Change AS2 file to AS3?

Hey all!
I started a new flash project and accidentally chose Action Script 2 instead of Action Script 3 and didn't realize it until I had already done quite a bit of work in the timeline. Just wondering if there's an easy way to change the document type to AS3?
I tried simply using the AS3 option in the drop down menu in the actions panel, but it still gives me a syntax error when I know the code works fine in an AS3 document.
Thanks!

Thank you. I tried that, but now when test the movie I get two compile errors:
WARNING: The component 'FLVPlayback' requires ActionScript 2.0.
WARNING: The component 'UIScrollBar' requires ActionScript 2.0.
And the playback does not stop at the frames I have told it to using a simple stop(); action. I know I've used a UI Scrollbar in AS3 before and I definitely know FLV Playback doesn't require AS 2.0 so maybe I need to change the settings of those components to be 3.0 components? Not sure how to do that though.
*UPDATE: Deleting the FLV and the UI Scrollbar and then adding them again fixed this problem. Obviously the components from AS2 and AS3 are much different.
On a different note, I have two other questions for you... Firstly, I've got the FLV Playback component starting off stage and sliding in to the center when the page loads. This seems to work fine in the timeline, but when I test the movie, the video remains on the right side of the stage and doesn't slide in. Any idea why?
Secondly is there a way to pause the video when you navigate to another page? Cause it keeps playing in the background (I can hear the audio still) even though I click on another page.
Thanks!

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Change as2 code to as3

I used a tutorial http://www.flash-game-design.com/flash-tutorials/funky-flash-website-tutorial-5.html to make a menu for my application, I've tried following tips on how to change AS2 code to AS3, but it just doesn't work.
menu = ["bulls", "about", "roster", "schedule"];
var current = menu[0];
for (var i = 0; i<menu.length; i++) {
var b = menu[i];
this[b+"_btn"].stars._visible = false;
this[b+"_btn"].txt = b;
this[b+"_btn"].onPress = function() {
_root.site[current+"_btn"].stars._visible = false;
_root.site[this.txt+"_btn"].stars._visible = true;
current = this.txt;
_root.site.content.gotoAndStop(this.txt)
this[current+"btn"].stars._visible = true;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this[current+"_btn"].stars.s1._rotation += 1;
this[current+"_btn"].stars.s2._rotation += 0.5;
Thank you,
Glenn

Just a note. Function declarations in a loop is an EXTREMELY bad practice that will lead to many problems if it doesn't have some already. So, the following lines:
for (var i:int = 0; i<menu.length; i++) {
    var b:String = menu[i];
    this[b+"_btn"].stars.visible = false;
    this[b+"_btn"].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,fn);
    this[b+"_btn"].txt=b;
    function fn(e:MouseEvent):void{
        this[current].stars.visible = false;
        var nam:String=e.target.parent.name;
        this[nam].stars.visible = true;
        current = nam;
        //MovieClip(root).site.content.gotoAndStop(this.txt)
should be:
for (var i:int = 0; i < menu.length; i++) {
     var b:String = menu[i];
     this[b+"_btn"].stars.visible = false;
     this[b+"_btn"].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,fn);
     this[b+"_btn"].txt=b;
function fn(e:MouseEvent):void {
     this[current].stars.visible = false;
     var nam:String=e.target.parent.name;
     this[nam].stars.visible = true;
     current = nam;
     //MovieClip(root).site.content.gotoAndStop(this.txt)

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I have some old files/activities which are developed using Actionscript2 and one main file(main menu) which is developed in Actionscript 3.
I am loading Actionscript 2 files in main file using loader, every files are working fine apart from the files which contain 'Drag and drop activities'. Please anybody let me know how to solve this.

