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How to locate a textfield in Flash Pro CS6?

I'm updating a large .fla file from AS2.0 to AS3.0 and get the following warning:

WARNING: Text field variable names are not supported in ActionScript 3.0. The variable '_text' used for the text field '_textField' will not be exported. Fonts should be embedded for any text that may be edited at runtime, other than text with the "Use Device Fonts" setting. Use the Text > Font Embedding command to embed fonts.

Is there a quick way to locate the offending symbol? The Flash Pro "Find" function does not seem to be helpful for this (or anything else for that matter, at least on my Windows 7 computer).

Thank you.

Solution

  • The Movie Explorer panel will list a text field's variable name in parentheses after the text inside the field. E.g.:

    Here's some text inside my field, (myTextVariable) , (TimesNewRoman, 12 pts)