Ok. then I won't go down that route. I'll go down the asset swf with mxmlc route. I wrote this JSFL (http://codeendeavor.com/archives/47), but there are cases when it doesn't work, like cross referencing classes, etc..
thanks man. -A On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > I doubt they will be adding such a feature anytime soon. You may be able to > fake out CS4 by modifying the files you link against in a sub-swf to have > "native" APIs. > > > > However, if I had that large a project in Flash, I would probably just use > jsfl to export SWFs of assets and build the rest using ANT and mxmlc and > then you can use the link options. Modifying a SWF post-build is hard. > There are plenty of offsets in the SWF that will need updating. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of aaron smith > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:08 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: SWF file format question - SymbolClass Tag > > > > Ok, that makes sense. > > Do you know by any chance if anything like this will be added to Flash > CS4 anytime soon? This is precisely why I'm going down this road of > modifying the actual SWF - because it's not flex compiled. > > Thanks. > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: >> The most common way to do this is to generate a link-report from the shell >> and use load-externs when building the sub-swf. >> >> Keep in mind that by doing so you commit the sub-swf to be linked with and >> running the same version of Flex as the shell. The Marshal Plan in Flex >> 3.2 >> is a way to build sub-swfs w/o requiring same versions. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of aaron smith >> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:00 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: SWF file format question - SymbolClass Tag >> >> Hey Gordon, >> >> The reason I wanted to remove a class was because I have two swfs - a >> shell, and some other swfs, and didn't want the same class compiled >> into every swf - thereby wasting K. So i was looking for a way to >> manual remove a class from sub-swfs. >> >> -A >> >> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM, aaron smith >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks, externs is pretty much what I was looking for. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> There are three mxmlc options: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -load-externs (removes all files listed from some other -link-report >>>> >>>> -compiler.external-library-path (remove all files from a SWC) >>>> >>>> -externs (removes a class) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Gordon Smith >>>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:47 PM >>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: SWF file format question - SymbolClass Tag >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Also, I'm pretty sure that there is some compiler option you can use to >>>> prevent specific classes from getting linked in. That's a lot easier >>>> than >>>> trying to remove them after they've been linked in. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Gordon Smith >>>> >>>> Adobe Flex SDK Team >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Gordon Smith >>>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:23 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: SWF file format question - SymbolClass Tag >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The AS3 classes are in the DoABC (or maybe a DoABC2?) tag. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It seems unlikely that you could remove a class and still have the SWF >>>> work. >>>> If the class wasn't used by your application, the MXML compiler wouldn't >>>> have linked it in. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Gordon Smith >>>> >>>> Adobe Flex SDK Team >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of aaron smith >>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:24 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: SWF file format question - SymbolClass Tag >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Actually, I could be wrong. would it make more sense if it was the >>>> DoABC tag? There's a field on DoABC called ABCData - I would assume >>>> that's the bytecode. hmm. i'll keep looking arund. if anyone has any >>>> ideas hook me up. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:44 PM, aaron smith >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Has anyone read through the SWF file format, and been able to decipher >>>>> how exactly AS3 classes are compiled into the SWF? From reading >>>>> through all of the control tags it seems it would be the SymbolClass >>>>> tag. So, it would seem, I could rip out SymbolClass tags from the >>>>> bytecode (for a specific class) - while keeping track of the new file >>>>> length, then write the swf again and have a swf that doesn't include >>>>> the definition for a particular class. Anyone else think that makes >>>>> sense? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> Flexcoders Mailing List >> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >> Alternative FAQ location: >> >> https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 >> Search Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups >> Links >> >> > >
