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compc -source-path .

-output c:/jrun4/servers/flex2/flex/WEB-INF/flex/user_classes/MyButtons.swc

-namespace http://acme2006AcmeManifest.xml

-namespace http://mynamespace SimpleManifest.xml

-include-namespaces http://mynamespace

Adding utility classes

You can add any classes that you want to use in your Flex applications to a SWC file. These classes do not have to

be components, but are often files that components use. They are classes that might be used at run time and,

therefore, are not checked by the compiler. For example, your components might use a library of classes that

perform mathematical functions, or use a custom logging utility. This documentation refers to these classes as

utility classes. Utility classes are not exposed as MXML tags.

To add utility classes to a SWC file, you use the

include-sources option. This option lets you specify a path to

a class file rather than the class name, or specify an entire directory of classes.

The following command-line example adds the FV_calc.as and FV_format.as utility classes to the SWC file:

compc -source-path .

-output c:/jrun4/servers/flex2/flex/WEB-INF/flex/user_classes/MySwc.swc

-include-sources FV_classes/FV_format.as FV_classes/FV_calc.as

-include-classes asbutton.MyButton

In a configuration file, these options appear as the following example shows:

<source-path>

<path-element>.</path-element>

</source-path>

<output>c:/jrun4/servers/flex2/flex/WEB-INF/flex/user_classes/MySwc.swc</output>

</compiler>

<include-classes>

<class>asbutton.MyButton</class>

</include-classes>

<include-sources>

<path-element>FV_classes/FV_format.as</path-element>

<path-element>FV_classes/FV_calc.as</path-element>

<include-sources>

When specifying files with the include-sources option, you must give the full filename (for example,

FV_calc.as instead of FV_calc) because the file is not a component.

You can also provide a directory name to the include-sources option. In this case, the compiler includes all files

with an MXML or AS extension, and ignores all other files.