I have several projects that were created with Flash 8 and Flash MX that I would like to convert to HTML5. I have both the .fla and .swf files and I have the Flash 8 and Flash MX programs so I can open the original files.
I see that there are many so-called “converters” that will promise to convert these, however, it looks like they are for the most part, assuming you are converting ads which are just a movie that runs - but is not interactive. (A lot of banner ad animations used to be created in Flash back in the day,)
My projects are interactive - they contain buttons (click to go to another movie) - and a few of them have more complex actionscript code like counters.
Is there any way to convert these projects, that will at least convert the simple button codes? Adobe Animate, will import the graphics from my .swf (but will not import the corresponding .fla files for some reason) but all the code has to be re-written in HTML5. And there is a lot of it to convert.
I will just tell you what I know in an attempt to be helpful. Your request for Flash 8 and Flash MX seems like it could be too old to open in the current version of Adobe Animate. However, I bring that up because Adobe has this chart. It shows how you convert Actionscript to JavaScript for HTML5.
There was an excellent course on LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) in which Joseph Labrecque showed how to do exactly what you ask, convert Flash animations to JavaScript for HTML5 Canvas. I took the course some years back. It was referring to a much newer version of Flash than you describe. I am going to try to find the name of the course for you, I have to look on an old computer.
I am curious to know if you have tried to open your projects on a modern version of Adobe Animate (formerly Flash). I understand they may not be Flash projects, possibly just animations. Did you?
Thank you philhagen for that link. That’s an excellent reference and will be very helpful. The LinkedIn course sounds worthwhile if you find it and if it’s still available. I have the current subscription to Adobe so I have the latest version of Animate and it will open the SWF files, which is good because it brings in all of the elements, but not the FLA files - but Animate won’t convert the code anyway so it doesn’t really matter with that program. I wondered if any of the many conversion tools that you can find by quickly searching actually work - especially with mouse events things like goto and play.
OK, cool, you are very welcome. I remember now this company. They offer some type of conversion tool. However, it has been years since I used it. I have not even found the computer that has the Lynda title, but I am still looking.
Why don’t you try Freemake, a free tool to convert Flash video to HTML5. But they may not work for complex ActionScript code or buttons. Maybe a few codes you may need to work manually.