ActionScript & Flex Compiler

Compile with

• Built-in compiler shell. An IntelliJ IDEA compiler shell which uses the Flex SDK compiler API.

  This compiler shell can perform incremental compilations. As a multithreaded shell, it is capable of running a number of compilations simultaneously, in parallel.

• Mxmlc/compc. The mxmlc / compc compiler available in Flex SDK.

  This compiler cannot compile incrementally. However, it can run several independent compilation processes simultaneously which significantly improves the compilation performance.

Whichever of the compiler options you use, IntelliJ IDEA keeps track of the modules where nothing has changed since the previous compilation. Consequently, the SWF and SWC files that are up-to-date are not compiled.

Parallel compilation with up to <this_many> threads or processes

Specify the maximum number of compilation threads (for the built-in compiler shell) or processes (for the mxml/compc compiler) to run simultaneously.

VM options

If you need more room to type, click next to the field to access the Flex Compiler VM options dialog where the text entry area is larger.

When specifying JVM options, follow these rules:

• Use spaces to separate individual options, for example, -client -ea -Xmx1024m.

• If an option includes spaces, enclose the spaces or the argument that contains spaces in double quotes, for example, some" "arg or "some arg".

• If an option includes double quotes (as part of the argument), escape the double quotes using backslashes, for example, -Dmy.prop=\"quoted_value\".

• You can pass environment variable values to custom Java properties. For example, if you define a variable MY_ENV_VAR, you can pass it to the foo property as follows:

  -Dfoo=${MY_ENV_VAR}