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Help! Convert simple Flash AS2 code to AS3

Hi everyone,
I'm a Flash beginner and followed a tutorial: http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/018/tutorial.php ... to learn how to make a "live paint/draw" effect. I didn't realize that if I made something in AS2, I wouldn't be able to embed it (and have it work) into my root AS3 file, where I've got a bunch of other stuff going on. I've tried following tips on how to change AS2 code to AS3, but it just doesn't work. I know it's simple code, and that some genius out there can figure it out, but I'm at a loss. Please help!
Here's the AS2 code:
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("myLine", 0);
_root.onMouseDown = function() {
   myLine.moveTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
   ranWidth = Math.round((Math.random() * 10)+2);
   myLine.lineStyle(ranWidth, 0xff0000, 100);
   _root.onMouseMove = function() {
      myLine.lineTo(_xmouse, _ymouse);
_root.onMouseUp = function() {
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Thanks in advance!
Signed,
Nicolle
Flash Desperado

Considering the code is on timeline:
var myLine:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(myLine);
var g:Graphics = myLine.graphics;
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown);
function onMouseDown(e:MouseEvent):void {
     var ranWidth:Number = Math.round((Math.random() * 10) + 2);
     g.clear();
     g.lineStyle(ranWidth, 0xFF0000, 1);
     addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMove);
     addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onMouseUp);
function onMouseMove(e:MouseEvent):void {
     g.lineTo(mouseX, mouseY);
function onMouseUp(e:MouseEvent):void {
     removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMove);
     removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onMouseUp);

How do I change an AS2 file to an AS3 file?

I have just started learning Flash, and I have been doing some online tutorials. They told me to create AS2 files for the tuts. I now started on my own project, and I created an AS2 file to do it, but now I am reading that I really should just learn AS3 because it is much more efficient. I have put a lot of work into my project, but I have not created any action script yet. It is all art and pathing right now. So I think this would be the best time to switch it over to AS3 if I can. First off: can I? And Second: How?
Thanks.

AS3 is a superset of AS2 and can be easily converted. AS3 to AS2 is a much harder shift language wise. This resource will get you started:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/as3_migration_table.html

Change some code from as3 to as2

Hi, I want to use as2 because it compatible with my website.
I want to change some code from as3 to as2
/////////////////////////////image1//////////////////////////////// if(MovieClip(this.parent).imagetxt.text == "a") {     var imgurl:String = "C:/Users/Thái/Desktop/ls/cotton-1.jpg";     var myrequest:URL = new URL(imgurl);     myloader.scaleContent = true;     myloader.load(myrequest); } /////////////////////////////image2//////////////////////////////// else if(MovieClip(this.parent).imagetxt.text == "b") {     var imgurl2:String = "http://aloflash.com/images/upload/3.jpg";     var myrequest2:URLRequest = new URLRequest(imgurl2);     myloader.scaleContent = true;     myloader.load(myrequest2); }thank you for your support.

use:
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AS3 menu to AS2 file back to AS3 menu?????

*Also I should note, that the actions on the As3 file is coded on the frame. The actions in the AS2 file is coded on the corresponding button.

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Convert AS2 swf to AS3 swf

I have a swf (written in AS3) that loads other swfs into it.
There are no issues when loading other AS3 swfs but there is a
problem loading AS2 swfs. I get the following error:
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
flash.display::AVM1Movie@35d3a51 to flash.display.MovieClip.
Is there any way to convert the AS2 swf into a AS3 swf so it
will be compatible with my loader? I cannot go back and change the
AS2 swfs because I do not have the fla files. Or is there any way
to incorporate AS3 code that will load AS2 swfs properly? It seems
hard to believe that Adobe would neglect this backwards
compatibility issue. Thanks

