Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
Wow, I'm a moron.
I mentioned I was executing the following from the command line:
mxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml test.mxml
I was actually running it from the commandline, i.e. from the command prompt
(then a batch file).
When I simply add the following to the Additional compiler arguments
textbox in the Flex Compiler options all of the paths, except for the
mxml-manifest.xml file, are inserted and the libraries are included as they
should be:
-dump-config test-config.xml (along with the default items).
While I blame myself for this, I think the docs could be a lot clearer about
what can be done from the commandline and what can be done from within FB.
You mentioned there being a SDK and FB team, as opposed to one team. Perhaps
that's why the docs don't really go into the FB options for this in a lot of
detail ... unless I missed that as well.
...
Actually there's an issue here if you have Build Automatically enabled. If
you use the -dump-config in the Flex Compiler options FB will rebuild in a
loop forever. When the -dump-config option is there FB dumps out the XML
file. Then, seeing as the config XML file has been updated, it rebuilds the
workspace. Having done that, the config file is updated, etc., etc. So, just
a word of caution when using this option: disable Build Automatically,
then add the -dump-config option.
On 2/16/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The only problem right now, besides the above issues, is that SWCs
added to the Library paths don't show up in the config XML. Are they
supposed to?
Yes.
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
When I add a SWC to FlexBuilder's Library Path pane, it appears in the
library-path node of the dumped config file. I don't think FlexBuilder
uses the include-libraries option, which I believe is for forcing a SWC to
be included even if it isn't used by the application.
- Gordon
--
*From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau
*Sent:* Friday, February 16, 2007 2:30 PM
*To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
*Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is there a
path-element involving 'libs'?
library-path
path-elementlibs/path-element
path-elementlocale/{locale}/path-element
/library-path
I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file are
relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal
flex-config.xml file).
Ok, I can work with that. Obviously it would be ideal to not have to do
this, but adding the paths should be easy enough for a simple script/app.
... I just added ${flexlib}/ in places where a path looked like it was
needed and that worked.
You should be able to create an XML config file with all the options you
need. You should not have to specify any of them on the command line except
perhaps -load-config.
That's great! The only problem right now, besides the above issues, is
that SWCs added to the Library paths don't show up in the config XML. Are
they supposed to?
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
!-- compiler.include-libraries: a list of libraries (SWCs) to completely
include in the SWF--
!-- compiler.include-libraries usage:
include-libraries
librarystring/library
librarystring/library
/include-libraries
--
The SWC that I've included is a Library project that Flex Builder
recognizes from my projects.
Here is the commandline I'm using to try to compile:
mxmlc D:/Flex/test/test.mxml
The -load-config isn't required - because it's in the same directory as
the MXML file? - and if included in this case, gets loaded twice.
However, the compilation fails with an error because my SWC isn't included
in the config XML.
So close ...
On 2/15/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Error: unable to open 'libs'
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is there a
path-element involving 'libs'?
can you tell me what the config XML is used for?
To dump out all the options used for a compilation, in the same format
as the flex-config.file. However, I'm afraid that the compiler team and
the FlexBuilder team are separate, that this option is not widely used, and
that we haven't done a good job of making it easy to create one in
FlexBuilder and then use it for command-line compilation.
And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do, which is:
I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same
project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the
options that Flex Builder is adding.
Yes, it should enable this but you may need to adjust some file system
paths. I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file are
relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal
flex-config.xml file).
My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not trying to
get
RE: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
Actually there's an issue here if you have Build Automatically
enabled. If you use the -dump-config in the Flex Compiler options FB
will rebuild in a loop forever.
I think that you can work around this bug by dumping the config file to
a directory outside the FlexBuilder project directory.
- Gordon
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Derek Vadneau
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:34 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
Wow, I'm a moron.
I mentioned I was executing the following from the command line:
mxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml test.mxml
I was actually running it from the commandline, i.e. from the command
prompt (then a batch file).
When I simply add the following to the Additional compiler arguments
textbox in the Flex Compiler options all of the paths, except for the
mxml-manifest.xml file, are inserted and the libraries are included as
they should be:
-dump-config test-config.xml (along with the default items).
