SwcBuild

ActionScript® Component Compiler Tool for FlashDevelop® Projects

Details

• Supports ActionScript Compiler 2.
• Supports AS Documentation.
• All compiler options in the project file (*.as3proj) are used (except for movie options such as default-framerate, default-size, etc.).
• No extra steps needed to setup the project. Just click Project > New Project > AS3 Library Project. (Not AS3 Library SWC!)
• You can build the project the same way you would build a .swf file. Just click Project > Build Project or press F8 (default shortcut).
• Detailed output is redirected to the Output Panel.
• Creates obj\$(ProjectID)Config.xml almost exactly the same way as FDBuild. You can use this file for debugging purposes.
• Supports AIR and AIR Mobile platforms. Just go to Project Properties > Output and choose from the Platform dropbox. No extra work is needed (no more manual +configname=air).
• Supports conditional output path: in release mode, "-debug" in the path is removed*.
• Include sources easily by just adding them to the project classpath list.
• Easily include library paths with Right Click > Add To Library (no more manual -libraryPaths+=...).

Installation

Simply open swcbuild.fdz. Alternatively, if you install using AppMan in FlashDevelop, it will be installed automatically.

Additional Information

• This installation file makes changes in $(BaseDir)\Data, $(BaseDir)\Projects and $(BaseDir)\Tools.
  • $(BaseDir)\Data\SWCBuild
  • $(BaseDir)\Projects\132 ActionScript 3 - AS3 Library Project
  • $(BaseDir)\Tools\swcbuild
• Uninstalling the extension is easy - delete the above folders.
• Under $(BaseDir)\Data\SWCBuild, there are three image files called Project (1).png, Project (2).png and Project (3).png. Those images can be used as the project template image by replacing Project.png under $(BaseDir)\Projects\132 ActionScrip 3 - AS3 Library Project.
• Changing output path requires an extra step: in the Project Properties panel, change Compilation Target to Application first, then specify the desired output path, then change back to Custom Build.
• Disable/enable asdoc options in the Project Properties > Build Tab > Pre-Build Command Line.
• Use swcbuild -help to view details on the command-line arguments.
  • For example, -asdoc is always false when -debug is set to true.
• To use the swcbuild.exe tool with an existing project, go to Project Properties panel:
  • Set Compilation Target to Custom Build.
  • Set Pre-Build Command Line to "$(BaseDir)\Tools\swcbuild\swcbuild.exe" "$(ProjectPath)" "-compiler=$(CompilerPath)".
    • These are only the required arguments. Use swcbuild -help to see additional information.

Notes

*Regex for removing "-debug" in path in release mode: (This is a bit different from what FDBuild uses.)

path = Regex.Replace(path, @"(\S)[-_.][Dd]ebug([.\\/])", "$1$2");