If you need to create really small SWFs for something then you can create an ActionScript project and use only Flash core classes/APIs. This isn't good if you're doing any kind of real application, but it can be helpful if you need to make some kind of tiny swf. For example, we use a small SWF that is nothing more than only line of code that sends data received via FlashVars out over a local connection. This swf is under 300 _bytes_. I'm also working on an HTML project that I am going to leverage Flash's clipboard functionality and will use a similar AS-only SWF. If you need a real Flex app then keep in mind that Flex is not really made to produce an app with a simple title window and a button. It shines for larger applications with many screens and provides a very rich and stateful client. In those types of applications, the size of the SWF is a tiny fraction of what the total html/css/images/javascript would be of a comparable HTML app and AMF calls will be a fraction of the data that would be sent as JSON in an AJAX app. So in short, while framework caching that others mentioned is great new feature in Flex 3 that will make SWF sizes smaller, I think the problem itself is deceptive 'cause you get the hit at once up front and new developers don't realize that it is the entire hit, once loaded, you're pretty much done, unlike an HTML app that constantly is sending lots of new pages or even an AJAX app that is sending JSON which is a lot heavier than AMF. HTH, Sam
------------------------------------------- We're Hiring! Seeking a passionate developer to join our team building Flex based products. Position is in the Washington D.C. metro area. If interested contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:20 PM To: flex Subject: [flexcoders] SWF File Size Hello All --- I am new to Flex and just started using the Beta of Flex 3. I created a simple TitleWindow with a generic button and noticed that the file size of the SWF is about 254KB. If I remove all of the code and just publish an empty application file, the size drops to 238KB. Is there a way to reduce the overall file size. Are things getting compiled that are extraneous? Thanks for any and all replies.