While I blame myself for this, I think the docs could be a lot clearer
about what can be done from the commandline and what can be done from
within FB. You mentioned there being a SDK and FB team, as opposed to
one team. Perhaps that's why the docs don't really go into the FB
options for this in a lot of detail ... unless I missed that as well.
...
Actually there's an issue here if you have Build Automatically
enabled. If you use the -dump-config in the Flex Compiler options FB
will rebuild in a loop forever. When the -dump-config option is there FB
dumps out the XML file. Then, seeing as the config XML file has been
updated, it rebuilds the workspace. Having done that, the config file is
updated, etc., etc. So, just a word of caution when using this option:
disable Build Automatically, then add the -dump-config option.
On 2/16/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The only problem right now, besides the above issues, is that
SWCs added to the Library paths don't show up in the config XML. Are
they supposed to?
Yes.
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
When I add a SWC to FlexBuilder's Library Path pane, it appears
in the library-path node of the dumped config file. I don't think
FlexBuilder uses the include-libraries option, which I believe is for
forcing a SWC to be included even if it isn't used by the application.
- Gordon
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com http://yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf
Of Derek Vadneau
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:30 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options
FB uses?
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is
there a path-element involving 'libs'?
library-path
path-elementlibs/path-element
path-elementlocale/{locale}/path-element
/library-path
I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file
are relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal
flex-config.xml file).
Ok, I can work with that. Obviously it would be ideal to not
have to do this, but adding the paths should be easy enough for a simple
script/app. ... I just added ${flexlib}/ in places where a path looked
like it was needed and that worked.
You should be able to create an XML config file with all the
options you need. You should not have to specify any of them on the
command line except perhaps -load-config.
That's great! The only problem right now, besides the above
issues, is that SWCs added to the Library paths don't show up in the
config XML. Are they supposed to?
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
!-- compiler.include-libraries: a list of libraries (SWCs) to
completely include in the SWF--
!-- compiler.include-libraries usage:
include-libraries
librarystring/library
librarystring/library
/include-libraries
--
The SWC that I've included is a Library project that Flex
Builder recognizes from my projects.
Here is the commandline I'm using to try to compile:
mxmlc D:/Flex/test/test.mxml
The -load-config isn't required - because it's in the same
directory as the MXML file? - and if included in this case, gets loaded
twice.
However, the compilation fails with an error because my SWC
isn't included in the config XML.
So close ...
On 2/15/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL
Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is there a
path-element involving 'libs'?
library-path
path-elementlibs/path-element
path-elementlocale/{locale}/path-element
/library-path
I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file are relative
to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal flex-config.xmlfile).
Ok, I can work with that. Obviously it would be ideal to not have to do
this, but adding the paths should be easy enough for a simple script/app.
... I just added ${flexlib}/ in places where a path looked like it was
needed and that worked.
You should be able to create an XML config file with all the options you
need. You should not have to specify any of them on the command line except
perhaps -load-config.
That's great! The only problem right now, besides the above issues, is that
SWCs added to the Library paths don't show up in the config XML. Are they
supposed to?
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
!-- compiler.include-libraries: a list of libraries (SWCs) to completely
include in the SWF--
!-- compiler.include-libraries usage:
include-libraries
librarystring/library
librarystring/library
/include-libraries
--
The SWC that I've included is a Library project that Flex Builder recognizes
from my projects.
Here is the commandline I'm using to try to compile:
mxmlc D:/Flex/test/test.mxml
The -load-config isn't required - because it's in the same directory as the
MXML file? - and if included in this case, gets loaded twice.
However, the compilation fails with an error because my SWC isn't included
in the config XML.
So close ...
On 2/15/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Error: unable to open 'libs'
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is there a
path-element involving 'libs'?
can you tell me what the config XML is used for?
To dump out all the options used for a compilation, in the same format as
the flex-config.file. However, I'm afraid that the compiler team and the
FlexBuilder team are separate, that this option is not widely used, and that
we haven't done a good job of making it easy to create one in FlexBuilder
and then use it for command-line compilation.
And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do, which is: I
want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same
project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the
options that Flex Builder is adding.
