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Flash ActionScript 3.0 - Any free compiler, tools and tutorials?


I have got an assignment in which I have to implement a AS3 wrapper for any FLV player and I have to expose actionscript functions (External Interfaces?) so that other can be used in other different applications via CallFunction API. I have few questions regarding this -

  1. Are the tools for this are freely available? I know Flex SDK is but I want standalone swf (I means Flash Player 10) that can be used anywhere without any dependency and should contain FLV player embedded or should be able to load it from a particular location by supplying the URL.

  2. Is it possible only with an ActionScript compiler (or any free tools?). My problem is that I don't have flash or flex builder and I don't want to spend money on these because I don't work on it.

  3. As I have almost zero knowledge about it. Can you guys please explain me (if possible with details) that what I need to do. Any resoures on how to create and compile?

  4. If any of you have ever done this it would be really great if you guys can share samples. I've heard that many people have done the same thing for video players.


Solution

  • I can share a bit of my setup

    I use Flash (CS5) for creating assets

    I use FlexSDK as the compiler

    And do all the code in FlashDevelop

    Flashdevelop is for PC only for now, it's free and comes since the last few versions now with a debugger