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Community Expert ,
Aug 22, 2025 Aug 22, 2025

Hello, everyone.

 

I'm working on a project using Flash CS6 and it seems there's no way to clear the path to the FLA in the IDE (same for Animate).

Screenshot 2025-08-22 at 10.09.32.png

 

And using JSFL, when I try something like:

lib.setItemProperty("sourceFilePath", "file:///");


Or:

lib.setItemProperty("sourceFilePath", "");


I always get an invalid argument error.

 

JC

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Community Expert ,
Aug 22, 2025 Aug 22, 2025

@Vladin M. Mitov  and @n. tilcheff , do you know?

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Valorous Hero ,
Aug 22, 2025 Aug 22, 2025

Hi João,

 

Yes, we've had to deal with this persistent and unwanted path several times.

Here is one way of getting rid of it, which I have discovered through experimentation:

 

1. Create a blank, new, unsaved document.

2. Copy the symbol with the path and paste it in the new document.

3. Enter the symbol and make a small change to its timeline: I extend it by one frame or add a blank new layer.

4. Exit and copy this altered symbol.

5. Paste it back into the original document, replacing the original Library item.

6. Check for the path - it should be gone.

7. Remove the unnecessary added frame/layer from symbol's timeline.

 

Before:

ntilcheff_0-1755900182200.png

After:

ntilcheff_1-1755900217170.png

 

Hope this helps!

 

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998
Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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Community Expert ,
Aug 22, 2025 Aug 22, 2025

Hello, Nick!

 

It worked!

 

Wish there was a less hacky way of accomplishing something so simple.

I'm very surprised that this missing feature went unnoticed even in the golden era of Flash!

Thanks a lot!

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Valorous Hero ,
Aug 22, 2025 Aug 22, 2025
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Hi João!

Great!

 

Yeah, it's been there and causing problems since at least Flash 8. 

 

I haven't dug into its reason for existence, but it seems that the newer versions don't record this path when copy/pasting symbols from one saved document to another, while Flash 8 does. So maybe they've quietly 'fixed' the issue without providing a way of erasing the data.

 

This was probably intended to be part of some multi-user workflow, later abandoned, where assets could be external and reside in shared locations.

 

ps. Just checked. This was introduced in Flash MX (6) and persists through to CS4 (10). CS5 is the first version which does not add the path to symbols when copy/pasting.

 

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998
Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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