Yes, it should enable this but you may need to adjust some file system
paths. I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file are
relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal
flex-config.xml file).
My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not trying to
get around having to use Flex Builder
No problem even if you were, Adobe loves to sell copies of FlexBuilder,
but we know we're never going to get to our goal of having a million Flex
developers unless a whole lot of them are using the free SDK.
If I HAVE to do this manually by writing everything on the commandline
then fine.
You should be able to create an XML config file with all the options you
need. You should not have to specify any of them on the command line except
perhaps -load-config.
- Gordon
--
*From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau
*Sent:* Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:01 AM
*To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
*Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
When I run this:
mxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml test.mxml
I still get an error stating that there is a Call to a possibly undefined
method. In FB there's no problem because I added the SWC to my Library
paths.
I then edited the config file, as you suggested, to include the full path
to mxml-manifest.xml and now there is no error displayed in FB (after the
config file has been created).
However, I still can't use it to build from the commandline.
I ran this:
mxmlc -load-config test-config.xml
In the command prompt I get:
Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml
D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs'
/library-path
I'm guessing there's something else I need to change here.
I appreciate the help in this matter, however before we continue on what
might be wrong with the config file, can you tell me what the config XML is
used for? And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do, which
is:
I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same
project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the
options that Flex Builder is adding.
My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not trying to get
around having to use Flex Builder. I really want to use Flex Builder to
create my projects and then let our build process pull in the source and
build the output files.
If I HAVE to do
RE: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
The only problem right now, besides the above issues, is that SWCs
added to the Library paths don't show up in the config XML. Are they
supposed to?
Yes.
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
When I add a SWC to FlexBuilder's Library Path pane, it appears in the
library-path node of the dumped config file. I don't think FlexBuilder
uses the include-libraries option, which I believe is for forcing a SWC
to be included even if it isn't used by the application.
- Gordon
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Derek Vadneau
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:30 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is there a
path-element involving 'libs'?
library-path
path-elementlibs/path-element
path-elementlocale/{locale}/path-element
/library-path
I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file are
relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal
flex-config.xml file).
Ok, I can work with that. Obviously it would be ideal to not have to do
this, but adding the paths should be easy enough for a simple
script/app. ... I just added ${flexlib}/ in places where a path looked
like it was needed and that worked.
You should be able to create an XML config file with all the options
you need. You should not have to specify any of them on the command line
except perhaps -load-config.
That's great! The only problem right now, besides the above issues, is
that SWCs added to the Library paths don't show up in the config XML.
Are they supposed to?
Right now this is what I see in the include-libraries node:
!-- compiler.include-libraries: a list of libraries (SWCs) to
completely include in the SWF--
!-- compiler.include-libraries usage:
include-libraries
librarystring/library
librarystring/library
/include-libraries
--
The SWC that I've included is a Library project that Flex Builder
recognizes from my projects.
Here is the commandline I'm using to try to compile:
mxmlc D:/Flex/test/test.mxml
The -load-config isn't required - because it's in the same directory as
the MXML file? - and if included in this case, gets loaded twice.
However, the compilation fails with an error because my SWC isn't
included in the config XML.
So close ...
On 2/15/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Error: unable to open 'libs'
What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is
there a path-element involving 'libs'?
can you tell me what the config XML is used for?
To dump out all the options used for a compilation, in the same
format as the flex-config.file. However, I'm afraid that the compiler
team and the FlexBuilder team are separate, that this option is not
widely used, and that we haven't done a good job of making it easy to
create one in FlexBuilder and then use it for command-line compilation.
And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do,
which is: I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the
very same project from the commandline without having to manually add
all of the options that Flex Builder is adding.
Yes, it should enable this but you may need to adjust some file
system paths. I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config
file are relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the
normal flex-config.xml file).
My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not
trying to get around having to use Flex Builder
No problem even if you were, Adobe loves to sell copies of
FlexBuilder, but we know we're never going to get to our goal of having
a million Flex developers unless a whole lot of them are using the free
SDK.
If I HAVE to do this manually by writing everything on the
commandline then fine.
You should be able to create an XML config file with all the
options you need. You should not have to specify any of them on the
command line except perhaps -load-config.
