using as2lib+mtsac+asdt+flashout+Eclipse

[d~l]

I came across as2lib only recently ..

I am interested in the discussion on compiling as2lib with MSATC.

But taking this a step further, could as2lib be used in an Eclipse IDE environment with an adaption of this baseline tutorial ..

"Towards Open Source Flash Development"

http://www.actionscript.com/index.php/fw/1/towards-open-source-flash-development/

This requires the download of MTASC, Eclipse, ASDT (ActionScript Development Tool) and Flashout as detailed in the tutorial.

And also access to Macromedia Core Classes (which can be obtained from a demo installation of Flash MX).

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After getting the examples to work as in the tutorial (not using as2lib in initial tests), I thought I might try as2lib in this IDE. 

Here are the steps I took ..

Install as2lib into c:\as2lib\  .. for easier access.

In Eclipse, setup new ActionScript2 Project (following the same steps as in the tutorial to setup Flash_OS_prj example).  There should now be two ActionScript2 Project files seen in Eclipse navigator window.

Flash_OS_prj .. and now ..

as2lib_prj
    deploy
    src
    as2lib_prj.flashout

right click on src folder

Import  -> File system  -> browse to c:\as2lib\  -> select c:\as2lib\src folder to import into the Eclipse project.

After importing, File system should look like this:-

From directory c:\as2lib\src

+ [ ] src

tick box in src .. then Finish ..

the full as2lib directory structure under src should then be seen in Eclipse Navigator

src > org > as2lib > etc.

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ensure that Flashout.as is located in as2lib_prj/src/ directory in Navigator (as in earlier example Flash_OS_prj).

ensure that as2lib_prj.flashout is located in as2lib_prj (i.e. at same level as src and deploy directories)

create a test.as file .. and here I took as a test.as file some ActionScript class  from the as2lib Introduction.pdf downloaded from as2lib site.  Chapter 2 page 6, Output Handling.

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import org.as2lib.env.event.EventInfo;
import org.as2lib.env.event.OutHandler;
import org.as2lib.env.event.OutInfo;
import org.as2lib.env.event.OutConfig:
import org.as2lib.env.event.BasicClass;
import mx.controls.Alert;

class test.org.as2lib.env.out.handler.UIAlertHandler
extends BasicClass implements OutHandler {

public function write (info:OutInfo):Void {
Alert.show(info.getMessage(),
getClass().getName());
}
}
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Then I clicked on as2lib_prj.flashout

and in the Eclipse Flashout window clicked on ::: COMPILE :::

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compiling .......      starts

but I get an error .......

c:/eclipse/workspace/as2lib_prj/src/test.as:8: characters 37-38 : parse error Unexpected :

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Can anyone progress beyond this point to compare notes in running as2lib in Eclipse?

[d~l]

Sorry .. that should be MTASC above ..

http://www.mtasc.org

[d~l]

One more step taken .. found a typo error ..
in test.as .. I had placed a colon instead of semi-colon here ..

import org.as2lib.env.event.OutConfig;

but in a fresh compile of corrected test.as ..

now these classes are not found in the src file system

type error class not found: org.as2lib.env.event.BasicClass

can anyone suggest a more representative test file (test.as) to go into this Eclipse IDE environment to test the as2lib classes?

[Simon Wacker]

The downloadable version of the as2lib is not mtasc compatible. The compatible version is only in the cvs. We are planning a release rather soon, so you can either wait till we release a mtasc compatible downloadable as2lib-0.1-final.zip or just check out the cvs repository. Here is how it works: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=94206. Module name is 'main'.
With the cvs version you can of course use the as2lib with eclipse etc. as in the "Towards Open Source Flash Development" article.