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FIGURE 1.11

A watermarked charting component

Using MXMLC, the command-line compiler

To compile a Flex application with mxmlc, the command-line compiler, it’s a good idea to add the

location of the Flex 3 SDK bin directory to your system’s path. This allows you to run the compiler

and other tools from any folder without having to include the entire path in each command. Figure

1.12 shows the command-line compiler.

When you install Flex Builder 3 on Microsoft Windows, the installer provides a menu

choice that opens a command window and adds all directories containing Flex 3 com-

ponents to the current path. To use this tool, select All Programs ➪ Adobe ➪ Adobe Flex 3 SDK

Command Prompt from the Windows Start menu.

To compile an application from the command line, switch to the folder that contains your main

application file. If you want to try this using the exercise files that are available for download with

this book, switch to the

chapter01 directory:

cd /flex3bible/chapter01

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