I dont know anything about the internals of SWC but, if this is truly analagous to a JAR then it is a very good idea.
Why are people talking about FAR if SWC will do the same thing? Regards Hank On 1/17/06, Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And on a final note (for me at least): There is something like FAR > already - SWC. This would make much more sense to me, since it can be > used with Flash also. > > Cheers, > Ralf. > > > > > > Sönke Rohde wrote: > > > Hi Igor, > > Why don't you compile your project with AsWing instrinsic-classes and load > > and swf which all AsWing-Code before loading your content.swf? > > Intrinsics compile lightspeed and this should save your 20-30secs. > > > > Cheers, > > Sönke > > > > > >>Just one more idea. > >> > >>I think it also will be very useful to have > >>"-rb_include_package <package>" > >>option in addition to "-rb_exclude_package <package>". It will be very > >>comfortable to create DDLs. > >> > >>For example, I'm using AsWing in my project. Extra > >>compilation time for > >>compile only used AsWing classes every time takes about 20-30 > >>seconds for me > >>(using MTASC). So I'd like to create a DLL and place all used > >>"org.aswing.*" > >>classes to. Later I could load this DLL in runtime or import > >>using swfmill. > >> > >>But to create such DLL now I need to list all AsWing classes. > >>I need to keep > >>this list alive and revisit it every time I'm adding or > >>removing some AsWing > >>class from my sources. Also I don't want to create DLL > >>contained all AsWing > >>stuff to omit list revisiting (it could be too heavy). > >> > >>So having "-rb_include_package <package>" option I could > >>create special ANT > >>task and run it only if I started to use new class from > >>AsWing framework. It > >>will create DLL for me contained only classes used in my > >>project. And I > >>don't need to recompile all sources anymore after any tiny > >>changes in my own > >>sources. > >> > >>What do you think about? > >> > >>Regards, > >>Igor > >> > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>Behalf Of Simon Wacker > >>Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:20 PM > >>To: Open Source Flash Mailing List > >>Subject: Re: [osflash] FAR was [Hacked MTASC: ask for new feature] > >> > >>Hi Ralf, > >> > >>it is definitely possible to do this in ant, but it is much more > >>convenient to use if you do not have to do it, but let the > >>compiler do > >>the job for you. ;) (and let's not forget about the > >>programmers that do > >>not use ant) > >> > >> > >>Greetings, > >>Simon > >> > >>Ralf Bokelberg wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Yes, that's what i understood also. > >>>But i wonder, why we should do it inside MTASC, when we can > >> > >>do it in ant > >> > >>>also? Couldn't we add a dependent target, which unzips a > >> > >>library.zip and > >> > >>>adds the directory to the classpath of mtasc? > >>>Cheers, > >>>Ralf. > >>> > >>>Carlos Rovira wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi Ralf, > >>>> > >>>>Ant would be useful to package the classes into a FAR file, > >> > >>but I think > >> > >>>>that Igor wants HAMTASC recognize that file and be able to > >> > >>asimilate it > >> > >>>>(I suppose hamtasc must unpack and process the files inside it) > >>>> > >>>>If not, please Igor, give your vision > >>>> > >>>>FAR file would be a great addition to our arsenal ;) > >>>> > >>>>Cheers, > >>>> > >>>>C. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>2006/1/17, Ralf Bokelberg < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > >> > >>>> Hi Igor, > >>>> > >>>> sounds interesting. > >>>> If i would implement it, i would unpack the zip into a temporary > >>>> directory and add the name of the newly created directory to the > >>>> classpath. I wonder, if this can't be done more easily with Ant? > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Ralf. > >>>> > >>>> Igor V. Sadovskiy wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > Hello Ralf. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > I'd like to ask you about adding new feature to the > >> > >>MTASC. It's FAR > >> > >>>> > (Flash Archive) support. FAR is just like a JAR in Java. It > >> > >>contains > >> > >>>> > archived AS sources and could be used as element of the > >>>> classpath. To my > >>>> > mind it will be great if MTASC and most of well-known IDE > >>>> supports it. I > >>>> > could place all third-party libraries to FAR file so > >> > >>my project > >> > >>>> becomes > >>>> > quite compact and portable. Libraries packed to the > >> > >>archive could > >>be > >> > >>>> > easy shared between projects, easy added to the CVS. Library > >> > >>version > >> > >>>> > control will become really easier. It even will be > >> > >>possible to > >> > >>>> use Maven > >>>> > with library repository to build Flash applications. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > I already talked with some peoples from OSFlash about (Simon > >> > >>Wacker, > >> > >>>> > Carlos Rovira and other) and they found this idea > >> > >>interesting too. > >>As > >> > >>>> > soon as this feature will be implemented we could > >> > >>push this idea > >> > >>>> to the > >>>> > flash community. I think all will find FAR useful. > >> > >>Also we will > >> > >>>> ask for > >>>> > FAR support by the top used IDE. I think it won't be > >> > >>a big issue to > >> > >>>> > implement this feature in some IDE. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > So what do you think about? Could you add FAR support to the > >>>> Hacked MTASC? > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Regards, > >>>> > > >>>> > Igor > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> osflash mailing list > >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>>> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>::| Carlos Rovira > >>>>::| http://www.carlosrovira.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>------------ > >> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>osflash mailing list > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>osflash mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>Simon Wacker > >>www.simonwacker.com > >>www.as2lib.org > >>www.hq-heilbronn.de > >>www.flik-flak.de > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>osflash mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>osflash mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