- Gordon
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com http://yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf
Of Derek Vadneau
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:01 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options
FB uses?
When I run this:
mxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml test.mxml
I still get an error stating that there is a Call to a possibly
undefined method. In FB there's no problem because I added the SWC to
my Library paths.
I then edited the config file
Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
When I run this: mxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml test.mxml I still get an error stating that there is a Call to a possibly undefined method. In FB there's no problem because I added the SWC to my Library paths. I then edited the config file, as you suggested, to include the full path to mxml-manifest.xml and now there is no error displayed in FB (after the config file has been created). However, I still can't use it to build from the commandline. I ran this: mxmlc -load-config test-config.xml In the command prompt I get: Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs' /library-path I'm guessing there's something else I need to change here. I appreciate the help in this matter, however before we continue on what might be wrong with the config file, can you tell me what the config XML is used for? And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do, which is: I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the options that Flex Builder is adding. My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not trying to get around having to use Flex Builder. I really want to use Flex Builder to create my projects and then let our build process pull in the source and build the output files. If I HAVE to do this manually by writing everything on the commandline then fine. I was just hoping for a way to use Flex Builder to help me with this, since it is (I can only assume) running the compiler with all the options anyhow. On 2/14/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks like the -dump-config option has a bug: it isn't writing out an absolute path for manifest files such as mxml-manifest.xml. If you hand-edit the dumped config file to change manifestmxml-manifest.xml/manifest to manifestC:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2.0.1\Flex SDK 2\frameworks\mxml-manifest.xml/manifest (or whatever path is appropriate), it will work. Or at least it did for me. - Gordon -- *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:31 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? The correction you provided gives me the same test-config.xml file and also creates a test.swf in the same directory as my MXML file. I guess I'm not understanding what the config XML file is really for. Here's what I want to do: Take my source (MXML, AS, and any SWCs?) to another PC where I can build a SWF from the commandline. Even from my own PC, in the same directory, this doesn't work. I added a library SWC to my project and ran the commandline code you gave (sub'd AppName of course) and I get a compiler error saying Call to a possibly undefined method, which of course means that the compiler doesn't know about the SWC library I added in FB. I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the options that Flex Builder is adding. Is that possible? Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config It does but FB displays the error I mentioned before: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xml testline 101 So I guess I'm just confused as to what the config XML file is supposed to be giving me, and how I can create a FB project and build it the very same way from the commandline. On 2/13/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the commandline code from the docs. It's wrong: it's giving you an error (a target file must be specified) in step 1. The command line would be mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml AppName.mxml Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config. - Gordon -- *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau *Sent:* Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:03 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? My thinking here was that I could dump out a configuration XML file that I could specify on the commandline that the compiler would use. So: 1. Use a batch file to get the config file: mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml 2. Use a batch file to generate the SWF: mxmlc -load-config AppName-config.xml Here's the output from step 1: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2\Flex SDK 2\fram eworks\flex-config.xml Writing configuration dump to test-config.xml Error
RE: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
Error: unable to open 'libs' What is in the library-path of the dumped config file? Is there a path-element involving 'libs'? can you tell me what the config XML is used for? To dump out all the options used for a compilation, in the same format as the flex-config.file. However, I'm afraid that the compiler team and the FlexBuilder team are separate, that this option is not widely used, and that we haven't done a good job of making it easy to create one in FlexBuilder and then use it for command-line compilation. And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do, which is: I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the options that Flex Builder is adding. Yes, it should enable this but you may need to adjust some file system paths. I'm told that any relative paths in the dumped XML config file are relative to the frameworks directory (the location of the normal flex-config.xml file). My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not trying to get around having to use Flex Builder No problem even if you were, Adobe loves to sell copies of FlexBuilder, but we know we're never going to get to our goal of having a million Flex developers unless a whole lot of them are using the free SDK. If I HAVE to do this manually by writing everything on the commandline then fine. You should be able to create an XML config file with all the options you need. You should not have to specify any of them on the command line except perhaps -load-config. