Compiling ActionScript 3 Scripts with 'mxmlc'

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∟Compiling ActionScript 3 Scripts with 'mxmlc'

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the Flex compiler, mxml, to compile Flash applications written in ActionScript 3 language.

Adobe Flex compiler, mxmlc, can also be used to compile Flash applications written in ActionScript 3 language.

To test mxmlc with ActionScript 3 script, let's see the example written in SWFC script, circle.sc, again:

// MyMovieClip.as
// Copyright (c) 2010, HerongYang.com, All Rights Reserved.
//
package com.herongyang {
   import flash.display.*;
   import flash.text.*;
   public class MyMovieClip extends MovieClip {
      private var green:uint = 0x00ff00;
      private var black:uint = 0x000000;

// Building my first frame in the constructor
      public function MyMovieClip() {
         addCircle();
         addText();
      }

// Building a shap object
      private function addCircle():void {
         graphics.beginFill(green);
         graphics.lineStyle(5, black);
         graphics.drawCircle(75, 75, 50);
         graphics.endFill();
      }

// Building a text object
      private function addText():void {
         var object:TextField = new TextField();
         object.text = "Green";
         object.x = 50;
         object.y = 50;
         addChild(object);
      }

   }
}

Since class package name, com.herongyang, is used, we need to put this class source code in a sub folder path that matches the package name:

C:\herong>copy MyMovieClip.as com\herongyang\MyMovieClip.as

Now we are ready to compile this ActionScript 3 class source code:

C:\herong>\local\flex\bin\mxmlc -compiler.source-path=.
   com\herongyang\MyMovieClip.as

Loading configuration file C:\local\flex\frameworks\flex-config.xml
C:\herong\com\herongyang\MyMovieClip.as: Warning: This compilation 
unit did not have a factoryClass specified in Frame metadata to load
the configured runtime shared libraries. To compile without runtime 
shared libraries either set the -static-link-runtime-shared-libraries
option to true or remove the -runtime-shared-libraries option.

C:\herong\com\herongyang\MyMovieClip.swf (839 bytes)