{"id":1441,"date":"2010-07-07T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T09:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2010-07-08T17:09:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T16:09:42","slug":"fdt-and-ant-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/2010\/07\/07\/fdt-and-ant-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"FDT and ANT – part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just started to work with FDT<\/a> and wrote about my “troubles” (post#1<\/a> and post#2<\/a>) with my transition from FlashDevelop<\/a>.
\n(have to be very carefull what I say: “they” are watching me: here<\/a> and here<\/a> \ud83d\ude00 )
\n<\/em>
\nAnd it seems to be a very natural (geeky) thing to learn about ANT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And where do you go to learn about ANT and SWF\/Flash\/FDT? (Google<\/a>?)
\nAfter some tinkering all I got was: failed to create task or type fdt.launch.application<\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n

This post was very useful: FDT and ANT | A User\u2019s Guide \u2013 Part I<\/a> by Alan Klement.
\nWatch the videos (I’m not very fond of tutorial videos but in this case; they get the job done).
\nWhat I love about the “Video I: Getting Started<\/a>” is the fact that it builds up from scratch. So watch this video when you want to know about ant-files\/xml, how to open the ANT-View, how to open\/execute an ANT-file.<\/p>\n

The second video (Video II: Compiling a SWF<\/a>) was what I really was looking for: how to export a SWF. Very nice because it starts from scratch.
\nAnd it gave me the answer I was looking for: why didn’t my ANT-file didn’t work (it about 3\/4 of the video):
\n
\nBUILD FAILED
\n[blabla]\\source\\a\\example\\build\\build.xml:17: Problem: failed to create task or type fdt.launch.application<\/strong>
\nCause: The name is undefined.
\nAction: Check the spelling.
\nAction: Check that any custom tasks\/types have been declared.
\nAction: Check that any \/ declarations have taken place.
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Solution is very simple<\/strong>, but if you don’t know, you will hate FDT and really it’s not it fault:
\nGoto the green “play” button with the brown bag, in the toolbar (one picture says more than a thousand words:)
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Select the ANT-file you want to change (I have only one :D), goto to tab “JRE<\/strong>” and change the Runtime JRE<\/strong> to Run in the same JRE as the workspace<\/strong> and your done:
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Very useful are the ANT-snippets and ANT-Build-template!
\nDownload<\/a> (created by Alan Klement) and “install” the ANT-template (how-to on this page<\/a> but here the short version)<\/p>\n

\nTo add XML files templates go: Preferences > XML > XML Files > Editor > Templates<\/strong> and click import.<\/p>\n

To add Ant snippets go: Preferences > Ant > Editor > Templates<\/strong> and click import.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I haven’t seen the second part of this tutorial: FDT and ANT | A User\u2019s Guide \u2013 Part II<\/a> but I will.
\nIt seems to be focused on the use of the templates and snippets.<\/p>\n

source:
\nFDT and ANT | A User\u2019s Guide \u2013 Part I<\/a>
\nFDT and ANT | A User\u2019s Guide \u2013 Part II<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just started to work with FDT and wrote about my “troubles” (post#1 and post#2) with my transition from FlashDevelop. (have to be very carefull what I say: “they” are watching me: here and here \ud83d\ude00 ) And it seems to be a very natural (geeky) thing to learn about ANT. And where do you go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,330,3],"tags":[335,333,331,334,411,398,159,332,36],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-as3","category-fdt","category-flash","tag-ant-build-template","tag-ant-file","tag-ant-snippets","tag-ant-view","tag-fdt","tag-flash","tag-flashdevelop","tag-howto","tag-xml"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t