Open old fla files?

Hi,
I have an fla file from about 2001 that I'm trying to open, but it crashes Flash CS4 through Flash CS5.5.
Is there a way to open something this old?
thanks,
Dave

there are quite a few people still using as1. anyone adding code to an object (eg, on(release){...}) is using as1.
and those fla files can be opened with new versions of flash. (publishing a swf for a newer flash player and having it run, as originally intended, is often problematic.)

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I have searched archived messages and although there have
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thought I would ask again. Oh, and please don't laugh!
My company had a web site built back in 1998-1999. The
outside person they hired to do the site created a Flash animation.
I do not know what version was used or for sure what platform (PC
or Mac). I do have the .fla files as well as the .swf files to work
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"This document contains embedded objects that were created
with Microsoft Windows version of Flash. These embedded objects
must be deleted before opening on a Macintosh."
I am trying to open the .fla files using an old Mac version
of Flash 4. (Yes, I said please don't laugh!) My company will not
allow the resources to buy an upgraded version. Can anyone tell me
why I am getting this message? How I can open these files? or
ANYTHING I can do? Thanks for the help.

i think your company's lack of resosurces allocated to
software updates has finally caught up with
them :p
The only thing you can do is find flash 4 - install it on a
pc - open the FLA and well...come to
think of it - i have no idea what that error could mean - FLA
files are cross-platform. Original
author must have embeeded windows video files or something -
i cant even remember what flash 4 did
or did not support. Flash 4 didnt have a dependant files
feature (i dont think).
chances are the error is generic and the real issue is that
the file is old and possisbly corrupt. I
dont have flash 4 anymore but you could post the fla to see
if it can opened at all - on PC and/or
MAC - then try downloaded the 30-day trial of flash and
editing it - or search ebay for flash 6 or
even 7 at a cheap cost.
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Jalk67 wrote:
> I have searched archived messages and although there
have been posts about
> this, no one seemed to have any answers. So, I thought I
would ask again. Oh,
> and please don't laugh!
>
> My company had a web site built back in 1998-1999. The
outside person they
> hired to do the site created a Flash animation. I do not
know what version was
> used or for sure what platform (PC or Mac). I do have
the .fla files as well as
> the .swf files to work with, but when I try to open them
I get this error
> message.
>
> "This document contains embedded objects that were
created with Microsoft
> Windows version of Flash. These embedded objects must be
deleted before opening
> on a Macintosh."
>
> I am trying to open the .fla files using an old Mac
version of Flash 4. (Yes,
> I said please don't laugh!) My company will not allow
the resources to buy an
> upgraded version. Can anyone tell me why I am getting
this message? How I can
> open these files? or ANYTHING I can do? Thanks for the
help.
>

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Message was edited by: DJ FROM CALI

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