Question

In the past, there was a simple trick, to include the flex mxmlc module by adding the following line to the flash-cs4 makefile:

-include-libraries “/absolute/path/to/my/assets/assets.swc” 

This gave you the ability to use getDefinitionByName, an helper function to access the embedded swc asset-library (instead of creating hand-written classes all assets).

Unfortunately, this has stopped working since flash-cs4. Does anybody know another solution?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the only workaround I have found is to explicitly refer each of asset classes somewhere in the code. You may create dummy class like this:

public class AssetsExporter extends Sprite
{   
  public static function export()
  {
    AssetClass1;
    AssetClass2;
    //etc

    trace( "DEBUG AssetsExporter.export()" );
  }
}

Specify this class as Document class in Flash IDE, so it will be compiled into the resulting swc. Then in the main code of your application call

AssetsExporter.export();

After doing this you will be able to use getDefinitionByName().