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Posted to commits@flex.apache.org by er...@apache.org on 2014/12/20 19:48:09 UTC
[5/8] git commit: [flex-sdk] [refs/heads/develop] - minor
changes/clarifications
minor changes/clarifications
Conflicts:
README
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/commit/efbdca74
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/tree/efbdca74
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk/diff/efbdca74
Branch: refs/heads/develop
Commit: efbdca74385afd7af28be548a4f553ec96571ba3
Parents: 33dbce9
Author: Justin Mclean <jm...@apache.org>
Authored: Sat Dec 20 11:14:31 2014 +1100
Committer: Erik de Bruin <er...@ixsoftware.nl>
Committed: Sat Dec 20 19:46:37 2014 +0100
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 4b823fd..a594735 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ The Apache Flex SDK
The Apache Flex SDK is the evolution of the popular Adobe Flex SDK. The Apache
Flex SDK is an application development framework for easily building Flash
-based applications for mobile devices, web browsers, and desktops. Currently
-supported platforms include:
+based applications for mobile devices, web browsers, and desktop platforms.
+Currently supported platforms include:
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The following steps are all you need for a fully functional SDK:
- Get the source code
- flex-sdk
- flex-tlf
- - flex-blazeds
+ - flex-blazeds (optional)
- Build the SDK
- Prepare the SDK for use with an IDE
- Optional steps:
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ TLF_HOME, BLAZEDS_HOME and ADOBE_EXTENSION_MANAGER can also be set in a
property file called env.properties. See the env-template.properties file
for instructions.
-The Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR have excluded licenses so they can not be
-bundled with the Apache Flex SDK, i.e. they need to be installed separately.
+The Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR have non Apache compatible licenses so
+they can not be bundled with the Apache Flex SDK and 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’
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ On Linux, no Adobe Extension Manager exists.
* 8)
The build scripts assume that the source code folder containing the Apache Flex
-BlazeDS root folder ('flex-blazeds) is at the same level as the SDK
+BlazeDS root folder ('flex-blazeds') is at the same level as the SDK
root folder ('flex-sdk'). See 'Getting the source code', below. If this is not
the case on your system, then you must set the BLAZEDS_HOME environment variable
to point to your BLAZEDS root folder. If you are using a released artifact, the
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ use:
ant -Dbuild.number=<YYYYMMDD> -Dbuild.noprompt= release
-The packages can then be found in <flex-sdk>\out.
+The packages can then be found in the <flex-sdk>\out directory.
To build the ASDoc package, use:
@@ -316,9 +317,15 @@ To create an SDK for Flash Builder or any other IDE, run:
cd <flex.dir>
ant frameworks-rsls
- ant -f installer.xml -Dflash.sdk.version=15.0 -Dair.sdk.version=15.0
+ ant -f installer.xml
+
+If you want to set the Flash Player and AIR versions to something other
+than their defaults, pass the verisons to the ant script like so:
+
+ ant -f installer.xml -Dflash.sdk.version=15.0 -Dair.sdk.version=15.0
-On Mac/Linux the AIR and Flash Player version can be changed by running:
+On Mac/Linux the AIR and Flash Player version can be changed, after the SDK
+has been compiled, by running:
./ide/setFlashPlayerVersion.sh ./ 15.0
./ide/addAIRtoSDK.sh 15.0 ./
@@ -370,7 +377,7 @@ OR
Compile the SDK with a -Dlocale=<locale> option, where <locale> is the new
locale to compile the SDK against.
-To compile all supported locales, which may take some time, use
+To compile all supported locales, which may take some time, use:
ant other.locales
@@ -380,7 +387,7 @@ The list of supported locales currently include:
de_DE en_CA es_ES fr_FR ko_KR pt_BR sv_SE
The Apache Flex SDK has only been tested for the en_US locale. However, you are
-unlikely to run into any issues with a SDK compiled for another locales.
+unlikely to run into any issues with a SDK compiled for another locale.
Adobe Flash Player Version Support
@@ -431,6 +438,7 @@ Copy the target playerglobal.swc to the directory:
frameworks/libs/player/<version.major>.<version.minor>/playerglobal.swc
On OSX, running the script:
+
./ide/checkAllPlayerGlobals.sh
will download any new or missing player global swcs.