Saving to an older version

pihms · Post by **pihms** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:11 pm

Is it possible to save from AS 8 to AS 6? Many programs out there let you back track you files to an earlier version, but I can't seem to find that in AS 8.

The AS 8 file has layers, some group and switch folders but doesn't get picked up from AS 6. Nothing in it seems to be specific to 8 only.

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:43 pm

No, you can't. A number of people have complained about this. If you know enough, you can edit the .anme file directly...

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:24 pm

oh.. what a tempting dangle ... are you going to say how!?!!

apart from the obvious "make sure you don't use new features.. " is it just a question of changing the

"version xx"

line to something that an earlier version of AS will recognise?

pihms · Post by **pihms** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:24 pm

Thanks. I'll try editing the file in a text editor and see what I can do.

neeters_guy · Post by **neeters_guy** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:24 am

The differences are deeper than that. You can use a tool like WinMerge to do a file to file comparison, but because the .anme file format is not documented, you're pretty much on your own to figure it out. That said, Rudiger has announced that he is working on a tool to solve this: Saving Work in 8 for ASPro7

If anyone can do it, Rudiger's the man.