# Serious Flash MX problem **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [April 1, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127 "2003-04-01T18:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RageW0lf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RageW0lf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RageW0lf)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/1 "2003-04-01T18:26:04Z")
Hi, I formatted very recently last Thursday, I then installed Flash MX and have been using it recently. However when I came to use the Rectangle and Circle tools I don’t get a “projection” when I drag out a shape - I can’t see see what I am drawing. If you don’t understand what I mean, click on your desktop and drag out you will see a box appear with a dotted line, I don’t get that when dragging out shapes in Flash. I have NEVER had this problem before. I tried reinstalling Flash - this did not help. I then downloaded a trial version, however the problem still remains. I get the feeling I may be missing some really obvious here, anybody got any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/2 "2003-04-01T19:25:45Z")
Ok this is a shot in the dark, but maybe your layers were locked when you tried to use those tools? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/3 "2003-04-01T20:04:22Z")
Nope. I didn’t mention this but it doesn’t stop me drawing. I can draw - it just makes it very difficult to guage what size of object I am drawing and its kind of frustrating have to resize everything ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/4 "2003-04-01T20:13:31Z")
Here’s another shot in the dark: check your preferrences… there might be something in there (like a snap or guide) that needs to be enabled (that got disabled with the reinstall). Just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/5 "2003-04-01T20:31:10Z")
Yea, it sounds like a setting…not a problem w/ the software. (i think anyway) that’s wierd though. Never seen that before ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/6 "2003-04-03T02:26:18Z")
I thought that too and I have looked but I can’t see anything that would influence it. I never had this problem before… ever. Its bizarre. Perhaps my computer is dying. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/serious-flash-mx-problem/17127/7 "2003-04-06T11:00:13Z")
anybody else? ☹