# Flash actionscript inconsistencies. Please help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-actionscript-inconsistencies-please-help/273790>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 20, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-actionscript-inconsistencies-please-help/273790 "2008-10-20T23:15:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![severusofdonwel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@severusofdonwel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/severusofdonwel)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-actionscript-inconsistencies-please-help/273790/1 "2008-10-20T23:15:01Z")

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I’m a pretty experienced flash developer but I recently encountered an inexplicable problem.

I’m building a flash website with Flash CS3 on Mac OS X Leopard. Now-- this is my problem.

When I open Flash CS3 and my .fla file, and test my movie-- the **first** time it works flawlessly. If I click check syntax or auto format, it reports no errors.

Now, if I dare try it a **second** time, the testing of the movie doesn’t work. There are no errors in Output or Compiler Errors, but the SWF panel is blank. If I click check syntax I get the popup: _“This script contains errors. The errors encountered are listed in the Compilers Errors Panel.”_ But if you go to the Compilers Panel, there are _no_ errors listed there. If I click auto format I get the popup _“This script contains syntax errors, so it cannot be Auto Formatted. Fix the errors and try again.”_. But I’ve pored over ever character of those 5000 lines of code and I _know_ there is no error.

So, if I close the .fla and open it again, same problem.

BUT, if I quit Flash CS3 completely, and open my .fla again, IT WORKS! But just once. Then the same problem again. Blarg!

What the heck is this?

Please do help. I have no idea what’s wrong…