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michelleUCCF
michelleUCCF
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January 21, 2016
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Adobe Animate CC & Importing fla files

  • January 21, 2016
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I design for eLearning and have made some interactive swf so I am hoping that I do not have to re-create all that I have made when Animate CC is available. Does anyone know if we will be able to import our fla files into Animate CC?

Correct answer kglad

you can open (file>open) your fla files in animate cc just like you do with flash pro cc.

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eslmaxx
eslmaxx
Known Participant
March 9, 2016

MichelleUCCF,

Hi, how are you?

I am in a similar position.  What I am wondering is, having opened my fla files in animate cc, can I then save them and export them in a format that makes the content accessible to most mobile devices, ie, not swf files?  If I understand correctly, I will be able to, but interactivity will be lost (I am using AS2).  However, it will be possible to rewrite the script in AS3 to create content that is interactive and accessible on mobile devices.  I hope this is the case; otherwise, I'll be looking at a more time consuming and expensive way to get around the problem of swf files pretty much becoming obsolete.

Can anyone confirm that this is the case?  Thanks

    kglad
    Community Expert
    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 9, 2016

    you can open all (non-corrupt) fla files in the latest version of animate pro.

    opening a fla (created to publish a swf file) and expecting it to work to publish html5 is unlikely to work without, at least, some editing.

      eslmaxx
      eslmaxx
      Known Participant
      March 12, 2016

      Thank you for your reply, kglad.

      I expect that lots of editing would be required if I were to convert to html5.  Like maybe I would have to redo everything?  The motion tweens.  The shape tweens.  I wonder how much of what I have built could be preserved. 
      Do you think another option would be to import my fla files to animate and rewrite them in AS3 and then publish them as AIR? 
      Thank you again for your answer.

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      aa45940901
      Participant
      January 22, 2016

      I design for eLearning and have made some interactive swf so I am hoping that I do not have to re-create all that I have made when Animate CC is available.

      My question in my mind is this exactly.


      my expected answer is this   you can open (file>open) your fla files in animate cc just like you do with flash pro cc. . Thank you



      praveerk94767934
      praveerk94767934
      Participant
      June 19, 2017

      Hi,
      I am absolutely new in adobe action script. we have a .flat file which uses Action Script 2.0 and developed on Adobe Flash Professional CS5.
      I have to migrate on Adobe Animate CC 2017. of course, whenever I publish the compiler gives lots of errors( as experts says it does not support AS 2.0)

      is there any tool which can automatically convert to AS3.0 ? or how would I learn AS 3.0.
      Do I need to write code from scratch?

      your help will be appreciable.

      Regards,
      Praveer

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      ClayUUID
      Legend
      June 19, 2017

      AS2 and AS3 (and HTML5) use fundamentally different APIs, so no, there is no automatic conversion between them.

      If you want your content to be accessible on the web on mobile devices (Android, iOS), you can't use AS3. You have to convert your document to HTML5​ Canvas document type.

      kglad
      Community Expert
      kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 21, 2016

      you can open (file>open) your fla files in animate cc just like you do with flash pro cc.

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