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:01 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? When I run this: mxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml test.mxml I still get an error stating that there is a Call to a possibly undefined method. In FB there's no problem because I added the SWC to my Library paths. I then edited the config file, as you suggested, to include the full path to mxml-manifest.xml and now there is no error displayed in FB (after the config file has been created). However, I still can't use it to build from the commandline. I ran this: mxmlc -load-config test-config.xml In the command prompt I get: Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs' /library-path I'm guessing there's something else I need to change here. I appreciate the help in this matter, however before we continue on what might be wrong with the config file, can you tell me what the config XML is used for? And will it enable me to do what I originally set out to do, which is: I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the options that Flex Builder is adding. My company owns multiple copies of Flex Builder, so I'm not trying to get around having to use Flex Builder. I really want to use Flex Builder to create my projects and then let our build process pull in the source and build the output files. If I HAVE to do this manually by writing everything on the commandline then fine. I was just hoping for a way to use Flex Builder to help me with this, since it is (I can only assume) running the compiler with all the options anyhow. On 2/14/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks like the -dump-config option has a bug: it isn't writing out an absolute path for manifest files such as mxml-manifest.xml. If you hand-edit the dumped config file to change manifestmxml-manifest.xml/manifest to manifestC:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2.0.1\Flex SDK 2\frameworks\mxml-manifest.xml/manifest (or whatever path is appropriate), it will work. Or at least it did for me. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com http://yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:31 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? The correction you provided gives me the same test-config.xml file and also creates a test.swf in the same directory as my MXML file. I guess I'm not understanding what the config XML file is really for. Here's what I want to do: Take my source (MXML, AS, and any SWCs?) to another PC where I can build a SWF from the commandline. Even from my own PC, in the same directory, this doesn't work. I added a library
Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
The correction you provided gives me the same test-config.xml file and also creates a test.swf in the same directory as my MXML file. I guess I'm not understanding what the config XML file is really for. Here's what I want to do: Take my source (MXML, AS, and any SWCs?) to another PC where I can build a SWF from the commandline. Even from my own PC, in the same directory, this doesn't work. I added a library SWC to my project and ran the commandline code you gave (sub'd AppName of course) and I get a compiler error saying Call to a possibly undefined method, which of course means that the compiler doesn't know about the SWC library I added in FB. I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the options that Flex Builder is adding. Is that possible? Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config It does but FB displays the error I mentioned before: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xmltestline 101 So I guess I'm just confused as to what the config XML file is supposed to be giving me, and how I can create a FB project and build it the very same way from the commandline. On 2/13/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the commandline code from the docs. It's wrong: it's giving you an error (a target file must be specified) in step 1. The command line would be mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml AppName.mxml Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config. - Gordon -- *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau *Sent:* Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:03 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? My thinking here was that I could dump out a configuration XML file that I could specify on the commandline that the compiler would use. So: 1. Use a batch file to get the config file: mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml 2. Use a batch file to generate the SWF: mxmlc -load-config AppName-config.xml Here's the output from step 1: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2\Flex SDK 2\fram eworks\flex-config.xml Writing configuration dump to test-config.xml Error: a target file must be specified I got the commandline code from the docs. From here I would assume step 2 wouldn't work and it doesn't: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -load-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test- config.xml D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs' /library-path The test-config.xml file is written to my project directory. And just having the test-config.xml file there causes Flex Builder to produce the following error in the Problems view: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xmltestline 101 But, if your response is any indication, this should be working. So why am I getting these errors? Is there something obvious here that I missed? On 2/12/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -dump-config dumps the configuration used for a particular compilation. The format is that of a config file, not a command line, but it is not a generic config file. Apparently this isn't the case. What's leading you to think it's not working? - Gordon -- *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau *Sent:* Monday, February 12, 2007 7:30 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? I thought the point of dump-config was to dump the configuration used for a particular project. Apparently this isn't the case. dump-config dumps out a generic config file. What's the point of this? Would it not be so much more useful to have FB be able to dump out a file that can simply be used by the commandline compiler? I know it would be for me. I build and test using Flex Builder but my projects are then integrated into a build system. The build system is not based on Eclipse. What would be ideal is to have FB be able to dump out a config file that I can simply pass along with my source for the build process. As it stands now I need to write my own (or modify the dump) config file any time I make certain changes to my project. Doesn't Flex Builder already have this information when it performs a build? Could it not dump THAT out instead? Maybe this is already possible - can anyone confirm/deny? -- Derek Vadneau -- Derek Vadneau -- Derek Vadneau
