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Howdy, all

I use the MXMLC command-line compiler to create all of my personal stuff, and an increasing amount of my work stuff. I have directories set up - usually C:/LIBRARY - where I throw all of my custom/re-usable classes. It all works fine with the modifications to classpath and library-include-path, etc.

Now: What is the best way to go about connecting to .SWC component files using the MXMLC compiler? I know it can be done...I have managed to do it once or twice, although it seemed like different methods were necessary for e.g. the Google Maps .swc vs. the Facebook .swc. What I want to know is, is it possible to modify the library-include-path (or something) in the MXMLC compiler config files so I can have all of my .SWCs in a centralized location, accessible from all my projects without having to duplicate the .SWCs into the different projects directory?

One caveat: any solution would need to work for pure AS3 - not Flex - projects. Preferably, the solution would be editor-agnostic, too, e.g. not specific to Eclipse. Google has not been my friend in this one. Perhaps I am asking the wrong questions.

Thanks, all!

-eS?

I use flashdevelop which sets that kind of thing up nicely for me. You just copy the swc to your working folder and right click on it to "Add to library". However, if you want an editor agnostic answer then you can use the compiler flag

-load-config [filename]

to load in an external xml config file (all of which can also go on the command line, but it's nice to keep it in an xml file)

The xml file contains this kind of thing:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<flex-config>
  <compiler>
    <source-path append="true">
      <path-element>/path/to/your/source/files</path-element>
    </source-path>
    <library-path append="true">
      <path-element>/path/to/a/swc/file/</path-element>
    </library-path>
  </compiler>
  <file-specs>
    <path-element>/path/to/your/main/as/file/</path-element>
  </file-specs>
  <default-background-color>#FFFFFF</default-background-color>
  <default-frame-rate>30</default-frame-rate>
  <default-size>
    <width>1024</width>
    <height>768</height>
  </default-size>
</flex-config>

Well, I did a little soul searching, and decided to drink the FlashDevelop kool-aid.

AND IT WAS GOOD

Thanks for the help, mystic_juju!

Great to hear
FD is a happy-making thing.