Hi Steven, I've joined this conversation half-way through so sorry if this has already been said:
If you're wanted to exclude some classes because you want to load them at runtime, then you can create an SWC with the classes in them and put that in your classpath in the Flash IDE. Classes in the SWC will be used for compile time checking but will not be included. If you are compiling using the Flex Compiler then you can use the "external-library-path" option to use SWCs in the same way. Sunil -----Original Message----- From: Steven Sacks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 June 2008 18:51 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exclude classes In AS3, there is no exclude.xml. Whether this was an oversight or, for some reason, not possible, you cannot do this in AS3. You can, however, use the Bridge pattern. http://www.stevensacks.net/2008/01/23/update-gaia-bridge-pattern-api/ In a nutshell, you: 1. Make an Interface for the class you want to share between swfs (the implementation), but only want to be compiled in one. 2. Make a class to Bridge the gap that contains a static getter that returns the Interface, but really returns the Implementation. You could also just make it a public static var if you really want. I used an internal namespace because I don't want developers overwriting the implementation. 3. Set the Implementation in your primary swf to make it available to all the other swfs. 4. Import the Bridge class in your other swfs and now you can access the implementation. Here is a trivial example that would work. package { import IClass; public class Bridge { public static var api:IClass; } } /// import Bridge; Bridge.api.yourMethod(); /// AFAIK, this is easiest way to overcome the lack of exclude.xml in AS3. There are other ways, but they are complicated and difficult. HTH, Steven _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
