Re: [Flashcoders] 1086 syntax error expecting semicolon before leftbrace

2014-09-13 Thread Paul A.
I managed to isolate a small part of the project and copied it to a new project - just to experiment. Running as AS2 lost the problematic error completely. Running again as AS3 saw it restored. Despite the compiler saying that it ignores actionscript attached to symbols, that seems to be the

[Flashcoders] 1086 syntax error expecting semicolon before leftbrace

2014-09-12 Thread Paul A.
On the face of it this is a simple thing to solve, but it's driving me nuts. I am trying to update an AS2 project for a client to AS3. The code naturally contains code all over the place, attached to buttons and on the timeline. The problem for me is that there is a LOT of code disributed

Re: [Flashcoders] 1086 syntax error expecting semicolon before leftbrace

2014-09-12 Thread Mike Duguid
Saving as .xfl might allow you to search (and possibly replace) through the associated xml files more efficiently than working through a complex .fla On 12 September 2014 12:10, Paul A. p...@ipauland.com wrote: On the face of it this is a simple thing to solve, but it's driving me nuts. I am

Re: [Flashcoders] 1086 syntax error expecting semicolon before leftbrace

2014-09-12 Thread Paul A.
On 12/09/2014 14:30, Mike Duguid wrote: Saving as .xfl might allow you to search (and possibly replace) through the associated xml files more efficiently than working through a complex .fla Good suggestion. I've currently managed to extract all of the actionscript using the MovieExplorer, but