Using Degrafa

This instruction suits Flex3 (beta3)

but does not work with Flex2.0.1

In Flex2.0.1 (WinXP) the messages looks as follows: "X An internal build error has occurred. Please check the Error Log." "X unable to load SWC Degrafa.swc"

Is there another way of connecting this library to Flex2.0.1 ?

@vsilyin I just uploaded a version of the swc compiled with Flex 2. Apologies for any confusion.

Thanks! Library Degrafa-.1.2.zip works well in Flex 2.0.1! Now I'll be able to take part in the competition and try to win Flex3! :-)

I followed this process but it did not work with me I have this error:

1017: The definition of base class Locale was not found.

Could not resolve <mx:Application> to a component implementation.

unable to load SWC Degrafa.swc: multiple points

can you help me please?

On the Mac when I unzip the zip file it actually recursively unzips the SWC. It results in a folder without a SWC file in it. If you open up the terminal and do:

unzip Degrafa-2.2.zip

It only unzips the initial zip which contains just the SWC. Just an idea maybe distribute the SWC without putting it in a zip since it's already a zip file. You're not really compressing it any more than it already is.

I too had this problem. The second time I unzipped the file I did get the SWC.

On mac, you can extract the SWC file using Stuffit Expander (free) !

@charlie.hubbard I had a similar problem with another swc library. You can use Stuffit as dcz.switcher stated, but I also blogged about how to change the mac archive utility to prevent it here: http://mattguest.com/archive-utility-annoyance

@mattguest Thanks for the tip; I'd never even seen the prefs for Archive Utility :)

How do I use Degrafa with Flex if I don't have Flex Builder?

Umm, get flexbuilder, why wouldn't you? Unless your a masochist!

How do I use Degrafa with Flex if I don't want to have Flex Builder?

I'd also like to use Degrafa with the SDK -- not Flex Builder. I think I can get by with the xml schema definition. Where can I get an XSD for Degrafa?

In total agreement, my experience so far of "getting started" with degrafa has not been so great, ie, working out how to get .zip to .swc on a mac, is nuts ! .. please don't .zip the .swc !! very frustrating, and not a great first impression :P

Without Flex Builder: here's what worked for me (OSX).

1. Download the SWC and unzip it to your current working directory. 2. Rename the unzipped folder to degrafa.swc 3. Create a test.mxml file. 4. Execute this command: mxmlc -external-library-path=degrafa.swc -runtime-shared-libraries=degrafa.swc/library.swf test.mxml

Hope it helps, good luck.

BTW, here's what I used for my test.mxml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<mx:Application     
      xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" 
      xmlns:Degrafa="http://www.degrafa.com/2007"     
      layout="absolute"
>
    <Degrafa:GeometryComposition     
    graphicsTarget="{[ myCanvas ]}">     
    <Degrafa:Circle         
        radius="100"         
        centerX="120"         
        centerY="120" >         
        <Degrafa:fill>             
            <Degrafa:SolidFill                 
                color="#FFF"/>         
        </Degrafa:fill>     
    </Degrafa:Circle> 
</Degrafa:GeometryComposition>      
<mx:Canvas     
    id="myCanvas"/>
</mx:Application>

Taken from the intro here: http://www.insideria.com/2008/05/an-introduction-to-degrafa-1.html

Also, just realized, reading comments above, that my Mac recursively unzipped the swc into a folder containing the library.swf file. Apparently that's not the way it's supposed to work. But the mxmlc command needs BOTH the .swc and the library.swf file -- so if the SWC isn't recursively unzipped, you'd still need to unzip it anyway to extract the library.swf file. If you follow this route, the command would probably look something like: mxmlc -external-library-path=Degrafa_Beta3.1_Flex3.swc -runtime-shared-libraries=library.swf test.mxml

I always get a "Target file must be specified" error when I try something like this: mxmlc -external-library-path=degrafa.swc -runtime-shared-libraries=degrafa.swc/library.swf test.mxml Anybody knows why?

It should be better to place the SWC file in the libs folder created by flex builder in application folder. I try this a lot of time and find better result then creat a folder after src folder. but anyway all tips are usefull.

Tahir Alvi

What about Flex 4 ?

I used the -external-library-path and -runtime-shared-libraries arguments to the mxmlc command line, which successfully built, but still it didn't work when loaded in the browser (would show "Initializing" and stalls there.)

Eventually figured out that you don't need to unzip the .swc file, just use the following command line:

$ mxmlc -library-path+=Degrafa_Beta3?.1_Flex3.swc test.mxml

for anyone coming later to this, here's the updated URL from jay's post above:

http://www.developria.com/2008/05/an-introduction-to-degrafa-1.html