# Error message with flash

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 10, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message-with-flash/158655 "2005-08-10T23:15:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathanderwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b782af/32.png) [@nathanderwise](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathanderwise)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message-with-flash/158655/1 "2005-08-10T23:15:23Z")

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Hello,

I am completely new to Flash and it’s been a couple of day I have been trying to “adapt” a .fla file to work in a page I would like to post in my website.

The file in question is explained here : [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown.htm)

Now, I have been trying to change the countdown final date to september 2 2005 (using Flash MX Pro 2004) but when I try to export to a .swf file, all I get is the following error message :

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 14: ‘)’ or ‘,’ expected  
eventDate = new Date(thisYear, 09, 01);  
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

The Export Flash Player window shows the following settings :

Flash version : 6  
load order : Bottom Up  
ActionScript Version : ActionScript 1.0

I saved the image files that member Senocular provided in the main root of my website and the .swf file but when I type the address of my website, it only show the final part of the “movie” which is the word “horah”.

Anyone cares to give me a hand on how to fix this as I am going nuts trying to understand the Flash code…

Thanks,

Emilio.