When copying a state, symbols get lost (latest CS6 Update)

Same issue here.  I actually didn't realize that it was a symbol issue until I read your post.  Had to share my layers across states but that's not really what I need.  I doubt there's a fix coming from Adobe any time soon, but fingers crossed.  Didn't have this issue with CS6 I had on another machine.  For now I'll just use your workaround of grouping the symbol.

I have the same issue as well. Adobe not only didn't fix the memory bug, they introduced new ones!

Me and my colleague got the same issue. Happened to us after the Fireworks latest update. Reinstalling Fireworks and not applying the latest update (which is kinda paradox) solved the problem for us. Hope this helps.

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I was experiencing this same issue.  I found a work around by deleting and rebuilding the Fireworks preferences file using the knowledgebase article below. After restarting Fireworks I was able to duplicate states with all symbols being copied accross.  I hope this works for you guys too!

http://helpx.adobe.com/fireworks/kb/restore-preferences-fireworks-cs5.html

Cheers,

Greg

Check that...  When I retested it I duplicated a page accidentally rather than a state.  Duplicating states still does not work.

I'm experiencing the same problem. Has anyone found a workaround so that duplicating a state doesn't delete all symbols in the duplicated version? I spend my day duplicating symbols, so this has become a serious problem...

Hi all.

Yesterday, I received a request from Chad Thornton at Airbnb to create a command to fix this issue.

Luckily, the answer was easy to find and it works like a charm.

Download this command https://www.dropbox.com/s/z22ov4vom02w311/Duplicate%20State.jsf and put it somewhere in your 'Commands' folder.

Now, whenever you want to duplicate a state, use the command instead of the States panel menu, and all symbols will be there : )

Enjoy!

Honestly, I don't use states that much, so I haven't tested the command a lot and I'm sure there are more bugs lurking there.

I'm currently working on fixing it for the case where some elements are locked. Is this the case in your document?

If not, would you mind sharing a document where it doesn't work, so I can reproduce the bug on my side?

Thanks in advance! : )

Cool!

I hope to have a version that works with locked elements ready soon. I'll post it here when it's done.

Glad to be of help!

Ok, here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z22ov4vom02w311/Duplicate%20State.jsf

It should work with locked elements. However, the locked status of elements is not carried over to the new state. I might try to fix that later on, but it looks quite hard and I honestly don't see the benefits to make it worth pursuing : )

Let me know how it works!

I am running into the same problem (symbols get lost when duplicating a state).

Fortunately there is an easy workaround to address this newly introduced bug:

Instead of using the "duplicate frame" command, try clicking directly onto the state bar while holding down ALT-key.

Works for me perfectly.

Alt-clicking works for me as well, thanks we are slim!