AS2 with AS3

[0gani]

I was just wondering. I am going through a lot of grief trying to change my AS2 code to AS3 simply because I need to use one tiny little functionality which is in AS3 but not in AS2.

So, quick question. Since Flash player 9 also can understand AS2, is it not possible to somehow merge my AS2 with the small line of AS3 that i need and have the player read the two codes correctly.

Maybe its silly question.

[cancerinform]

You can load Movies, which have AS2 code into movies with AS3 code, but you can't communicate with them. You cannot mix both in one movie.

[senocular]

you can communicate, but only through local connection, not mixing code (no direct AS2 -> AS3 talk or vise versa)

[0gani]

bummer..... so i have to change 1000 lines of my entire AS2 code just because i need one line of AS3 code .....

The AS3 code would need to feed the AS2 with variables. What a disappointment. I cant believe Adobe went and change Actionscript so much... it is a completely different language...

[0gani]

Senocular, please explain further.... you might save me on this one ...

[senocular]

bummer..... so i have to change 1000 lines of my entire AS2 code just because i need one line of AS3 code .....

The AS3 code would need to feed the AS2 with variables. What a disappointment. I cant believe Adobe went and change Actionscript so much... it is a completely different language...

Yes, it is. But like you said, there was something you wanted to do in AS2 that you couldnt. The Flash team saw the need for improvement and took the step to make that improvement even at the cost of needing an entirely 'new' language.

[senocular]

Senocular, please explain further.... you might save me on this one ...

see:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre...50#post1964550

[0gani]

Thank you senocular..... interesting solution....exactly what i am looking for...it will save me a lot of problems...

Please take a look at this

http://myoperators.com/useless/hip.swf

This orange box is the swf with the AS2...
The white stuff is the AS3 swf.

I want the orange box to start from the top left corner... I cant figure it out

Here is the code for the AS3 swf which contains the orange box

import flash.display.*;
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("orangebox.swf"));
addChild(loader);