Questions tagged [flashdevelop]

FlashDevelop is a popular, free and open source IDE for ActionScript and Haxe.

FlashDevelop is a free and open source (MIT license) source code editor for Windows.

FlashDevelop offers first class support for Flash ActionScript (2 and 3) and Haxe development: great and fast code completion & code generation, projects compilation & debugging, plenty of project templates, SWF/SWC exploration, etc. See: features & screenshots.

FlashDevelop is more generally a good web developer IDE with integrated source-control support (svn, git, mercurial), tasks/todo, snippets, XML/HTML completion and built-in zen-coding for HTML.

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Possible to use Flex Framework/Components without using MXML?

Is it possible to use the Flex Framework and Components, without using MXML? I know ActionScript pretty decently, and don't feel like messing around with some new XML language just to get some simple UI in there. Can anyone provide an example…
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Flash AS3: ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property

I am writing something in Flash/ AS3, and I came across this problem: ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property txtInput on package.name.DocumentClasss Basically I have a document class, and I can create instances of movieclips clips and…
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'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I tried to run a project using custom build in FlashDevelop: $(CompilerPath)\haxe.exe $(ProjectDir)\compile-js.hxml , but I get this error: 'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, here is the compile-js.hxml file, is there any…
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What are the Pros/Cons of Flash Builder vs. FlashDevelop?

I want to play around a bit with FLASH for app development. I'm looking for a good IDE for that. Someone suggested Flash Develop.
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AS3 [Event(name="", type="")], what is the significance?

I develop with FlashDevelop3 R2 and the Flex 3.3 SDK and there are many occasions where I must use the embed metadata tag as such: [Embed(source="path/to/file")] private var Asset:Class; I understand the above all well and good, and I am…
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Relationship of Adobe AIR SDK and Flex SDK?

I'm trying to make sense of the whole mess of the Flash platform (mainly so I understand the terms being thrown around) and so far, I haven't been able to figure out how exactly the AIR and Flex SDKs are related. Without actually having looked at…
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Calling the zoom in and out of context menu from custom button in flex3

I want to call the zoom in and zoom out function of context menu from custom button In adobe flex application. Code something like this : onZoomInButtonClick() { this.contextMenu.customItems.zoom.doIn(); }
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Is there a way reformat code in FlashDevelop?

Is there a way to reformat code, i.e. force correct indentation in FlashDevelop as you can do with CTRL-SHIFT-F in Eclipse?
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Random flashing white pixel at the bottom of the insertion point/caret in TextField? (Flash/AS3)

I am using FlashDevelop & Flash Player 11.7 (NPAPI version). Basically I see a random white pixel at the bottom of the insertion point/caret/text cursor that appears when a TextField has focus. It constantly flashes as the text cursor flashes but at…
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how do i add project references to swcs in FlashDevelop

I am trying to add a project reference or swc to papervision in FlashDevelop but intellisense isn't picking it up. I've done it before but i forgot how. Thanks.
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Why can't I display embedded fonts in AS3?

I have gone through all topics on Embedding fonts in AS3 I could find,a nd tried all solutions. I'm probably missing something obvious, but I don't fully understand what I'm doing so please guide me in the right direction. Many of the answers…
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Embed mp3 in actionscript 3 doesn't work

I have a problem with actionscript 3, especially when using the embed tag. I have this code: [Embed(source = "sound.mp3")] private static var soundClip:Class; ... var sound:Sound = (new soundClip()) as Sound; trace(sound.length); When I test the…
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Close Flash Player from FlashDevelop IDE

Whenever I compile my project using FlashDevelop in 'Debug' the Flash Player window remains after I have clicked the 'Stop' button in Flash Develop. I have to then switch over to the flash player, click through any error messages and then close the…
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What are the correct Android manifest settings for an Adobe AIR application to restrict device availability?

I am writing an Adobe AIR Android application using FlashDevelop, and I want to make sure that when I publish it to Google Play it is only available to devices that support Adobe AIR based applications. What is the proper way to configure this in…
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FlashDevelop - Test Project setting "Open Document" stops working when saving project as XFL

I'm working in FlashDevelop. I was able to set it up so that I can debug the application by specifying URL in Test Project setting "Open Document". It works, I'm able to press Play in FlashDevelop, it launches my application in a browser and I'm…
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