PURCHASED FLASH FILE WON'T OPEN!

Hi I bought the flashden_md-imagefader_364 and no I didn’t realise I was buying the old version! unfortunately there is no upgrade I have to buy it all over again if I want the upgrade

anyway I changed the xml file no problems but then in the instructions it says to open the image fade .fla file well…...

I click it to open it and flash MX starts but then I just get a message saying “unexpected file format” so the file at my guess is corrupted where do I go to get a refund or help for this?

I am not asking anyone to do the work for me just help me open the file so that I can change the size of the stage lol cheers

“unexpected file format” means that it is a version of Flash that you cannot open. For example, when you have Flash 8, and downloaded a Flash 9 file, youll get that error. The file isnt corrupted, you just cant open it with your current Flash

So what your sugesting is that when they say MD_imageFader_MX.fla it doesn’t mean for flash mx?

the other file just says MD_imageFader.fla so I assumed that was for an older version of flash either way neither file opens

on the page it says Please note, this file requires Flash Player 7 and up I thought MX was above player 7 or am I mistaken?

So what your sugesting is that when they say MD_imageFader_MX.fla it doesn’t mean for flash mx? .... on the page it says Please note, this file requires Flash Player 7 and up I thought MX was above player 7 or am I mistaken?

There can be a difference between the Flash Player version that will run the compiled file (the .swf file) and the Flash development environment that will open the soucre file (the .fla file)

As Joe points out it is possible to publish a swf which will run in Flash Player V8 from source code (fla) that will only open in Flash CS3 (Flash 9)

In your case the author claims:
Opens With
MX 2004 (7+)

So if you have Flash MX 2004 the fla should open, and you should either get a version that does, or get your money back.

If you only have the original Flash MX (released in 2002, with Flash Player 6) then it will most likely never open this fla and unfortunately the mistake was yours. If that’s the case, I am not sure but it may be possible to get someone who owns Flash MX2004 to open the fla for you and save it in Flash MX (6) format. (I believe most Flash versions have the option to save the fla to a format at least one version earlier (don’t confuse this with publishing the swf for earlier versions of the Flash Player)

Thankyou all for your help and suggestions I really do appreciate it

of course if you know of a tutorial that will teach me to image fade I really should learn to do it myself lol

I don’t use flash very often I use photoshop and dreamweaver every day of my life for at least 6 hours per day lol but flash well this is the first time I will be using it again in the past 4 months or so

so you see all of your advice is valuable to me and please know that it is appreciated

I have tried to contact the owner but still have nothing from him

again thankyou all I will look back here to see if anyone knows of a tutorial so I can do this myself

thankyou everyone, glad I found this site even if my first experience was something that just didn’t work lol