What's New in Flash MX 2004 7.2

By: Paul Newman

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What's Changed

Flash MX 2004 7.2 includes over 120 fixes and changes. You can find a complete list in the Release Notes, but here are some of the highlights:

Crash Fixes

Bug No. Description
96714 Repeatedly using the Test Project button in the Projects panel will cause a crash on OSX 10.3.
96110 Component property definition with incorrect Inspectable value will cause crash.
77881 Crash when undoing cut Screen if selection was incorrect when the Screen was cut.
95086 Flash hangs when you try to customize the Tools panel when the PolyStar tool is in it.
92051 JSFL moveToFolder causes crash.
91225 Converting SWCs to MovieClips causes instances to disappear from Stage and eventually crashes Flash.
89189 Crash when clicking on a link in the Help panel to a file that doesn't exist in an existing folder.
84937 On pressing the "Check Syntax" button, Flash MX 2004 crashes in some circumstances.
86169 Flash hangs on launch when Actions panel is opened with invalid XML files in the custom actions.
86430 Importing JPGs from a CD-ROM crashes Flash.

Usability Fixes

Bug No. Description
95826 Drawing tools do not remember stroke settings.
95101 Restricted User account receives alert dialog on startup.
93727 Long Timeline with folders does not refresh properly when folders are expanded and collapsed.
92376 When doing saveAndCompact via JSAPI, component symbols change to the generic icon.
91752 Redraw issue with SWF content after help update when the Help panel is docked.
91590 The Timeline doesn't always update immediately when you delete a layer using the trash can icon.
68801 Reloading a component causes all folders in the Components panel to expand / Components panel does not remember state.
90052 Help update prompt on first launch after installation even when help is up-to-date.
91274 If you click into a dynamic text field without selecting something, and use the Font Size slider, the text field can no longer be selected.
91469 PDF file type missing in import options.
77639 Text cursor always visible when ActionScript panel lost focus.
88853 Snap to Objects settings are not remembered between sessions.
84661 Project icons are not appearing consistently in Project panel — makes check in/out unusable.

Performance/Resource Usage Fixes

Bug No. Description
88067 Temp files are not deleted in the Configuration folder.
88130 Performance slow/apparent freeze when loading movie with a lot of ActionScript.
87225 User level configuration folder is too big (75 MB).
87305 The time it takes to Test Movie or Publish degrades over time.
87300 USER objects are running too high / Cannot open Dreamweaver when Flash is running / Menus do not draw correctly after Flash has been running for a while.
87051/
87052
Compile time for ActionScript-heavy movies is slow.

Component Author-Time Fixes

Bug No. Description
93835 Component parameters with type lists are not updated when updating components on Stage.
93876 Manually changing a SWC component's horizontal property distorts its graphic.
72048 Creating a SWC from another SWC doesn't include all the ASI files.
76948 Auto-filling of the _targetInstanceName parameter does not work after the component is compiled.