Hello Andrei1,
Thanks for looking at my simple AS3 code. The AS2 swfs that
I've been working (and having difficulties) with are components
that I've purchased from places like www.flashden.com. Some are
image transitions (such as "Dynamic Image Draw found at
http://www.flashden.net/item/dynamic-image-draw/7532)
while another is used to create a looped banner rotator animation
(IMG_loop, a free d/l from www.afcomponents.net). I have another
that uses an .xml file to configure a slideshow animation.
You mention "needing to do more" if AS2 scripts inside its
swf are to be run by the parent AS3 fla; what would these lines of
code be?
In researching my problem further I've since realized that
most of these issues deal both with the version of AS used, as well
as the version of the Flash player the fla is set up to animate
for. In particular, the "Dynamic Image Draw" component requires
that Flash Player 8 or 9 be used with AS2.
Given that many of my purchased components are like this,
I've since changed my main fla movie from AS3 back to AS2 and have
learned that the scripting needed to call individual multiple swfs
into it at various points in the timeline is MUCH simpler!!!!! One
single, easily interpreted, line of code vs. 5 lines using
variables and much more arcane (to me) function calls.
I started my file with AS3 figuring that I'd be better off
learning the new version of the language; much stress and
forehead-rubbing later, I've seen just how much easier and
understandable AS2 is to learn.
I recognize that there are likely very strong arguments for
the more structured coding approach used by AS3, but for someone
like me who wants to generate customized Flash presentations with
little fuss, I'm not qualified to make them.
Perhaps this is a no brainer for those many flash gurus out
there, but for me this tiny bit of wisdom has been hard fought for!
That being said, is there an easy way to convert a swf file
created using AS2 to something that AS3 can work/interact with?
I've come across a free d/l product called actionscript bridge, but
haven't been able to understand how to get it to work.

How do you load an AS2 swf into AS3?

I think this is the way around my dilemma. How do you load and AS2 .swf into an AS3 file?
thanks again!
Steve

check that code in your last thread:
What is the code to load a .swf file in AS3 on the same layer?

Converting external link as2 script to as3

Hello.
I used this script I found online to make a Flash file that accessed an external text file full of hyperlinks through buttons in the Flash movie. The code is as2. I had to update the Flash file to AS3 and now the script doesn't work. I can't figure out how to do the same thing that this script does in AS3. Can anyone help me?
Here is the AS2 script:
textFile = new LoadVars()
textFile.onLoad = function(){
buttonlink1 = this.BlackBooklink;
buttonlink2 = this.Ashtraylink;
buttonlink3 = this.bedroomlink;
buttonlink4 = this.tvlink;
buttonlink5 = this.spiderlink;
buttonlink6 = this.Mirrorlink;
buttonlink7 = this.Boomboxlink;
buttonlink8 = this.Suitlink;
buttonlink9 = this.cashlink;
buttonlink10 = this.fastfoodlink;
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Ashtray.onRelease = function(){
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spider.onRelease = function(){
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fastfood.onRelease = function(){
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idolatry.onRelease = function(){
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trashtalk.onRelease = function(){
getURL(buttonlink11, "_s
This is the external .txt file content
&BlackBooklink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Ashtraylink=http://www.google.com
&bedroomlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&tvlink=http://www.google.com
&spiderlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Mirrorlink=http://www.google.com
&Boomboxlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Suitlink=http://www.google.com
&cashlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&fastfoodlink=http://www.google.com
&Idolatrylink=http://www.yahoo.com
I know how to make AS3 button work, I just don't know the code so that when I click the button, it accesses the external file and goes to the hyperlink specified by the button.
Any help would be much appreciated.
-Shawn

