Requirements
You must have one of the following Visual Studio 2005 editions installed to use SharpStyle Neutron:
- Standard
- Professional
- Team System
Project Properties
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- Output type: choice of “ActionScript Application” or “ActionScript Library”
- ActionScript Library — reusable set of ActionScript classes compiled into SWF without “main()”
- Assembly name: name of the SWF file
- Default namespace: used when creating new ActionScript classes
- Output path: you can use relative paths. Useful when ActionScript project is a part of larger solution that includes Web/Windows project
- Target Flash Version: choice of 7 or 8
- Use input SWF file: you can specify SWF that contains assets
- Use type inference for initialized local variables: self explanatory
- Use strict compilation mode: self explanatory
- Main class: static function
main in this class be called automatically once all classes are registered
- Width, Height, Frame rate, Background color: self explanatory
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- Run compiled SWF:
- In Visual Studio
- In default web browser
- In application associated with *.SWF files
- HTML template file: self explanatory
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- This screen allows to setup references to ActionScript libraries, frameworks, etc
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- This screen allows to setup pre/post build events
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Technical details
SharpStyle Neutron uses an excellent open source ActionScript compiler called MTASC developed by Nicolas Cannasse. Read Comparison with Macromedia ActionScript compiler.
If you are an advanced ActionScript developer, you might also be familiar with HAMTASC. SharpStyle Neutron makes it very easy to substitute one compiler for another. Details are available on our blog.