Global AS3 File - FDT - actionscript-3

Question

I'm trying create a global file in AS3 with FTD.
It's a file that is imported by this code
<fx:Script source="../../../framework/util/util.as"/>
and is acessible by all classes in project.
Just like this without package or class.
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridColumn;
import mx.core.FlexGlobals;
import mx.core.UIComponent;
import mx.formatters.DateFormatter;
import mx.managers.ToolTipManager;
import mx.messaging.Channel;
import mx.messaging.events.ChannelEvent;
import mx.messaging.ChannelSet;
import mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel;
import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
import mx.rpc.remoting.mxml.RemoteObject;
import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
import spark.components.TitleWindow;
import spark.events.TitleWindowBoundsEvent;
private var channelSet:ChannelSet = new ChannelSet();
private var customChannel:Channel;
public function showErrorImmediately(target:UIComponent):void
{
// we have to callLater this to avoid other fields that send events
// that reset the timers and prevent the errorTip ever showing up.
target.callLater(showDeferred, [target]);
}
....
In FB this file works fine but when i migrate to FDT a lot of errors occurs.
Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

FDT does not support the source attribute for MXML script tags:
<fx:Script source="../../../framework/util/util.as"/>
Your code in file util.as is valid if you consider it as contents of a script block.
I assume you put the file util.as in some package in your source folder.
In this case FDT assumes it is a normal compilation unit. A normal compilation unit
has to start with a package and so FDT complains about that.
In general it is a bad practice to use the include statement or the source attribute and this is why FDT does not support that.
In your case I would consider defining your own abstract mxml component as base class of all your components containing the method and the fields.