Comments on: New Flash Extension: LIBRARY – Replace Selected by Import

By: edgardz

edgardz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:58:36 +0000

I am having the same problem with CS4

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:18:46 +0000

Phillipe,
This might be a CS4 issue. Are you editing the symbol when this occurs?

By: Philippe

Philippe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:24:43 +0000

1/ I import a .jpg file in a movie clip
2/ I select the .jpg file in the library and I swap this file by another .jpg, .png…
3/ The swap is ok in my library
4/ but the swap in my movie clip doesn’t work : the frame becomes empty.
in Flash CS4.
Is it awrong process ?

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:24:29 +0000

Glad to hear it. Thanks, Ted.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:41:43 +0000

It does the job great, however the difference from selecting an imported item and then choose “properties-Import…” is that your extension renames the file after the operation. For me that one difference is well enough to really appreciate your extension. Thanks a lot!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:26:17 +0000

Somewhat, Ted. Except that import only replaces the file in the library when the file name matches exactly (and the symbol is at the root of the library). Even then, it prompts you if you want to replace the symbol.

Running this extension starts out with the explicit intent that you want to replace the symbol and you’re not limited by the file name or the location of the symbol in the library.

If you wanted to mimic what this extension does, you’d have to do the following:
Move the symbol to the root of the library, rename it with the name of the file you want to import, import the file, choose “replace existing”, move the symbol back to its original folder, then go into the symbol properties and set them to match your original symbol.

For me, it’s a time-saver, but this may not be a part of everyone’s workflow.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:27:42 +0000

Isn’t this equivalent to using the import feature?