# Swap Symbol is driving me crazy **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399 "2004-07-27T06:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrPantsReturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MrPantsReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrPantsReturns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/1 "2004-07-27T06:29:26Z")
Title explains all… Whenever I try to swap a symbol with another it does nothing and I mean NOTHING. Is swap symbol supossed to acually do somthing? Thanks in advance if anyone knows anything about this crap… ---
**Author:** ![MrPantsReturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MrPantsReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrPantsReturns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/2 "2004-07-27T15:25:14Z")
So swap symbol does nothing? ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/3 "2004-07-27T15:51:37Z")
> [@MrPantsReturns](#): > > So swap symbol does nothing? click on the symbol -\>swapsymbol-\> apanel opens up showing other symbols from the library-\>choose a different one and click ok. ---
**Author:** ![MrPantsReturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MrPantsReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrPantsReturns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/4 "2004-07-27T16:02:58Z")
> Whenever I try to swap a symbol with another it does nothing and I mean NOTHING. … ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/5 "2004-07-27T16:05:53Z")
maybe it only does nothing for you? ---
**Author:** ![MrPantsReturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MrPantsReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrPantsReturns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/6 "2004-07-27T16:07:40Z")
Eh, whatever I got it to work… I thought maybe **someone** on these forums would know somthing about swap symbol. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/7 "2004-07-27T16:12:09Z")
well, we all know (except for you it seems) that it works. Since it didnt work for you… we didnt know what was wrong with you. :-/ what was wrong anyway? ---
**Author:** ![berkoWitZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@berkoWitZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/berkoWitZ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/8 "2004-07-27T16:13:18Z")
u see mrpants, swap symbols is one of the easiest features on flash, even my grandmother could use it…but flash is not for everybody as I can see 😉 ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/9 "2004-07-27T16:15:22Z")
> [@senocular](#): > > maybe it only does nothing for you? lol Try reinstalling if it really doesn`t work but its not the most useful feature available to you and you might be better just getting used to life without it. ---
**Author:** ![MrPantsReturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MrPantsReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrPantsReturns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/10 "2004-07-27T16:15:44Z")
What was wrong?.. I thought I posted what was wrong… Well whatever I’ll restate what I said. I said that when I tried to swap a symbol by clicking on the symbol then in the properties box I clicked the “Swap…” Button and then when I selected the symbol I wanted to swap with and clicked OK nothing happened. But now for some reason it does so is this like a bug in flash mx? ---
**Author:** ![berkoWitZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@berkoWitZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/berkoWitZ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/11 "2004-07-27T16:17:34Z")
could be a bug, I have noticed some…in fact it must be a bug, I dont see other explanation :puzzle: ---
**Author:** ![bodyvisual](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bodyvisual/32/564_2.png) [@bodyvisual](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bodyvisual)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/12 "2004-07-27T16:18:51Z")
maybe you weren’t doing it right before… :p: ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/13 "2004-07-27T16:23:17Z")
> [@bodyvisual](#): > > maybe you weren’t doing it right before… > > :p: I bet it was, it must be a bug and by the way,berkoWitZ`s grandmother is renowned for her flash skills. ---
**Author:** ![MrPantsReturns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@MrPantsReturns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MrPantsReturns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/14 "2004-07-27T16:24:07Z")
I have a book called the Flash MX Bible. It states that swap symbol wont work if the “synchonize” box is checked. Idk If I was tinkering with that before or what but whatever it works now blegh… Also BTW swap symbol is acually a very important command in cartoon animation. ---
**Author:** ![berkoWitZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@berkoWitZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/berkoWitZ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swap-symbol-is-driving-me-crazy/117399/15 "2004-07-27T17:08:30Z")
> [@stringy](#): > > I bet it was, it must be a bug and by the way,berkoWitZ`s grandmother is renowned for her flash skills. I didnt want it to say, but she´s the brain behind 2advanced :sure: