Flash MX to Flash 8 bug??

Hello. I am trying to update a file (~5 MB) built in Flash MX
using Flash 8. Everything works fine with the file until I open the
actionscript window. The file totally slows down to the point the
hour glass shows up everytime I pick an object in the main stage or
select a cell in the timeline. Is there a bug in Flash 8? Is there
a bug in my actionscript? What can I do to solve this?
I do not want to rebuild the file or use MX since there is
some upgrades in 8 that solves some publishing issues I had with
MX. Thanks in advance.

Big fla files generally are potential problems unless they
might just contain a single asset like a large image -- but still.
Try save as
Try save and compact
Perhaps the AS can be moved to a external AS file and you can
use #include
If your scene 1 timeline is not too involved, then copy
library items to a new fresh Flash 8 fla and recreate the scene 1
timeline.

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:06:07 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Building complex flash game in Flash Builder 4 - Workflow/Best Practices
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