>From the same source tree, I need to compile two monolithic SWFs, each with a different CSS compiled in. After upgrading to flex-mojos 3.3 I was planning to proceed as Colin describes below, unless anyone disagrees. Thanks.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Collin Peters <[email protected]>wrote: > > I'm coming in late to this discussion but I thought I would share what > we do at our company. We have a large legacy section of Flex code > that contains multiple projects, and a few of the projects output > multiple applications AND modules. I wanted to compile this legacy > code alongside our new projects that use a proper structure by > default. It is easily accomplished. The legacy flex projects reside > in <base>/flex/, so we created a new directory called <base>/flexV2/ > and in this folder we created a folder for EACH artifact output from > the legacy projects. So if there was a project that had two > application and two modules that would equal four folders. Each > folder has a POM which references the necessary source code > > <build> > > <sourceDirectory>../../flex/LegacyProject/src</sourceDirectory> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.sonatype.flexmojos</groupId> > > <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId> > <version>${flex.mojos.version}</version> > <extensions>true</extensions> > <configuration> > > <sourceFile>Application.mxml</sourceFile> > > <output>${basedir}/../../tomcat-6.0.18/webapps/InTouchFDS/ > LegacyProject/Application.swf</output> > </configuration> > </plugin> > > This works great and we've had no problems that we haven't been able > to solve. Velo noted in a blog post (which I can't find right now) > that you should NOT create a new project using a structure like this, > but for legacy code it definitely works > > Collin > > > On Jul 9, 9:43 pm, Darren <[email protected]> wrote: > > May I ask what would happen if you had multiple executions of the > > compile-swf-mojo, with a different sourceFile specification for each? > > > > I am not sure which if not all of these SWFs would be attached to the > > build though? > > > > Best, Darren > > > > On Jun 24, 12:32 pm, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Modules is supported.... and as I said before, I think is possible to > use > > > the modules support to build application.... if you need this, try > modules. > > > > > VELO > > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Kalyan Sarkar < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jerome, > > > > > > We are facing a similar problem. In our multi-module project we have > > > > multiple flex applications (mxml) for each module which need to be > > > > compiled into individual swfs, because the swfs are loaded > > > > dynamically. At present we do not use flex-mojos. We simply run the > > > > mxmlc command line compiler from maven-antrun-plugin for each > > > > application and it takes a lot of time to build. Therefore I am > > > > looking at a solution that can generate as many swfs for as many > > > > applications in each module. > > > > > > I understand that our project structure violates the basic Maven > > > > philosophy of 'one artifact per pom', but I would drive me mad if I > > > > were to put each of 200+ applications in 200+ modules and have 200+ > > > > poms for each of them. It seems that none of the available Maven > > > > plugins aor Ant tasks support this feature. I am looking at FCSH and > > > > the compiler API and it looks like they have got memory leaks! > > > > > > Jerome, can you give some example poms and the change to made in the > > > > flex-mojos. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Kalyan Sarkar > > > > > > On Jun 23, 7:15 am, James Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Jakob, I'm not second guessing your architecture in any way. I know > > > > > that these things can come about for many different reasons. I just > > > > > wanted to mention that we find ourselves in the same position at > time > > > > > and were accustomed to the any script that compiled dozens of swfs. > > > > > (Especially font files and shared libraries.) > > > > > > > Now we package those shared libraries as a swc in its own pom. And > a > > > > > library that is shared amongst many swfs in the same project > becomes > > > > > just one module (swc) in a multi-module project. > > > > > > > just 2 cents... > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:35 PM, jakob.kuelzer< > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey *, > > > > > > > > thanks for all your great advise. Unfortunately they don't really > > > > > > apply to my scenario. We have in fact 5 applications (that means > > > > > > mx:Application containers) in one project. Non of those are > really > > > > > > big, its just smaller bits. In order to make packaging and > deployments > > > > > > easier it would have been nice to get functionality like this but > if > > > > > > it doesn't work it doesn't work. ;) > > > > > > > > Time for some ANT magic. ;) > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Jakob > > > > > > > > On Jun 22, 4:37 pm, jerome creignou <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > > > > > > >> I would like to share with you, how we deal with this problem. > > > > > > > >> We also have a Maven project that produces multiple artifacts. > > > > Actually > > > > > >> there is 1 application, N modules and others resources (CSS, > images) > > > > in each > > > > > >> flex maven project. > > > > > >> The trick is to declare a JAR packaging for the project instead > of SWF > > > > and > > > > > >> then put anything you need (SWFs,CSS,...) inside the resulting > jar. (I > > > > had > > > > > >> to patch flex-mojo to get this working since compiler mojo uses > > > > > >> ${pom.packaging} for the output file extension.) > > > > > > > >> To build my webapp, I declare the dependency to my special jar, > and > > > > unpack > > > > > >> it using the dependency plugin (dependency:unpack) to the > > > > target/webapp > > > > > >> directory. > > > > > > > >> I can post some poms, if you need more details. > > > > > > > >> Hope this helps. > > > > > >> Jerome > > > > > > > >> 2009/6/22 Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >> > The only other idea I had is use modules support to build your > > > > > >> > applications... but I don't know if that work, nor if work > well. > > > > > > > >> > VELO > > > > > > > >> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:57 PM, jakob.kuelzer < > > > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > >> >> Hey Marvin, > > > > > >> >> thanks for your quick reply. I stumbled accross this one too, > not > > > > very > > > > > >> >> satisfying though. I'll probably have to revert back to an > Ant > > > > > >> >> buildscript... :S > > > > > > > >> >> Cheers, > > > > > >> >> Jakob > > > > > > > >> >> On Jun 22, 1:12 pm, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> >> > They only way I know is this: > > > > > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-using-one-source-directory.... > > > > > > > >> >> > < > > > > > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-using-one-source-directory....> > > > > > >> >> > VELO > > > > > > > >> >> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM, jakob.kuelzer < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > >> >> >wrote: > > > > > > > >> >> > > Howdy *, > > > > > >> >> > > I'm playing around with flexmojos and I really like the > Idea of > > > > using > > > > > >> >> > > Maven for compiling flex apps into SWFs. However in the > current > > > > > >> >> > > project setup we have multiple applications in one > project to > > > > reuse > > > > > >> >> > > stylesheets, assets, etc. > > > > > > > >> >> > > I know this is against the Maven philosophy "one single > > > > artifact per > > > > > >> >> > > project" but right now splitting it up would be too much > effort > > > > for no > > > > > >> >> > > return. So I'm wondering if there's a way to use > flexmojos to > > > > compile > > > > > >> >> > > all of those apps. I already thought about using profiles > to > > > > compile > > > > > >> >> > > them separately but there must be an easier way... ? > > > > > > > >> >> > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > >> >> > > Cheers, > > > > > >> >> > > Jakob- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Flex Mojos" group. 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