Adobe Flash Professional CC 2014 v.13.0 - Manual (Page 679)

Working with Flash Pro and Flash Builder
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Editing and debugging ActionScript with Flash Professional and Flash Builder
Creating components for Flex
Using Flex metadata
Additional resources
Adobe® Flash® Professional and Flex® can be used together in a variety of ways, including creating custom graphics and components in Flash
Professional for use in Flex®. The following tutorials demonstrate several of the ways Flash® and Flex® can be used together.
Note: (Flash Professional CC only) The Design View workflow between Flash Professional and Flash Builder is deprecated. On initiating this
workflow from Flash Builder 4.6, an exception is thrown in Flash Pro.
Video: Flash Professional CS5.5 - Working with Flash Builder (2:52) (Adobe TV)
Tutorial: Sharing projects between Flash Pro and Flash Builder (Adobe.com)
Video: Create custom Flex components with Flash CS3 (7:10)
Video: Creating Flex containers in Flash (4:33)
Video: Creating custom skins for Flex applications (4:58)
Video: Custom Flash graphics in Flex components (6:42)
Video: Use the Flex webservice component in Flash (8:53)
Video: Using and animating filters in Flex apps (4:35)
Video: Exploring the Flash timer (4:28)
Editing and debugging ActionScript with Flash Professional and Flash Builder
Flash Professional CS5 offers enhanced workflows between Flash Pro and Flash Builder 4.
The enabled workflows include:
Edit ActionScript 3.0 in Flash Builder 4 and test, debug, or publish in Flash Pro CS5.
Launch ActionScript 3.0 files from Flash Professional for edit in Flash Builder 4.
A video tutorial about the Flash Pro/Flash Builder workflows is available at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5303_fl_en .
Before you begin
In order to enable these Flash Pro/Flash Builder workflows, ensure that the following conditions are true:
Both Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Builder 4 are installed.
To launch a FLA file from Flash Builder, your project must be assigned the Flash Professional project nature in the Package Explorer panel.
For more information about assigning project natures in Flash Builder, see Flash Builder Help.
To launch a FLA file Flash Builder, your project must have a FLA file assigned to be used for testing and debugging in the Flash Professional
properties of the project.
Additional resources
Tutorial: Create a Flash Professional Project in Flash Builder - Part 1 (flashauthoring.blogspot.com)
Tutorial: Create a Flash Professional Project in Flash Builder - Part 2 (flashauthoring.blogspot.com)
Tutorial: Using the Flash Builder 4 Debugger to Debug Flash Professional Projects (flashauthoring.blogspot.com)
Testing, debugging, and publishingin Flash Pro from Flash Builder
To perform testing or debugging in Flash Pro with a file you are editing in Flash Builder 4:
From the Flash Builder development perspective, choose Run > Test Movie or Run > Debug Movie. Note that each menu item has a Flash
Pro icon next to it. Once the SWF window or debug session is closed, focus will return to Flash Builder unless there are compiler errors in
frame scripts inside the FLA file associated with the project. Information about all errors is sent to the Errors panel in Flash Builder.
To publish the FLA file associated with the current project in Flash Builder:
From the Flash Builder development perspective, choose Project > Publish Movie. Note the Flash Pro icon next to the menu command.
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