 9.0 and ActionScript 2.0

[rezun8]

Actually @Marketing:

Image ads - Advertising Policies Help

shows it accepts 10.1 and 10.1 does support AS 3.0

Again if your creative is being rejected make sure it conforms to their specs. If your having trouble I'd be more then happy to look it over.

Cheers

[pavelm45162836]

Thank You!

[kglad]

you're all very welcome.

(i had no idea this would help so many people.)

[danieldesignhouse]

You are a legend!

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[lindsayg713]

I can not find this. Has it recently changed? Is this where I should be ?

[rezun8]

this is part of a larger install guide I wrote for my office. Essentially follow these steps repeating for FP 9 or other versions you might need.

3. Go to your Applications folder (MAC) and find the Flash Application Version you need to edit.

4. Right Click on the Application file and select "Show Package Contents".

5. Open the "Contents" folder and locate the "Common > Configuration > ActionScript 3.0" folder.

6. You should now see all the different Flash Player Output Version folders. Copy one of the folders .i.e "FP11.2" and make a copy in that same directory.

7. Rename it "FP10.1", if you open the folder you should see a file named "playerglobal.swc".

8. Replace this file (playerglobal.swc) with the same one from the Flash Player version folder you copied onto the desktop from earlier.

9. Now in the same "Configuration" folder, locate the "Players" folder and open that. You will see a number of different .xml files each with a Flash Player version i.e. "FlashPlayer11.2.xml"

10. Copy the FlashPlayer10_1.xml from the desktop folder and paste it into this folder.

11. Repeat process for any other needed Flash Player versions.

[mateorex0291]

no you cant

[andykenward]

Hi

Hopefully this has helped a few people with this issue. I just had to add this to a new install of Flash CC and thought I would make a github repo with the xml files for 9 10.1 10.2 in it and some rough instructions.

Check it out. Please raise any issues on it over time. But I still hope adobe will add this themselves.

https://github.com/andykenward/old-flash-in-flash-cc

[kcroy2011]

Seems that every time I come to the adobe forums, it is to deal with some feature that is broken or doesn't work as expected.

Latest version of adobe software ( which I've basically been forced to upgrade to ) ... can't use it on google ad network without modification. Kudos Adobe, Kudos.

[Amitashi]

Install Flash CS6 through Creative Cloud.

Open Creative Cloud. Scroll to not installed apps. Above them there is bar. Click blue text on the right and choose "Previous version". Then click "Install button" relating to Flash and choose CS6.

Watch how to do it. Click link below.

Creative Cloud Help | Install, update, or uninstall apps

[StuntmanF]

omfg, the new 2015 release does not support this workaround. ironically google now allows swfs up to flash version 10.1, but flash cc 2015 only lets you publish down to 10.3 (yeah, of course...). so if anyone has an idea how to fix this §%&# again on the new release please let us know. thanks in advance!

[kglad]

use the same steps shown (repeatedly) above.

[rezun8]

As of Jan1 Google DoubleClick Studio allows up to FP 12.