[FLEX] Ant Setup Help

2007-05-28

 
Hi guys,

Are there any good sites in web land that give clear and easy to understand instructions to install Ant and get it working with Flex?

I have been through the official Ant site ( ant.apache.org ), downloaded the apache-ant-1.7.0-bin.zip binaries, and unzipped the files to c:\apache\Ant\ but I have no idea how to get it setup... and the official instructions are as easy to follow as an ostrich on acid.

Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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cisnky · 2007-05-29 #2

This might help.

http://instantbadger.blogspot.com/20...e-scripts.html

I know I've got another article bookmarked somewhere, just trying to find it.

M2Media · 2007-11-27 #3

There does not seem to be that much info on this topic.

Adobe Labs has some basic info, but also fails to provide some basic setup info:
<quote>Note: (...) a complete walkthrough is needed for those with no prior Eclipse / Ant experience </quote> (duh)

Found some info on http://nimblenogginsoftware.com/resources/flexant/ (Google it here and look for the cached version, live version seems to be down).

It seems some more ANT support is included in Flex 3.

If anybody has some more info, this would be more than welcome.

sentinels · 2007-11-27 #4

i'm assuming you use FlexBuilder and not the Eclipse plugin?

what you do in FB is go to software updates, then go to the Eclipse update site and install *ONLY* the ANT update/jar for Eclipse. somehow, installing all updates destroys FB from working properly w/ ANT. once that's done, you'll need to go to Labs and download the FlexAnt jar file. you will need to include this file for each implementation (or stick it somewhere where your build file can locate it and use a properties file to reference the location). setup your build.xml and you should be good to go. here's an article that should help:

http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2006/0...2-ant-support/

Nutrox · 2007-11-27 #5

Thanks guys. I have kinda given up on Flex Builder + Ant at the moment but I will be looking into it again at some point in the near future, so thanks for the info.

M2Media · 2008-07-08 #6

Bump, giving it another try. Flex Builder 3 + ANT, howto anybody?

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	cisnky	2007-05-29 #2
	This might help. http://instantbadger.blogspot.com/20...e-scripts.html I know I've got another article bookmarked somewhere, just trying to find it.

	M2Media	2007-11-27 #3
	There does not seem to be that much info on this topic. Adobe Labs has some basic info, but also fails to provide some basic setup info: <quote>Note: (...) a complete walkthrough is needed for those with no prior Eclipse / Ant experience </quote> (duh) Found some info on http://nimblenogginsoftware.com/resources/flexant/ (Google it here and look for the cached version, live version seems to be down). It seems some more ANT support is included in Flex 3. If anybody has some more info, this would be more than welcome.

	sentinels 1 Blog Entries	2007-11-27 #4
	i'm assuming you use FlexBuilder and not the Eclipse plugin? what you do in FB is go to software updates, then go to the Eclipse update site and install ONLY the ANT update/jar for Eclipse. somehow, installing all updates destroys FB from working properly w/ ANT. once that's done, you'll need to go to Labs and download the FlexAnt jar file. you will need to include this file for each implementation (or stick it somewhere where your build file can locate it and use a properties file to reference the location). setup your build.xml and you should be good to go. here's an article that should help: http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2006/0...2-ant-support/

	Nutrox 1 Blog Entries 13 Creative Assets	2007-11-27 #5
	Thanks guys. I have kinda given up on Flex Builder + Ant at the moment but I will be looking into it again at some point in the near future, so thanks for the info.

	M2Media	2008-07-08 #6
	Bump, giving it another try. Flex Builder 3 + ANT, howto anybody?