Converting Actionscript from 1.0 to 2.0

Question

I am trying to convert Actionscript written in 1.0 to 2.0 for
Flash 8. It is from a tsunami menu I downloaded off kirupa.com.
There is no actions layer where al the actionscript is kept, and I
have tried to convert it. I customized the menu and the tsunami
effect works great, however, when I try to convert the
actionscript, it is a mess. I am building a flash site, and don't
want to have to import the swf containing my menu. If I do have to
do that, will the fact that it is written in Actionscript 1 for
Flash Player 4 have any bearing on the fact that I am making the
site for Flash Player 8 or above? Also, how can I import just the
text portion without any background (transparent background) in
Flash so it lays neatly over the background I've created for the
site? Although I have designed many flash headers and elements for
my HTML websites, I am a newbie when it comes to Flash Site design
and have a ton of questions, but this will get me started. Thank
you for your time.

Answer 1

The code is not in an "actions layer", it is attached to
buttons and movie clips. Here is the code:
colnum = "1";
startnum = 1;
endnum = 19;
numberofItems = 19;
mouseposX = int(getProperty("../dragscale", _x));
mouseposY = int(getProperty("../dragscale", _y));
i = startnum;
m = startnum;
filledSpace = 0;
gapspace = 0;
if (Number(myInit) == Number(FALSE)) {
// on first run make an array of all the text Y Pos.
while (Number(i)<=Number(endnum)) {
set("textY" add i, getProperty ("text" add i, _y ) );
i = Number(i)+1;
i = startnum;
myInit = TRUE;
boundleft = getProperty ("../boundbox" add colnum, _x);
boundright = boundleft + getProperty ("../boundbox" add
colnum, _width) ;
boundtop = getProperty ("../boundbox" add colnum, _y);
boundbottom = boundtop + getProperty ("../boundbox" add
colnum,_height);
if (Number(mouseposX)>=Number(boundleft) and
Number(mouseposX)<=Number(boundright) and
Number(mouseposY)>=Number(boundtop) and
Number(mouseposY)<=Number(boundbottom)) {
while (Number(i)<=Number(endnum)) {
myDif = (eval("textY" add i) ) - (mouseposY - boundtop);
// percentage increase
scaleAmount = 175-((myDif*myDif)/14);
alphaAmount = 100-((myDif*myDif)/6);
if (Number(alphaAmount)<50) {
alphaAmount = 50;
if (Number(scaleAmount)<100) {
scaleAmount = 100;
setProperty("text" add i, _xscale, scaleAmount);
setProperty("text" add i, _yscale, scaleAmount);
setProperty("text" add i, _alpha, alphaAmount);
i = Number(i)+1;
// *** add up total Y pixels taken by text ***
while (Number(m)<=Number(endnum-1)) {
filledSpace = filledspace + getProperty ( "text" add m,
_height);
m = Number(m)+1;
// *** find total Y pixels not taken by text
totalheight = getProperty ( "text" add endnum, _y) -
getProperty ( "text" add startnum, _y);
gapSpace = totalheight-filledspace;
avgDistance = gapSpace/numberofitems;
m = Number(startnum)+1;
while (Number(m)<=Number(endnum-1)) {
setProperty("text" add m, _y, (getProperty ( "text" add
(m-1), _y) + getProperty ( "text" add (m-1), _height)) +
avgdistance);
set("watchheight" add m, getProperty ( "text" add m,
_height));
m = Number(m)+1;
} else {
// *** shrink text back when mouse rolls out
i = startnum;
while (Number(i)<=Number(endnum)) {
if (int ( getProperty ("text" add i, _yscale ) ) >= 100)
// return scale back to original state
setProperty("text" add i, _yscale, int ( getProperty ("text"
add i, _xscale ) ) - 1);
setProperty("text" add i, _xscale, int ( getProperty ("text"
add i, _yscale ) ) -1);
if ( getProperty ("text" add i, _y) < eval("textY" add
i)) {
// return y position back to original state
setProperty("text" add i, _y, int ( getProperty ("text" add
i, _y ) ) + 1);
if ( getProperty ("text" add i, _y) > eval("textY" add
i)) {
setProperty("text" add i, _y, int ( getProperty ("text" add
i, _y ) ) - 1);
if ( getProperty ("text" add i, _Alpha) > 50) {
setProperty("text" add i, _alpha, int ( getProperty ("text"
add i, _alpha ) ) - 1);
i = Number(i)+1;