# F12 web preview not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 22, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572 "2006-04-22T13:40:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Cucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Cucho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cucho)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572/1 "2006-04-22T13:40:31Z")

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having some problems about preview the movie in an html file(F12), maybe is there there any configuration that is skip or something, plz help

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**Author:** ![grmlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@grmlyn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grmlyn)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572/2 "2006-04-22T14:03:35Z")

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simple, don’t use it  
save your work and open the html file

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**Author:** ![unclesond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@unclesond](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/unclesond)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572/3 "2006-04-22T14:27:20Z")

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Whats the problem? Won’t view? Won’t publish? Doesn’t work when it is published?

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**Author:** ![Cucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Cucho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cucho)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572/4 "2006-04-22T14:33:34Z")

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while am working on the fla i want to preview the movie into an html file, so i press F12 hotkey, but nothing happen, but yes if i publish the movie then i play the html file it works, thats not the point i want the F12 preview works…

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**Author:** ![Rustyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rustyd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rustyd)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572/5 "2006-04-22T15:46:47Z")

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That happened to me once with one particular FLA and ONLY that one FLA.  
I checked the Known Bugs section and found nothing.  
I eventually rebooted, opened that fla and, after checking my Publish Settings to ensure HTML was enabled (for the fifteenth time!), did a Save-As to a new location with a New fla Name and magically, it worked!  
I wonder if this maybe is a bug???

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**Author:** ![chrisclick](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/chrisclick/32/1991_2.png) [@chrisclick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisclick)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f12-web-preview-not-working/186572/6 "2006-04-22T16:00:03Z")

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Go to File, Preview in Browser