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Flash CS4 IDE Windows Bug: Weird Output Window Glow

March 17th, 2009 by Steven Sacks

I upgraded my Windows version of Flash CS4 yesterday to the minor release using the Adobe updater via Help > Updates… Now, there's a weird glow effect on the Output panel on Windows whenever I click in the Output panel. It fades up and down. Here's the best screenshot I could grab of it. It actually looks much worse than this but I couldn't get a screenshot fast enough when it was at its "peak".

Weird Output Glow

It happens every single time. This does not happen on OSX, only Windows (I only have XP so I haven't tested on Vista).

It also happens anytime you use the jsfl command fl.outputPanel.trace().

Anyone else experiencing this?

Posted in Bugs, Flash

2 Responses

  1. Riccardo Bartoli
    March 18th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Hi Steven,
    I'm using Flash 10.0.1.545 on Windows XP SP3 and I'm not experiencing the same problem.

    I also tried a loop with a jsfl using fl.outputPanel.trace() but nothing happens.

  2. Rene
    March 18th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    I'm using windows vista ultimate and flash professional cs4.
    whenever i try to edit text field or use the text tool, it automatically windows stops responding and asks to close the program???
    Please help
    Thank you

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I am a professional Flash developer with over 13 years of programming experience. I have consulted for high-profile agencies and companies in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York, and developed numerous award-winning websites and rich internet applications for clients including Adobe, Fox Sports, FX Networks, Anheuser-Busch, GE, DirecTV, ESPN, The Weather Channel, Home Depot, and Coca-Cola.

I am the author of the open-source Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash, which dramatically reduces development time and makes developing Flash sites much easier.

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