Converting Flash 6/AS1 file to FLCS4/AS3 file

I'm building a flash site for a friend who handed me a canned template he purchased and wants me to work off of. The template is sh*t! It was created in Flash 6 with no named layers and sporadic AS1 all over the place (attached to objects mostly). I've only worked with AS2 and 3--mostly 3--so I don't even want to try to work with the older code.
I re-saved the file in Flash CS4 and re-published in AS3. Several messages popped up in the output window saying that all flash attached to objects will be ignored. So if I rewrite the scripting in AS3 can I just leave the older code attached to the objects since it will be ignored anyway? Sloppy, I know, but the reason for leaving it in (at least until I'm done rescripting) is so I can see what was originally going on.
Thanks,
David

you won't see that code doing anything in the as3 file so you should remove all of it.
you can save an original in flash 6 so you can see how the app is supposed to work.

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