RE: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
It looks like the -dump-config option has a bug: it isn't writing out an absolute path for manifest files such as mxml-manifest.xml. If you hand-edit the dumped config file to change manifestmxml-manifest.xml/manifest to manifestC:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2.0.1\Flex SDK 2\frameworks\mxml-manifest.xml/manifest (or whatever path is appropriate), it will work. Or at least it did for me. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:31 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? The correction you provided gives me the same test-config.xml file and also creates a test.swf in the same directory as my MXML file. I guess I'm not understanding what the config XML file is really for. Here's what I want to do: Take my source (MXML, AS, and any SWCs?) to another PC where I can build a SWF from the commandline. Even from my own PC, in the same directory, this doesn't work. I added a library SWC to my project and ran the commandline code you gave (sub'd AppName of course) and I get a compiler error saying Call to a possibly undefined method, which of course means that the compiler doesn't know about the SWC library I added in FB. I want to setup my project in Flex Builder and then build the very same project from the commandline without having to manually add all of the options that Flex Builder is adding. Is that possible? Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config It does but FB displays the error I mentioned before: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xml testline 101 So I guess I'm just confused as to what the config XML file is supposed to be giving me, and how I can create a FB project and build it the very same way from the commandline. On 2/13/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the commandline code from the docs. It's wrong: it's giving you an error (a target file must be specified) in step 1. The command line would be mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml AppName.mxml Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com http://yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:03 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? My thinking here was that I could dump out a configuration XML file that I could specify on the commandline that the compiler would use. So: 1. Use a batch file to get the config file: mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml 2. Use a batch file to generate the SWF: mxmlc -load-config AppName-config.xml Here's the output from step 1: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2\Flex SDK 2\fram eworks\flex-config.xml Writing configuration dump to test-config.xml Error: a target file must be specified I got the commandline code from the docs. From here I would assume step 2 wouldn't work and it doesn't: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -load-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test- config.xml D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs' /library-path The test-config.xml file is written to my project directory. And just having the test-config.xml file there causes Flex Builder to produce the following error in the Problems view: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xmltest line 101 But, if your response is any indication, this should be working. So why am I getting these errors? Is there something obvious here that I missed? On 2/12/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -dump-config dumps the configuration used for a particular compilation. The format is that of a config file, not a command line, but it is not a generic config file. Apparently this isn't the case. What's leading you to think it's not working? - Gordon
Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
My thinking here was that I could dump out a configuration XML file that I could specify on the commandline that the compiler would use. So: 1. Use a batch file to get the config file: mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml 2. Use a batch file to generate the SWF: mxmlc -load-config AppName-config.xml Here's the output from step 1: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2\Flex SDK 2\fram eworks\flex-config.xml Writing configuration dump to test-config.xml Error: a target file must be specified I got the commandline code from the docs. From here I would assume step 2 wouldn't work and it doesn't: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -load-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs' /library-path The test-config.xml file is written to my project directory. And just having the test-config.xml file there causes Flex Builder to produce the following error in the Problems view: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xmltestline 101 But, if your response is any indication, this should be working. So why am I getting these errors? Is there something obvious here that I missed? On 2/12/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -dump-config dumps the configuration used for a particular compilation. The format is that of a config file, not a command line, but it is not a generic config file. Apparently this isn't the case. What's leading you to think it's not working? - Gordon -- *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Derek Vadneau *Sent:* Monday, February 12, 2007 7:30 AM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? I thought the point of dump-config was to dump the configuration used for a particular project. Apparently this isn't the case. dump-config dumps out a generic config file. What's the point of this? Would it not be so much more useful to have FB be able to dump out a file that can simply be used by the commandline compiler? I know it would be for me. I build and test using Flex Builder but my projects are then integrated into a build system. The build system is not based on Eclipse. What would be ideal is to have FB be able to dump out a config file that I can simply pass along with my source for the build process. As it stands now I need to write my own (or modify the dump) config file any time I make certain changes to my project. Doesn't Flex Builder already have this information when it performs a build? Could it not dump THAT out instead? Maybe this is already possible - can anyone confirm/deny? -- Derek Vadneau -- Derek Vadneau
