by Sarthak Singhal

Created

December 19, 2008

I have seen that users of Fireworks are running into issues where the design job is lost while saving the file. I admit to this begin a huge frustration for the users and we will work on to better it. Till that time a useful utility is present at the following web address which can save the png file automatically for you.

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This is an AIR application which will save your work automatically. It will not update the original png file but will create a folder FWAIRBackup where the auto saved png file will be placed. The extension will successfully work in versions CS3 and CS4 of Fireworks. The only requirement is that AIR run time needs to be installed which can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

Further details of the extension can be obtained from the first link. Any other doubts or queries post them right away.

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  • By Joseph Sims - 8:55 PM on December 19, 2008  

    Good Idea! This should be emulated across the Suite. I know too many folks who don’t practice SASO that this would help.

  • By Thierry Lorey - 2:50 AM on December 21, 2008  

    I suggest an old command from Nathan Pitman to auo save which doesn’t need Air.Check this url: http://www.fireworkszone.com/page-2-1-98.html

  • By Jesper - 5:14 PM on February 24, 2009  

    This application doesn’t seem to work on my system: 10.5.6, dual 2ghz Macpro. It counts down, but it doesnt save my open Fireworks CS4 docs?

  • By Sarthak - 8:10 PM on February 24, 2009  

    @JesperThe command is written such that the file is created in a sub folder where the actual png file is present in the directory structure.Otherwise I suggest posting a comment at the extension review section for the author to investigate it.

  • By Jase - 11:47 PM on March 10, 2009  

    Thanks for this! Oh how I wish I found this 5 minutes ago :( You’d think that with Fireworks CS3′s frequent crashings I’d actually save religiously… Thanks again.

  • By Very Creative - Web Design Company - 6:23 PM on August 17, 2009  

    Thanks, very good article.Chris.

  • By Mad A. Hell - 2:15 AM on August 19, 2010  

    Adobe CS teams should hang their heads in shame. It is unbelievable that they pass themselves off as software engineers/developers. I cannot count the hours lost to the fact that there is no auto-save preference in ANY CS4 apps! The extensions mentioned here are not a reasonable solution. For the money you charge for this “suite,” you should be ashamed.

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