Flash Builder (Flex) ANT build and Debug

Question

I'm trying to use ANT with Flash Builder 4 to compile and debug. The compiling is the easy part but having trouble to get the debugger to work.

I want to use ANT to Debug SWF file inside Flash Builder, so that breakpoints, console traces and everything works as it should.

My script so far. Builds The *.as to *.swf and moves from bin-debug to deploy folder. How can I start a Flash Builder Debugger for the created SWF?


<target name="Compile level 1">
    <antcall target="compile flex file">
        <param name="file" value="GameOffice"/>
    </antcall>
    <antcall target="open player">
        <param name="file" value="GameOffice.swf"/>
    </antcall>
</target>

<target name="compile flex file">
    <mxmlc file="${SRC_DIR}/${file}.as" output="${BUILD_DIR}/${file}.swf" 
        actionscript-file-encoding="UTF-8" 
        keep-generated-actionscript="true" 
        incremental="true" 
        static-link-runtime-shared-libraries="true"
        show-actionscript-warnings="true"
        failonerror="true"
        debug="true"
        optimize="false">

        <load-config filename="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml" />
        <source-path path-element="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks" />

        <compiler.include-libraries dir="${basedir}/libs" append="true">
            <include name="HelloThereLibGames.swc" />
            <include name="HelloThereLibStructure.swc" />
            <include name="HelloThereLibUtils.swc" />
        </compiler.include-libraries>

        <metadata description="Hello There Production">
            <contributor name="Fredrick Bäcker" />
        </metadata>

    </mxmlc>
    <copy todir="${DEPLOY_DIR}" file="${BUILD_DIR}/${file}.swf"/> 
</target>

NielsBjerg NielsBjerg · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-06T22:37:24

I did a 1 try one hit on google: http://blogs.4point.com/armaghan.chaudhary/2009/04/remote-debugging-using-flex-builder-ide.html

I do not get why you would want to build with ant inside flashbuilder. Seems like crossing the stream for water?

IMHO automated build scripts belong in CI environments like hudson. I consider it doing myself a favor, letting my development environment handle the fuzz of local builds and debugging.

Anyways, best of luck

Flash Builder (Flex) ANT build and Debug

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