FlashAntTasks

Provides ant tasks for compiling Flash CS4 Flas from Flex Builder.

An example Ant task

<taskdef resource="FlashAntTasks.properties" classpath="lib/FlashAntTasks.jar"/>
 

<flashcommand>
   <movie export="true" source="/Project/test.fla" output="/Project/swfs/test.swf" />
   <movie export="true" source="/Project/shared.fla" output="/Project/swfs/shared.swf" />
</flashcommand>

<flashcommand>
   <movie test="true" source="/Project/shell.fla" output="/Project/swfs/shell.swf" />
</flashcommand>

<!-- WINDOWS USERS NEED FLASHAPP -->
<flashcommand flashapp="c:\\program files\\Adobe\\Flash.exe">
   <movie test="true" source="/Project/shell.fla" output="/Project/swfs/shell.swf" />
</flashcommand>

Variables

flashcommand

• verbose: (true or false)
• flashapp: WINDOWS USERS ONLY path to your flash executable

movie

• export: (true or false) exports the flash movie from source to the output directory
• test: (true or false) tests the flash movie from source to the output directory, will immediately open in the ide window
• source: is the path to the fla
• output: is the path to the swf

Ant Installation

What you need:

• Flex Builder or Eclipse
• Flash IDE (CS3 and CS4)

Installation help

• Help > Software Updates > Find and Install
• Select "New Features to Install"
• Check "Eclipse Project Updates" and hit the Run button
• Click on 3.3.2 (.3 or .4) and check on the "Eclipse Java Development Tools"
• Accept the license and go!

After the restart, you'll be able to use Ant. If you go to Window > Other Views... > and type in Ant you'll see the Ant view. Click that and the view should come up. In the Ant view you'll see about 5 buttons, the far left one will add your build.xml.