Component Fixes

Bug No. Description
87773 Stand-alone scrollbar component is not included in Flash MX 2004.
81829 DataGrid can't display DataSet dataprovider correctly.
95544 Menu change event returns undefined for groupName.
95492 Menu Component - Should not be able to key into submenus from a disabled menu item.
88021 Components don't work correctly when doing loadMovie with _lockroot set to true in the movie doing the load.
86804 Editable DataGrid does not work correctly with IME input.
86661 Alert component can be dragged out of view with no way to get it back.
86659 Window component can be dragged out of view with no way to get it back.
86651 Accordion's change event's event object doesn't contain prevValue and newValue.
86649 When Accordion's openDuration style is set to 0, the Accordion doesn't always change child panes.
86598 Unable to open Menu component through keyboard when there is only one menu item in MenuBar.
86595 ComboBox should not always fire change event when up and down arrow keys are used.
86589 Setting monthNames for one DateChooser causes other DateChooser instances to change month names.
86578 Tabbing into an editable DataGrid should select all the text in the focused cell.
86570 Setting NumericStepper's visible property to false via Component Inspector does not work.
86544 ComboBox needs same restrict attribute that TextInput & TextArea components have.
86540 ComboBox's open() and close() methods firing at wrong time.
86536 Disabled buttons with icons do not display icons.
86532 When adding and removing text, TextArea becomes unusable — unscrollable and all the text keeps getting highlighted.
85999 Tree code is checking isNodeVisible instead of isNodeVisible(node).
85009 Changing background color in the Tree component using setPropertiesAt method does not work correctly when the openDuration style is greater than 0.
84189 ComboBox loaded into another SWF closes dropdown while scrolling through the dropdown list.
80473 Last line of multiline text does not show in Alert.
80471 RadioButtonGroup does not have addEventListener properly declared.
79454 Unable to tab into editable combo boxes when tabIndexes are explicitly set.
79360 Loader component has no visual representation on stage, nearly impossible to work with visual layout.
79207 Disabling TextAreas causes CPU usage to reach 100%.
76154 Setting Button components' selected property to true via PI or Component Inspector does not work.
75321 Scrolling in DataGrid when deleting items from the bottom of the grid disables scrolling.
71941 Menu fires change event when rolling over items with arrow keys.
71844 When using the ScrollPane component, and setting horizontal and vertical scroll policy off, and scrollDrag to true, you can drag the content all the way off so you can't get it back.
71790 DataGrid doesn't show items until clicking on the headers.
71760 Horizontal scrollbar in TextArea component is not functioning properly when wordWrap property is set to false.
71754 At runtime, components quickly flash to Times New Roman (or other serif font).
70730 When using the ScrollPane component, if vLineScrollSize value is greater than value which is left to the end of scroll (maxscroll-currentscroll), mouseWheel will no longer work.
70161 Content is scrollable within ScrollPane using mouse wheel even if content fits into component.
69059 MenuBar should dispatch events on behalf of its Menus.
69014 Setting hPosition and vPosition for a TextArea causes text to scroll to end.
66040 Radio Button gets focus when disabled and state can be changed from true to false and vice versa.
59164 The Button component's label property is only readable when you first set a value for label.
58373 Class styles do not work on the List component.

Intrinsic Class File Fixes

Bug No. Description
93379 TextField.autoSize accepts incorrect input at compile time.
93790 Remove attachVideo() from MovieClip.as file.
92827 Intrinsic definition for MovieClipLoader and Stage should not contain listener methods.
87488 Built-in classes intrinsic .as files are missing some information.

JSFL (Flash JavaScript) Fixes

Bug No. Description
93805 Line space not being set correctly from JSFL.
87153 Flash should have FLfile JavaScript API's for File I/O.

Compiler Fixes

Bug No. Description
79653 Bullets not working in htmlText of a text field.
87105 Incorrect compilation of switch arguments when publishing to Flash Player 4 and 5.
79631 Switch not working when published as Flash 5.
79815 trace(false !== 1) returns false in Flash MX 2004 but true in Flash MX.

Other Fixes

Bug No. Description
94994 Export Image cannot save a file outside of "Users" folder.
93512 Strings disappear from Strings panel.
92155 Not able to display and export embedded characters on dynamic and input text fields when publishing to Flash 4 or 5.
80785 Auto-kern causes character overlap on OS X 10.3.
66513/
76185
Help updater fails when going through a proxy.
89287 Strings in the Strings panel revert back to the original text when focus is changed.
86423 Drag and Drop learning interaction does not function properly.
78012 Lost data when saving a Slide-based FLA while focus is in Properties panel.
79819 File Save loses ActionScript changes when script navigator was used.
83246 WAV file disappears from Timeline when Sync setting is changed from Repeat to Loop.
84989 Some help pages are not found by search.
88342 Flash MX 2004 should include a Delegate class to help handle scope problems with events.

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