RE: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
I got the commandline code from the docs. It's wrong: it's giving you an error (a target file must be specified) in step 1. The command line would be mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml AppName.mxml Also, if you name the config file this way and put it in the same directory as AppName, I think it gets loaded automatically, without you having to use -load-config. - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:03 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? My thinking here was that I could dump out a configuration XML file that I could specify on the commandline that the compiler would use. So: 1. Use a batch file to get the config file: mxmlc -dump-config AppName-config.xml 2. Use a batch file to generate the SWF: mxmlc -load-config AppName-config.xml Here's the output from step 1: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -dump-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2\Flex SDK 2\fram eworks\flex-config.xml Writing configuration dump to test-config.xml Error: a target file must be specified I got the commandline code from the docs. From here I would assume step 2 wouldn't work and it doesn't: D:\Flex\testmxmlc -load-config test-config.xml Loading configuration file D:\Flex\test\test- config.xml D:\Flex\test\test-config.xml(91): Error: unable to open 'libs' /library-path The test-config.xml file is written to my project directory. And just having the test-config.xml file there causes Flex Builder to produce the following error in the Problems view: unable to open 'mxml-manifest.xml'test-config.xmltestline 101 But, if your response is any indication, this should be working. So why am I getting these errors? Is there something obvious here that I missed? On 2/12/07, Gordon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -dump-config dumps the configuration used for a particular compilation. The format is that of a config file, not a command line, but it is not a generic config file. Apparently this isn't the case. What's leading you to think it's not working? - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com http://yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? I thought the point of dump-config was to dump the configuration used for a particular project. Apparently this isn't the case. dump-config dumps out a generic config file. What's the point of this? Would it not be so much more useful to have FB be able to dump out a file that can simply be used by the commandline compiler? I know it would be for me. I build and test using Flex Builder but my projects are then integrated into a build system. The build system is not based on Eclipse. What would be ideal is to have FB be able to dump out a config file that I can simply pass along with my source for the build process. As it stands now I need to write my own (or modify the dump) config file any time I make certain changes to my project. Doesn't Flex Builder already have this information when it performs a build? Could it not dump THAT out instead? Maybe this is already possible - can anyone confirm/deny? -- Derek Vadneau -- Derek Vadneau
[flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
I thought the point of dump-config was to dump the configuration used for a particular project. Apparently this isn't the case. dump-config dumps out a generic config file. What's the point of this? Would it not be so much more useful to have FB be able to dump out a file that can simply be used by the commandline compiler? I know it would be for me. I build and test using Flex Builder but my projects are then integrated into a build system. The build system is not based on Eclipse. What would be ideal is to have FB be able to dump out a config file that I can simply pass along with my source for the build process. As it stands now I need to write my own (or modify the dump) config file any time I make certain changes to my project. Doesn't Flex Builder already have this information when it performs a build? Could it not dump THAT out instead? Maybe this is already possible - can anyone confirm/deny? -- Derek Vadneau
RE: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses?
-dump-config dumps the configuration used for a particular compilation. The format is that of a config file, not a command line, but it is not a generic config file. Apparently this isn't the case. What's leading you to think it's not working? - Gordon From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Vadneau Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How to get the current build options FB uses? I thought the point of dump-config was to dump the configuration used for a particular project. Apparently this isn't the case. dump-config dumps out a generic config file. What's the point of this? Would it not be so much more useful to have FB be able to dump out a file that can simply be used by the commandline compiler? I know it would be for me. I build and test using Flex Builder but my projects are then integrated into a build system. The build system is not based on Eclipse. What would be ideal is to have FB be able to dump out a config file that I can simply pass along with my source for the build process. As it stands now I need to write my own (or modify the dump) config file any time I make certain changes to my project. Doesn't Flex Builder already have this information when it performs a build? Could it not dump THAT out instead? Maybe this is already possible - can anyone confirm/deny? -- Derek Vadneau
