# Flash 5 to Flash 8 Action Script

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-to-flash-8-action-script/226849>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 24, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-to-flash-8-action-script/226849 "2007-05-24T15:30:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixeeplikstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@mixeeplikstick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mixeeplikstick)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-5-to-flash-8-action-script/226849/1 "2007-05-24T15:30:02Z")

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hi guys…

for the past days, i was trying to figure out how to convert the action script from a Flash 5 .fla file to a Flash 8.

i’ve tried changing the publish settings to default Flash 8 from Flash 5 settings but all i receive from the output were numerous error messages… obviously Flash 8 was rejecting most syntaxes in the Flash 5 AS.

most error messages points to variables with “/:” before it…

example this is on the Flash 5 .fla file

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if (eval(“/:text” add d) gt eval(“/:text” add (d+1))) {  
// perform swap:  
temp = eval(“/:text” add d);  
set(“/:text” add d, eval(“/:text” add (d+1)));  
set(“/:text” add (d+1), temp);  
temp = eval(“/:link” add d);  
set(“/:link” add d, eval(“/:link” add (d+1)));  
set(“/:link” add (d+1), temp);  
}

also… can someone guide me if why these statements are wrong?:puzzled:

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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=scripts, frame=2:Line 5: ‘)’ or ‘,’ expected  
while (length (eval(“link” add n))\>1) {

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 31: ‘)’ or ‘,’ expected  
if (eval(“/:text” add d) gt eval(“/:text” add (d+1))) {

thankz in advance!:beam: