RE: FLASH: Backwards compatibility

[JGL]

Opening and saving are two different things. But, be safe:


Open the movie and do a save as to a different name.


Better yet, copy the file>paste as file copy.


My suggestion is to leave your original F4 files intact while you mess

around with F5 authoring/conversion. That way an inadvertant mistake won't

leave you screaming . . . ;)


jgl


-----Original Message-----

I've read from several postings that once you open a F4 doc in F5, you

can't open it again in F4. I don't have 5 yet, but doesn't it have a

'save as Flash4' option when you export a movie? If so, can't you then

open the .swf back into Flash 4 if you need to (I mean import it into a

blank doc and resave it as a .fla). An

around-your-elbow-to-get-to-your-ear solution, but wouldn't that work if

you were in a tight fix?



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