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if they have actionscript 3, and you're creating a swf or air application, you need not know any actionscript.

if they have actionscript 3, and you're creating an html5/canvas project, the code won't be converted to createjs/javscription automatically.

if you have actionscript 2, the code won't be converted to anything.

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ClayUUID
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January 18, 2017

Animate IS Flash, just with a new confusing name. So there's no such thing as converting Flash files to Animate.

That being said, Animate has dropped support for AS2. Animate will load AS2 FLAs, but it won't run any code in them. If you want to work with any old AS2 projects, they'll have to be recoded in AS3.

However, the Flash Player plugin still supports AS2 just fine, so there's no reason you can't continue maintaining your AS2 projects in Flash CS6 or earlier.

kglad
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kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 17, 2017

if they have actionscript 3, and you're creating a swf or air application, you need not know any actionscript.

if they have actionscript 3, and you're creating an html5/canvas project, the code won't be converted to createjs/javscription automatically.

if you have actionscript 2, the code won't be converted to anything.

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Noreen_MullikenAuthor
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January 18, 2017

Thanks for this helpful response. 

I am sure it is all ActionScript 2, so if we need to keep that code as part of the new file, will all the AS-2 need to be converted first to AS-3 or is there a direct (or easy way) to take the old code and transition it to the new Adobe Animate files?

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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January 18, 2017

no, your as2 will not need to be converted to as3 unless you want to add something that's not supported by as2 and is supported by as3.

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