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Semi Skimmed Milk 18 Jan 18:49

Action Script is a prehistoric version (or set of codes/commands) of Flash, correct?

Sorry, would have replied sooner but had the new 21 year missus round :)

You're almost there. Actionscript is a core component of Flash. It's still updated so not to be mistaken for an outdated component and for many programmers, it is the only aspect of Flash they will touch.

a.s was Macromedia Flash who were bought out by Adobe, correct?

Yes.


So when a banner has the extension .as or .asp it is in effect linking to a Flash banner (albeit old style source code?).

.as files are actionscript files
.asp files in this case are Active Server Pages (written in another scripting language and not to be confused with actionscript.

Bascially, a slow moving banner on a site that is written in Action Script could in fact be written in Flash?

I don't use the Flash GUI as mentioned earlier so can't say with 100% certainty but my understanding that for something this simple that the answer is yes. If you wanted to apply more complex logic to the movement of the banner such as bouncing up and down with simulated gravity then you would use actionscript.


And also, can a banner written in the latest Flash version be down-compiled (whatever the word is) to be .as/.asp? Is there a tool for this?

You need a "Flash decompiler". This will give you all the assets such as art, sound and any actionscript files.

Thank you

No probs. There may be a couple of minor details I've got slightly wrong as I very rarely use Actionscript (preferring other languages for rich internet applications) and have never touched the Flash GUI but what I've written should be pretty accurate.

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sorry, i bumped the wrong thread! i want to know about pokerstars tournaments not programming :D