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Flash Builder 4 and Flash CS5 integration
Another thing that was revealed at Adobe Max 2009 are some of the new features of Flash Professional CS5. http://max.adobe.com/online/session/381
Problem:
I have been struggling with the ActionScript editor in Flash Profesional CS4 lately and have found my self jumping back and forth between Flex Builder and Flash Pro for the same project. This particular project was quite graphic heavy and was best suited to be build in the Flash Pro IDE. The ActionScript became quite heavy and I ended up using Flex Builder to write the code so that I could take advantage of the autocomplete features and class introspection available in Flex Builder. It become annoying to have to switch to Flash to compile the swf because Flex builder is unable to compile a .fla file. The other issue is that Flex Builder could not see the library items within the Flash library which were linked to classes. This caused Flex to report a bunch of errors so degubbing was not as good as it could be.
Solution:
Flash CS5 has greatly improved the Flash ActionScript editor and now does class introspection and code hinting/completion similar to what Flex does. Also Flash Builder 4 will have a Flash CS5 plugin that will allow you to edit your Flash based project from Flash Builder. When you test your application it will automatically switch to Flash Professional to compile the .fla file and then switch back to Flash Builder. I am also assuming and hoping that Flash Builder 4 will be able to see library items and MovieClips on the stage and not report errors for these items you are referencing in your code.
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