Components/SWC

[gregmax]

How do you make components/SWC files? Are they same thing? I would like to build an API, but I don't know where to begin. Hopefully I am making sense.

Can anyone please tell me or link me a resource on how to make a SWC?

Thank you

[senocular]

SWCs are kind of an end-game option after you build an API (and the implementation of that API). Do you have something you want to make a SWC out of? Or do you just have an idea for a component? There's also differences between GUI components and simple code libraries... And GUI components will change depending on what framework (if any) that your using. sO what are you lookign to do?

[gregmax]

Hello Senocular, thanks for the response. I have a flash portal site (very new, but has good potential) that I would like to make an API for developers like the flash portal site Kongregate and nonoba. I would like a way for the developers to submit their scores of the users who played the their games.

I am assuming a SWC is the way to go with this because that is what the other two protal sites use, and I assume it keeps the developers looking too deeplying into the code.

What is your take on what I should do?

[senocular]

In that case, a SWC is ideal since its easy for developers to download and use.

In Flash you can make select the option to export a FLA as a SWC from the Publish settings (a checkbox in the Flash tab) or right-click on a library item to export that item as a SWC. The Flex SDK also has a SWC compiler you can use. I'm not sure if Flex Builder (err Flash Builder) has a GUI for doing this or not, but you can easily find instructions of using compc on the web if you need them.

[gregmax]

Thanks Senocular, I got it working the first time through.