There's a list of things that have changed and will help you migrate: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=Part4_Migration.html
regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Chambers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Will ActionScript 3 require me to rewrite my appsto use it? > Comments below: > > Judah Frangipane wrote: > >> 1. A lot of things have change and moved in AS3. Will my flash app have to >> be converted to compile to AS3? > > Yes. You will have to do some migration. How much will depend on you content, > but you will have to do things like explicitly give > classes modifiers. > >> 2. Will there be some sort of way to have a V2 AS2 component run inside a >> AS3 app? Or will old functions be deprecated or >> completely removed? > > V2 components are written in AS2. In order for those to run within > ActionScript 3 content, they would need to be migrated. > > So, v2 components will not run within an AS3 app. > > >> Is it safe to say that our apps will require major conversion to work with >> AS3? Or possibly written from the ground up? > > Again, it depends on your content. My guess is that you won't have to > re-write it from scratch, but you will have to migrate you > code. This falls into two areas: > > 1. syntax correction / changes > 2. API changes (i.e. moved APIs, events no longer requiring proxies). > > My experience has been that I have had to update syntax modified, and change > my event handling code to no longer use event > proxies. I also have to import a couple of packages because some APIs moved. > > Hope that helps... > > mike chambers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
