Repository: flex-sdk Updated Branches: refs/heads/release4.14.0 989f6a2ac -> 2f5c5a467
minor changes/clarifications Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/commit/2f5c5a46 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/tree/2f5c5a46 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/diff/2f5c5a46 Branch: refs/heads/release4.14.0 Commit: 2f5c5a46790fd2e6a2f3da51f1d0f5aa13c3fdfd Parents: 989f6a2 Author: Justin Mclean <[email protected]> Authored: Sat Dec 20 11:14:31 2014 +1100 Committer: Justin Mclean <[email protected]> Committed: Sat Dec 20 11:14:31 2014 +1100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/blob/2f5c5a46/README ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/README b/README index f3e15b0..a594735 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ The Apache Flex SDK The Apache Flex SDK is the evolution of the popular Adobe Flex SDK. The Apache Flex SDK is an application development framework for easily building Flash -based applications for mobile devices, web browsers, and desktops. Currently -supported platforms include: +based applications for mobile devices, web browsers, and desktop platforms. +Currently supported platforms include: Microsoft Windows Mac OS X @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ The following steps are all you need for a fully functional SDK: - Get the source code - flex-sdk - flex-tlf + - flex-blazeds (optional) - Build the SDK - Prepare the SDK for use with an IDE - Optional steps: @@ -83,8 +84,9 @@ TLF_HOME, BLAZEDS_HOME and ADOBE_EXTENSION_MANAGER can also be set in a property file called env.properties. See the env-template.properties file for instructions. -The Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR have excluded licenses so they can not be -bundled with the Apache Flex SDK, i.e. they need to be installed separately. +The Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR have non Apache compatible licenses so +they can not be bundled with the Apache Flex SDK and need to be installed +separately. The Adobe Flash Player âplayerglobal.swcâ is needed to compile all the components with the exception of the âairframeworkâ and âairsparkâ @@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ On Linux, no Adobe Extension Manager exists. * 8) The build scripts assume that the source code folder containing the Apache Flex -BlazeDS root folder ('flex-blazeds) is at the same level as the SDK +BlazeDS root folder ('flex-blazeds') is at the same level as the SDK root folder ('flex-sdk'). See 'Getting the source code', below. If this is not the case on your system, then you must set the BLAZEDS_HOME environment variable to point to your BLAZEDS root folder. If you are using a released artifact, the @@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ use: ant -Dbuild.number=<YYYYMMDD> -Dbuild.noprompt= release -The packages can then be found in <flex-sdk>\out. +The packages can then be found in the <flex-sdk>\out directory. To build the ASDoc package, use: @@ -315,9 +317,15 @@ To create an SDK for Flash Builder or any other IDE, run: cd <flex.dir> ant frameworks-rsls - ant -f installer.xml -Dflash.sdk.version=15.0 -Dair.sdk.version=15.0 + ant -f installer.xml + +If you want to set the Flash Player and AIR versions to something other +than their defaults, pass the verisons to the ant script like so: + + ant -f installer.xml -Dflash.sdk.version=15.0 -Dair.sdk.version=15.0 -On Mac/Linux the AIR and Flash Player version can be changed by running: +On Mac/Linux the AIR and Flash Player version can be changed, after the SDK +has been compiled, by running: ./ide/setFlashPlayerVersion.sh ./ 15.0 ./ide/addAIRtoSDK.sh 15.0 ./ @@ -369,7 +377,7 @@ OR Compile the SDK with a -Dlocale=<locale> option, where <locale> is the new locale to compile the SDK against. -To compile all supported locales, which may take some time, use +To compile all supported locales, which may take some time, use: ant other.locales @@ -379,7 +387,7 @@ The list of supported locales currently include: de_DE en_CA es_ES fr_FR ko_KR pt_BR sv_SE The Apache Flex SDK has only been tested for the en_US locale. However, you are -unlikely to run into any issues with a SDK compiled for another locales. +unlikely to run into any issues with a SDK compiled for another locale. Adobe Flash Player Version Support @@ -430,6 +438,7 @@ Copy the target playerglobal.swc to the directory: frameworks/libs/player/<version.major>.<version.minor>/playerglobal.swc On OSX, running the script: + ./ide/checkAllPlayerGlobals.sh will download any new or missing player global swcs.
