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Posted to commits@flex.apache.org by er...@apache.org on 2014/12/16 09:41:31 UTC

[09/21] git commit: [flex-sdk] [refs/heads/release4.14.0] - updated README - a few minor corrections and fix to how to build the SDK

updated README - a few minor corrections and fix to how to build the SDK


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/commit/87115de6
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/tree/87115de6
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/diff/87115de6

Branch: refs/heads/release4.14.0
Commit: 87115de69473abbe54078eea8ddff60bd48aeac7
Parents: f3c397b
Author: Justin Mclean <jm...@apache.org>
Authored: Sat Dec 13 15:58:26 2014 +1100
Committer: Erik de Bruin <er...@ixsoftware.nl>
Committed: Tue Dec 16 09:37:14 2014 +0100

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 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/blob/87115de6/README
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 20449b2..a8ccd56 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ bundled with the Apache Flex SDK, i.e. they need to be installed separately.
 The Adobe Flash Player ‘playerglobal.swc’ is needed to compile all the
 components with the exception of the ‘airframework’ and ‘airspark’
 components which require ‘airglobal.swc’ from the AIR Integration Kit. The
-AIR Integration kit is also needed to build and debug mobile applications. The
-Adobe Flash Player content debugger is used by the ant ‘checkintests’
-target and other pieces of the test subsystem to run compiled applications.
+AIR Integration kit is also needed to build and debug mobile and desktop
+applications. The Adobe Flash Player content debugger is used by the ant
+‘checkintests’ target and other pieces of the test subsystem to run compiled
+applications.
 
 
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@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ The Adobe AIR integration kit for Linux can be downloaded from:
 Download the AIR SDK for your platform and unzip it. Set AIR_HOME to the
 absolute path of the AIR SDK directory.
 
-This version of the Apache Flex SDK was certified for use with Adobe AIR 3.7
+This version of the Apache Flex SDK was certified for use with Adobe AIR 15
 and is compatible with version 3.1 and up. It has been fully tested on AIR 3.7,
 4 and 15.
 
@@ -314,20 +315,22 @@ If you want to use the SDK you built from source in Adobe Flash Builder, you
 need to run these commands and scripts:
 
     cd <flex.dir>
+    ant main
     ant frameworks-rsls
     ./ide/constructFlexForIDE.[sh/bat]
-    (Mac only: ./ide/addAIRtoSDK.sh)
 
 This builds the RSLS for the SDK and copy some IDE related files from the Adobe
-Flex SDK 4.6. On a Mac you will need to run the 'addAIRtoSDK.sh' script to
-complete the installation.
+Flex SDK 4.6.
 
 To create an SDK for another IDE, or if you want to use a different version of
 Adobe AIR (Adobe Flex 4.6 uses Adobe AIR 3.1), run:
 
-    /ide/flashbuilder/makeApacheFlexForIDE.bat (on Windows)
-    /ide/flashbuilder/makeApacheFlexForIDE.sh (on Mac and Linux)
+    ./ide/flashbuilder/makeApacheFlexForIDE.bat (on Windows)
+    ./ide/flashbuilder/makeApacheFlexForIDE.sh (on Mac and Linux)
 
+On Mac the AIR and Flash Player version can be changed by running:
+	./ide/setFlashPlayerVersion.sh
+	./ide/addAIRtoSDK.sh
 
 
 Using the Binary Distribution
@@ -416,9 +419,9 @@ OR
 Change the playerglobal.version in the build.properties file to have a value
 other than '11.1'. For this change to take effect the SDK needs to be
 recompiled. For example to compile against the latest version of the Adobe
-Flash Player set the value of playerglobal.version to be '14.0' like so:
+Flash Player set the value of playerglobal.version to be '15.0' like so:
 
-    playerglobal.version = 14.0
+    playerglobal.version = 15.0
 
 OR
 
@@ -435,17 +438,18 @@ These can be found at:
 
 and
 
-   http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/<version.major>/playerglobal<version.major>_<version.minor>.swc
+    http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/<version.major>/playerglobal<version.major>_<version.minor>.swc
 
 (e.g. http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/playerglobal11_1.swc)
 
 Copy the target playerglobal.swc to the directory:
 
-    frameworks/libs/player/<version>/playerglobal.swc
-
-Where <version> is the major and minor version numbers of the Adobe Flash
-Player separated by a period or full stop.
-
+    frameworks/libs/player/<version.major>.<version.minor>/playerglobal.swc
+    
+On OSX runing the script:
+    ./ide/checkAllPlayerGlobals.sh 
+ 
+ Will download any new or missing player global swcs.
 
 Software Dependencies
 =====================
@@ -455,8 +459,6 @@ the build. In addition, there is some optional third-party code that you can
 choose to download if you would like to take advantage of the features offered
 and you agree to the license terms.
 
-The Apache Version 2.0 license is in the LICENSE file.
-
 The following dependencies have licenses which are, or are compatible with, the
 Apache Version 2.0 license. You will not be prompted to acknowledge the
 download. Most of the jars are installed in lib/external.
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@ reciprocal licenses so you will be prompted to acknowledge the license before
 the software is downloaded to your system. These files are installed in
 frameworks/libs.
 
-    osmf.swc (Open Source Media Framework v1.0; used for video components)
+    osmf.swc (Open Source Media Framework v2.0; used for video components)
 
     This file is extracted from: