i am working on a flash movie and it has a lot of images in it's lib, which are not used.
is there any quick way to clear the images and symbols which are not used in flas?
i tried save and compact. but it is not working.

C@B@Ge G@R|)EN

There is no way that I know of that you can go through your library and clean it up. FYI, when you publish your swf file, it will not include items that are not used in your library.

mike

thanx for ur reply harpua.
but can u explain why there is "save and compact" under file menu?

C@B@Ge G@R|)EN

From the flash help manual, I have never used this.

There are several options that you can use to save a file: Save, Save As, and Save and Compact. When you save a file, Flash does not analyze all the data before creating an optimized version of the document. Instead, the changes you make to the document are appended to the end of the FLA file's data, which shortens the time it takes to save the document. When you select Save As and type a new name for the file, Flash writes a new and optimized version of the file, which results in a smaller file size. When you select Save and Compact, Flash creates a new optimized file and deletes the original file.

CAUTION
When you select Save and Compact, you cannot undo any changes you made before you saved the file. If you select Save when working with a document, you can undo changes made prior to that save point. Because Save and Compact deletes the earlier version of the file and replaces it with the optimized version, you cannot undo earlier changes.

^^^ What they said, the *swf file automatically optimizes when you publish it. So the file that's going online only has what you need. It's not affected by what you put in the library, only what you use on stage or in your movie clips.

The only reason to delete material from your library is if you're running out of hard drive space. If you're library is becoming unmanageable, then it's time to rework your library folders so that it's better organized.

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