Flash 8 & Flash 9 & Director

I have a director shell which allows file system IO, which
loads a Flash 8 file when opened, which becomes full-screen. That
then loads other Flash files in the course of the app running.
Currently, AFAIK you can't force Flash 9 into full screen on
load (yet), so I can't use Flash 9 for the main file. My question
is, is there any payoff to using Flash 9 for the child movies which
are then loaded into the Flash 8 parent movie using loadMovie? I
have to use AS2 in any event, I'm just looking to squeeze as much
speed out of the app as possible.
Thanks in advance to anyone who knows.

Director does not play Flash 8 or 9 unless there has been a
recent update.
I publish as Flash 7 if the SWF is to be used in Director. It
works
flawlessly for me.
"alec mce" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ekeim9$q7n$[email protected]..
>I have a director shell which allows file system IO,
which loads a Flash 8
>file
> when opened, which becomes full-screen. That then loads
other Flash files
> in
> the course of the app running.
>
> Currently, AFAIK you can't force Flash 9 into full
screen on load (yet),
> so I
> can't use Flash 9 for the main file. My question is, is
there any payoff
> to
> using Flash 9 for the child movies which are then loaded
into the Flash 8
> parent movie using loadMovie? I have to use AS2 in any
event, I'm just
> looking
> to squeeze as much speed out of the app as possible.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who knows.
>

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