[vet-mm] flash problem

[Jane Fischer]

these illustrator prob started with CS 2 (other ones on earlier
versions). 
 
cheers Jane
 
Jane Fischer
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>>> claire at warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au 5/06/2006 9:54 am >>>

Thanks Jane,
We do run a Novell network, however, have been using Illustrator since
about version 6 without any hassles, so it's strange that the problem
has only shown up in Flash.
I will mention this to my techie though and see if it sparks any
ideas.
One of the mysteries of life!
Claire :-)



> Jane Fischer <jane.fischer at rmit.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> I have experience similar problems with older versions of Illustrator
on
> PC's.
> It turned out that the novel Network was interfering with the
programs
> ability to make Temp files, (at least that's what I was told).
>  
> it might be worth looking into having no network, saving to the hard
> drive and then logging in to the network to back up the work.
> although it was also re-naming files as well.
>  
> cheers
>  
> Jane Fischer
> Education Programs Teacher
>  
> lab.3000 - leading by design
> Level 3, 256 Collins Street
> Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia 
> Phone: +61 (0)3 9654 6970
> Mobile:  +61 (0)412 649 993
>  
> www.lab.3000.com.au 
>  
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> >>> gedrew at westnet.com.au 3/06/2006 5:11 pm >>>
> 
> Hi Claire, not sure if this is relevant to your problem. It could be
a
> 
> network-setting-priviliges thing. Have you spoken to your
technicians?
> At our school, when you save a file from within an application to
> another 
> network location (Windows network and operating system), you get a
file
> name 
> but 0kb file size.. Students can save into their own u:\ drive
location
> no 
> problem, but to submit work for assessment to our 'Student
Assessment'
> 
> folder which is on a dedicated network drive, they have to copy the
> file 
> using windows explorer - helps with file management skills too! The
> slow 
> problem is most likely some other network activity or something in
the
> 
> students actionscript, as Paul suggested.
> 
> Glenn Drew
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "claire" <claire at warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au>
> To: "VET Multimedia Teachers' Mailing List" <vet-mm at edulists.com.au>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 3:17 PM
> Subject: [vet-mm] flash problem
> 
> 
> > Hi Paul,
> > I thought I had sent details of my strange problem to the list, but

> > mustn't have? (report writing stress!!)
> > Excuse the long post, but if anyone can solve or even logically
> explain 
> > what is going on, I'd be rapt!
> >
> > The problem is really random. Kids save work across the network to
> their 
> > home directory and 9 times out of 10, it's OK. But every so often,
it
> will 
> > appear to save, they shut down or just go out of Flash and when
they
> 
> > return to open the file, it is empty - looking at it in explorer
> reveals a 
> > file size of 0 Kbs.
> 
> 
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