Compiled files are much larger than Flash Builder

[suckerpunch]

I'm compiling my SWC like this:

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version = "0.7.5"

def configure t
t.library_path << 'lib'
t.source_path << 'src'
t.include_sources << 'src'
t.optimize = true
t.target_player = '10.1'
end

compc "bin/birdbase-#{version}.swc" do |t|
configure t
t.debug = false
t.define_conditional << 'CONFIG::release,true'
t.define_conditional << 'CONFIG::debug,false'
end


desc "Compile and run the debug swc"
task :swc => "bin/birdbase-#{version}.swc"

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And my filesize is 329, 170 bytes.

Flash Builder's compile is 258, 265 bytes.

Now clearly, I'm including a bunch of stuff in the Sprouts compile
that I shouldn't be, and I would like both compiles to generate
effectively identical files - how do I get the compile lines identical
between FB and Sprouts?

Thanks :)

[Dan Tripp]

That subject line was kinda misleading... I thought "wow, a compiled SWF is ~ 850 MBs?  That's not right!"  :)

Unless I'm completely out to lunch I believe Project Sprouts uses the same compiler under the hood that Fl(ash|ex) Builder uses (or whatever it's called this week).  There isn't a "Project Sprouts Compiler"; it uses MXMLC, the Flex compiler from Adobe.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf69084-7fcc.html

I believe there are some switches/params one can set in Project Sprouts but I'm lame and can't point you to them at the moment.  :)

- Dan

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[suckerpunch]

Heh, no, obviously they both use MXMLC, but there's clearly a
different set of compiler options being passed in. I think the easiest
way to fix this would be to figure out what the Flash Builder compile
line would be and try and replicate that in the Sprouts configuration.

[suckerpunch]

Ok, I have the answer.

Add this to the compiler options in Flash Builder:

-dump-config /path/to/output/flex-config.xml

And then in the sprouts Rakefile:

t.load_config << 'flex-config.xml'

I now have two SWCs with the exact same file size.

Cheers all :) Hope this helps someone.

[Simon Bailey]

Curious as to what is in your flex-config xml as I dont have Flash Builder, would you be able to stick the contents on the list at all?

Cheers,

Simon

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[suckerpunch]

Yup, here it is, complete with paths to my Flash Builder installation:

http://pastie.org/1885154

[Simon Bailey]

Excellent thanks mate!

On 10 May 2011 15:17, suckerpunch <vish.vi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yup, here it is, complete with paths to my Flash Builder installation:

http://pastie.org/1885154

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[Luke Bayes]

Thanks for this thread, and for posting the solution!

I have looked into this a bit in the past, and just wanted to make the point that the SWC compiler (compc) is quite a bit more greedy (thankfully) than the SWF compiler (mxmlc).

Fortunately, if you refer to that SWC from a SWF project, you will only bring in the classes you require, and the SWF files *should* be identically sized. Please let me know if you see different behavior in this case.

Thanks!

Luke

[suckerpunch]

Heh, well, actually, the SWF is a lot bigger too when using Sprouts,
but I imagine that the fix should be the same.

[Luke Bayes]

Interesting.

Even with debug=false?

Thanks even more for the post!

Luke

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:53 AM, suckerpunch <vish.vi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heh, well, actually, the SWF is a lot bigger too when using Sprouts,
> but I imagine that the fix should be the same.
>

[Luke Bayes]

Sorry - what I meant was:

debug=false and optimize=true

Thanks,

Luke