July 5, 2006

ActionScript compiling to SWF using ANT and as2ant

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Cameron Manderson @ 11:36 pm

I have been starting work on a project involving compiling multiple ActionScript classes. To help in the development process and shorten the time that the Flash Developers take to compile multiple classes into a single SWF movie I have researched into using ANT to compile the ActionScript classes. Using an Open Source Flash compiler (MTASC) and a As2ant (allowing us to create MTASC ant tasks) I have produced the following build.xml.

The build.xml expects that the project is setup with the folder:

  • build.xml
  • lib/as2ant.jar - required by ANT, available in the as2ant download package
  • src/**/*.as - All your class/classes (including subdirectories)

and creates the output to

  • build/*.swf

Have a look at the build.xml here.

You need to simply change you project name (for the output SWF) and the output settings, such as background colour, width/height params, main class and the like.
For any changes please email them to cameronmanderson@gmail.com.

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2 Comments »

  1. Once you have set up your build.xml in your project, you will be able to use this in Eclipse IDE.

    Comment by Cameron Manderson — July 5, 2006 @ 11:37 pm

  2. For those interested in getting started with integrating MTASC for Flash Development you can follow this tutorial here:
    http://www.pasz.com/articles/InstallMTASC/default.html

    Comment by Cameron Manderson — August 18, 2006 @ 10:12 am

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