Flash builder project files can't be opened on another computer even if the files were copied, for e.g. through version control like git or svn.
Importing and Exporting fxp projects is not possible as we do not want to overwrite files for git or svn unnecessarily.
How do people collaborate on Flash Builder projects without creating new project in Flash Builder and having to set up all the settings for the project again and again for multiple collaborators?
If you import the project using its folder location as per #Sean Fujiwara answer then:
One useful way to collaborate in Flash Builder projects is to utilise environment variables. You can access these using - Window > Preferences > General > Workspace > Linked Resources:
From here you can add a new variable or edit an existing one, from the example above you can see that we use a FRAMEWORK_SOURCE variable which points to the source for our shared framework code, we use a swc but this is handy for debugging errors.
We also have another variable called OUTPUT_FOLDER which in our case points to a folder where we run our project over localhost see example below, to use this in a project, you go to right click project name > Properties > ActionScript Build Path, here you enter the folder name you want creating inside the folder that OUTPUT_FOLDER points to:
When you do a Project > Clean from the menu, all resources from your html-template folder will be copied across to this folder and it should open in a browser.
Now we have been able to check in to SVN our .project and .actionScriptProperities files with few issues. When someone new to the project checks them out, they will get an Error in the Problems panel telling them they don't have for example - OUTPUT_FOLDER\MyProjectName, therefore the project leader should have a document listing all the required variables to be setup in your environment.
Other things you can share are paths to raw font files etc.
The only problem I've had with this approach is sometimes it asks for the path to the SDK if it is different from your location, not had chance to figure this one out yet.
Flash builder project files can't be opened on another computer even
if the files were copied, for e.g. through version control like git or
svn.
Flash builder projects can be imported into the workspace just like other Eclipse projects.
Once you copy them to another computer:
Right click in package explorer and go to Import....
Select General/Existing Projects into Workspace.
Select the folder containing the .project directory.
If you make sure Copy projects into workspaces is deselected, you can commit the files directly from wherever you checked the code out.
This is now solved in Flash Builder 4.7 where you can actually import the project folder as is.
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I am attempting to publish an application from visual studio that has files in the solution. After instilling the program and executing it I get this error.
Could not find file
'C\Users[User Name]\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\7D4MADG.G94\9BLZYH2N.QOP\wdts..tion_0000000000000_0003.0000_8e564612a360b47a\wdAttrColSettings.xml
I need to know what I need to do to have the files in the Solution Items folder put in the wdts..tion_0000000000000_0003.0000_8e564612a360b47a folder when the application is installed.
In my brief experimentation in Visual Studio 2019, it doesn't look like you can copy Solution Items to the output directory.
This is, presumably, because there's no actual project (i.e. MSBuild or whatever) that would define those actions.
If you put those files inside one of the projects, you can use the "Copy to Output Directory" property.
Due to security reasons, I have to split one project to divisions (client, admin, ...), and deploy them to different web servers. These divisions have one common script base, but each division has its own functions. As an IDE I use PhpStorm.
The question: what is the best way to organize project's structure and settings, so the common core part will be visible for IDE indexing in all project's divisions, but at the same time, being maintained from a single project (perhaps, standalone)?
In Java you can do lib jar files for further linking in various projects.
But how it can be done in PHP?
There are multiple ways of how to reference extra PHP code in a project.
If you plan to actively edit such extra code in the same project (and want to see their TODOs, code inspection warnings, include references in code refactoring etc):
You can just add it as an additional Content Root: Settings/Preferences | Directories. Folder added this way will be treated as a part of the project itself and will be shown as a separate node in the Project View panel (just as the main code, which is a Content Root as well).
Or you can open 2nd project while 1st one is already opened and when asked, just chose "Attach":
It's not going to be full 2 projects in one frame, more like something in between attaching Content Root and having 2 projects opened in separate frames.
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/opening-multiple-projects.html
Simple symlink will also do the job (but you need to place it somewhere in a project, e.g. PROJECT_ROOT/libs/my_symlinked_code). You then will need to provide a path mapping for that folder for debugger (if you will debug it of course) as PHP/Xdebug works with "final/resolved path" while IDE works with the path as is.
If you do not need to actively edit that extra code in the same window (and ignore any TODOs, code inspection warnings and other inspection results etc):
Do it as a composer package then? Composer can use custom sources (e.g. GitHub repo or a folder on a local filesystem).
Just add the path to that folder as a "Include Path" at Settings/Preferences | Languages & Frameworks | PHP --> Include Path tab. Code referenced this way is meant for 3rd party libraries (the code that you just use but not edit, e.g. framework code, your send mail/ORM library etc). Composer packages will also be included here by default.
