FlashCS3: Tip to speed compilation November 3, 2007

Flash CS3 has improved compiling speed over Flash8, however seemingly innocent use fonts can still bring compile times to a halt. with a font like Futura, an missed 'embed All' can turn your compile times to 30-45 seconds, as every compiler requires Flash to copy every character in the entire world...every time. Needless to say 15-30 seconds doesn't seem like much, but if your compiling often, this can reduce

Going through and removing font embedding from every textfield is somewhat tedious. But you can use the MovieExplorer to help drill down, you may even find text fields you've missed. I'm sure somebody has a JSFL to help.
The other tips are when using Flash CS3 and blessed with a timeline, put a temporary script (gotoAndPlay) to skip the intros and tutorials to delve into the heart of the what your working on at any given time. When using Cogs you can do similar things by passing a non-default initial state in the constructor.