Hi Ned.
I have officially lost the rest of what's left of my hair over this.
Here is the code I am using now. For whatever reason the variable
buttonlink1 I have set up is not being recognized:
var myTextLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
myTextLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
function onLoaded(e:Event):void {
            trace(e.target.data);
var buttonlink1;
buttonlink1 = this.BlackBooklink;
myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("LeftHouseLinks.txt"));
BlackBook.addEventListener ( MouseEvent.CLICK, myBlackBookHandler )
function myBlackBookHandler( evt ){
            navigateToURL(new URLRequest(buttonlink1), "_self");
This is the resulting error message and below that is the text of the
external text file which is loading into Flash:
Any ideas? Thanks.
-Shawn
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter url must be non-null.
            at global/flash.net::navigateToURL()
            at SoulDecisions07_fla::MainTimeline/myBlackBookHandler()
&BlackBooklink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Ashtraylink=http://www.google.com
&bedroomlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&tvlink=http://www.google.com
&spiderlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Mirrorlink=http://www.google.com
&Boomboxlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Suitlink=http://www.google.com
&cashlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&fastfoodlink=http://www.google.com
&Idolatrylink=http://www.yahoo.com
&BlackBooklink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Ashtraylink=http://www.google.com
&bedroomlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&tvlink=http://www.google.com
&spiderlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Mirrorlink=http://www.google.com
&Boomboxlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Suitlink=http://www.google.com
&cashlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&fastfoodlink=http://www.google.com
&Idolatrylink=http://www.yahoo.com
&BlackBooklink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Ashtraylink=http://www.google.com
&bedroomlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&tvlink=http://www.google.com
&spiderlink=http://www.yahoo.com
&Mirrorlink=http://www.google.com
&Boomboxlink=http://www.yahoo.com
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Need help to find link to external AS2 file

I have purchased an image gallery program that works fine but I am struggling to make a very minor modification. I have asked the author for assistance but previous requests have met with no response so I am also asking my question here.
This program has most of its logic in an external AS2 file. I have made some small changes to this file and want to save it under a new name. However, that would also require me to change the reference to the external AS2 file from within the fla file. That's where my problem lies. I can't find any code in the fla that contains such a reference.
If I try to publish an swf without this file in the required location it causes a compiler error thus proving that there must be a reference somewhere to that file. However, doing a search for this AS2 file in the 'current document' when viewing the fla file in Flash CS4 produces no results. Where else could this reference be hidden?
David

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David

Does toolkit for createjs will export AS2 files?

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import flash.events.Event;
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Dear all,
I have a main movie is coding AS2 which contains a movieClip called MC_header.
And I have an external movie is coding with AS3.
My question is :
Can i loadmovie the external movieclip in the main movie????
if yes, how?
thanks
MELAS

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I recently had some 8mm film transferred to DVD. I am trying to edit the film clips using Premier Elements 4.0. so I can reburn the films on a single BluRay disc. Some of the film clips copy into the project but others don't. I tried copying the VOB filed onto my hard drive and then changing the file extensions on the VOB files to MPEG but this was no help. Some of the VOB files contain numerous film clips but my software does not appear to be able to recognize them as such. I need to know if replacing my old Premier Elements with the new Version 13 would solve this problem or not. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Bob
What do you have now.....
What computer operating system do you have?
We can go into the finer points of source and your intentions, but for now it would appear that you are using SD 4:3 source media to get to a HD 16:9 result. Lots to discuss in this regard.
What was given to you on the DVD disc? DVD-VIDEO 4:3 or something else?
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VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB, and so on through that series until possibly getting to
VTS_02_1.VOB, and so on. How many files you have beyond the VTS_01_1.VOB file will depend on the size of the DVD-VIDEO.
Does the above scenario apply to you?
The alternative might be someone giving a DVD disc (data disc) which contains just the VTS files mentioned which were copied from
the VIDEO_TS Folder. So, you do not get the whole VIDEO_TS Folder, just the essential video files. Does this scenario apply to you.
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1. Place the DVD disc in the burner tray
2. Open Premiere Elements 4 and set the project preset for NTSC DV Standard (assuming you are working in a NTSC setup)
3. Go to
Get Media
"DVD, Digital Camera, Mobile Phone, Hard Drive Camcorder, Card Reader"
"Adobe Premiere Elements - Media Downloader" and its Advanced dialog.
Set the Source in the latter dialog for the drive which has your DVD disc inserted in its tray
You should see your VTS_01_1.VOB thumbnail in the "Adobe Premiere Elements - Media Downloader" Advanced dialog.
With this VOB selected, click on Get Media to get the file from there into the project.
Should work fine.
Complications may be involved if the people who processed your footage gave you something other what is described above.
Please review and consider, and then we can plan our project strategy accordingly.
Thank you.
ATR

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