> but is it not possible for AS2 movies to share data with AS3 at all

Out of the box, not possible..
You need to use a LocalConnection to have the 2 AVM's communicate with each 
other, which by itself has limitations.
For starters, 40k data limit.

regards,
Muzak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Whittaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash CS3 Prof copy: missing Tree component.


> Hi guys,
>
> I haven't had a chance to delve into using AS3 yet, and I know the AS1 and
> AS3 runtime engines in the Flash 9 player are totally seperate, but is it
> not possible for AS2 movies to share data with AS3 at all? Surely an AS3
> movie can load an AS2 movie into itself and access it's properties? If so
> then it should be possible for an AS3 project to use an AS2 movie with
> remoting components and use movieclips for data storage and communication?
>
> It would be poor use of OO coding skills, but technically feasible and much
> less effort than re-engineering the components. And along those lines, isn't
> it possible to reverse-engineer the AS2 components with a decompiler, and
> rewrite the code in AS3?
>
> Scott


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