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/php.html#include-path-tab
As far as I know, the only way to include a folder in an Air package (in Flash Pro, not Builder) is through the GUI:
Publish Settings > Player Settings > General Tab > Included Files
... but it's kind of a huge hassle to manually add and remove folders over and over again if you have to publish the app with a dozen different versions of the content, you know?
Is there a way to conditionally include folders based on text somewhere - the app config xml, maybe? or something else that will be checked when the APK is compiled? That way I could just copy and paste in the folder name to switch which asset folder is being included, instead of going through the whole process inside of the flash IDE?
This idea might possibly be of some use although it could require some management due to possibly meaning you have duplicated assets.
I typically store all my assets inside an 'includes' folder/directory and just add this to the Settings > Include Files pane.
I also have folders which store the target specific includes, such as 'IOS' and 'ANDROID', (but aren't added to the Include Files pane).
When publishing, I swap out the contents of the includes folder. So it's just a case of deleting the existing contents if the includes folder and copy/pasting from the relevant source folder into the includes folder.
Hope that makes sense.
There are a couple of things you could do, though they're not 100% solutions per se.
1) Use conditional compilation:
Depending on how your imports/includes are set up, you could change it to always be the same file, but change the code/embed inside depending on a compile time constant. You can add a compile constant by going to File > Publish Paramaters > Flash (tab) > Parameters > Configure Constants:
Your constants would be in the form CONFIG::debug or FOO::bar, then in code, you wrap your code like this:
CONFIG::debug
{
// code is only included if CONFIG::debug is true at compile time
}
Then, by flipping constants, you can include or exclude blocks of code. There's a bit more detail here: http://divillysausages.com/blog/as3_conditional_compilation
NOTE: this is much easier to do in an IDE like FlashDevelop.
2) Use an external IDE
Taking the FlashDevelop example, when building for mobile, a number of .bat files are created. Depending on the environment vars set, you can include/exclude folders as you wish. I do this to include different assets depending on if it's a desktop, Android, or iOS build.
3) Use the Flex SDK command line or ANT
With either of these, you can specify a config.xml file for the files that you want to include. External IDEs (like FD) use the command line directly, so you can almost copy/paste the command if necessary.
For ANT, it's not my strongest point, but you can find out a bit more here: http://charlespatricknewman.com/blog/?p=325
I'm, porting a phone application written using MVVMCross to Windows RT. The application uses SQLite and has a database that is not empty at deploy so I want it to be packaged in the installation folder anc copied to LacalFolder when the application starts.
The database really belongs to the "Core" assembly shared between phone and WinRT but if I put the file in the Core project (in a custom directory called Data), define it as Content and set the Copy Always flag the file does not get copied to the application installation folder.
If I put the file in a directory under the UI project the file gets copied as expected. Any suggestion to avoid keeping two files for the same resource (and the troubles this will cause) ?
Thanks for help
Windows 8 WinRT projects by default use the Content type which does loose packing of files (they are not included in the assembly). If your Core assembly is part of your solution as a project - VS will properly package it copying all the content to the "Core" subfolder of the appx. If you simply have the dll file referenced in your solution - the resource files will not be packaged. The solution in that case is to do something to get these additional files to deploy with the dll. One option is to package the dll as a .vsix together with the assets as described in Tim Heuer's blog post. Another is to do what you did and put the file in the app project. You can add the file to the app project "As Link" to avoid having a copy of the file - it makes Visual Studio create a sort of logical/symbolic link to the file instead of creating a copy - simply right click a folder in the Solution Explorer/app project, select "Add/Existing Item", browse to the file and instead of hitting the "Add" button - use the dropdown triangle on the button to select "Add As Link".
I am using FDT 5 and would like to create a new project with already existing source files and assets. When I start up the Project Wizard (New->FDT Project) I browse to the folder I want to make as the project but I cannot proceed as FDT gives me the error:
*"PROJECT_NAME overlaps the location of another project: PROJECT_NAME"*
I have downloaded a flash project (developed in FDT) and would just simply like to make it a project in my FDT environment.
I mean this shouldn't be so complicated right? I don't want to create an entirely new project (its own folder) I want to use the same folder I downloaded and view that project. I am using git so I have to work in the same path, sort of speak.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
Apparently this is an issue with FDT, a small bug. I managed to solve the problem following this:
FDT / Eclipse Error : ‘overlaps the location of another project’
And on the eclipse forum:
Eclipse Forum