Comments on: Automating Flex Compilation Using ANT

By: Toks

Toks — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:14:36 +0000

Hi Greg,

Any clue to my ealier request?

In the mean-time, I’m using a batch file to execute the command line: to compile and run the application thus:

import flash.net.URLRequest;
private function mxmlFilesComplied():void {

var request : URLRequest = new URLRequest
(’C:\\Users\\CELfm\\Desktop\\test.bat’);
navigateToURL(request );
}

But not satisfy with this.

Could you help?

Toks

By: Toks

Toks — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:10:47 +0000

Hi Greg,

Sorry stressing you! Am confused.

Let me layout my ambition clearly:

Am developing a small Educational Authoring tool, to be used by teachers (without programming skill), to create interactive multiple lessons within each topic of interest. The tool generates an xml file which is converted to main mxml file (as wrapper) and custom components (also mxml files – one for each lesson).

Problem:
The teacher should be able to click a button on the authoring tool to build the new application (Similar to debug or run on the flex builder 3).

How do I implement the command line compiler or ant on click of a button.

Greatful if you can provide a way out.

Toks

By: Toks

Toks — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:13 +0000

Hi Greg

Thank you. I’ll try it and get back to you later.

Toks

By: Greg Jastrab

Greg Jastrab — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:28:45 +0000

Toks: This specific example applies to just Flex, since it’s mxmlc. For AIR, there is an amxmlc compiler which just passes alternate options to mxmlc. You can either use the exec Ant tag to run amxmlc or pass the appropriate parameters to mxmlc (specifying the air-config.xml instead of flex-config.xml, etc).

By: Toks

Toks — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:00:14 +0000

Does the above applies to AIR project, mxmlc is meant for flex main application?

Also, if I have a mxml component specified within the main application mxml (i.e. WindowedApplication), how do I automatte the compilation?

By: Audio Visual Installations

Audio Visual Installations — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:16:00 +0000

You not going to believe it but I have wasted all day searching for some information about this. Thanks for this, it was a wonderful read and really helped me out. Thanks again,Dynalite

By: Hem Talreja

Hem Talreja — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:59:50 +0000

Hi! You do not need to include individual swc's in flex 3 Here is the ant script that I've used that works... ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ANT SCRIPT (Build.xml) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Call to the Build.xml ant -buildfile Build.txt main ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////