Fla file gets converted into an swf file for no reason

[Lizzie30819698d2rv]

I just opened up Animate and found a 3 month animation project fla file I was close to finishing turned into an swf without reason. 3 mf months of animation work gone, there is no animation anymore. No recover file, no save file, NOTHING. We're in 2023, stupid bs like unsuccessful file saves should not be happening in any software of any kind. I tried converting the swf back to an fla and it just says some bs "error occurred" message. Literally gone, everything. If anyone here has an idea of what could've caused this (htf could this happen?) and what opportunity, if any, do I have of recovering the animation file in any way, shape, or form... TELL ME. Even if I can recover 50% of the animation, that'll suffice. Oh, and fix this issue. Saves are fundamentally important for any project or software in existence, how this is happening, on an Adobe product no less, is beyond me.

[kglad]

you can publish a swf from a fla, but a fla can't be converted into a swf.

[Lizzie30819698d2rv]

That's not an answer to my problem. Let me explain again. I saved the animation today, this morning. Just a regular save, that's it. I come back 8 hours later, open up Animate, and find that recent save as an swf, with no recovery file or recent file save to go with it, in other words, every manual save and auto-save done were ultimately a useless function. How does that happen? HOW? That's not the user's fault, that is a bug or something with this program. Similar to how some files get randomly corrupted out of the blue which seems to be an all-too-common problem with Animate users. How are these things just happening with no clear cause or origin?

[kglad]

did you save to an internal hard drive?

[Gibbleguts]

This just happened to me. Just opened after a few month and no layers and everything looks like a bitmap. All objects are as one. No layers. Really weird!  Any ideas?

[kglad]

you saved a fla that transformed into a swf?

[Gibbleguts]

I'm not sure it transformed to a swf. It's like all the individual objects and symbols were broken apart and put on one layer. This has happened a few times after I've opened a fla file after a period of time..

[kglad]

it's not clear what you're seeing.