So I encountered what I think is a new issue in Flash CS5. The mystery loading dots. Check the screenshot in this post.
If you ever see this weird black screen with what appears to be white loading dots cycling left to right (and you sure as hell know you didn’t actually write a pre-loader) then you probably have added an asset to your library that doesn’t have the fonts embedded properly. (And you don’t have the fonts on your system)
I couldn’t find any reference to this on the web–I think it has to do with the changes Adobe made to Flash’s font embedding system in CS5. In ye olden days, you’d just see the wrong font. I kind of liked that problem better.
Anyway, this seems to be a brand new but simple problem.
Maybe this is well known in CS5 circles, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen it!
Mystery Dots
Do you know how to fix the font embedding problem? I am currently having this issue and would like to resolve it. I’m using Myriad Pro which I think is a pretty standard font?
Hmmm…It was a long time ago that I encountered this problem. As I recall I just had to read up on how Flash CS5 does their font embedding since it’s totally different from previous versions. Here’s one guide that I found http://www.dotstrosity.net/2010/05/10/flash-cs5-font-embedding-its-totally-different/
I do think that later on I spotted those mystery dots again, but the app would eventually run. It was the font issues that would just keep the dots up and the application would never actually start.
default loader