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Because Falcon requires a number of other files (such as flex-config.xml, framework.swc, etc.) to compile anything, the Falcon build script actually creates a small SDK in which everything is arranged so that tools like Falcon's mxmlc work the way they would if they were in an actual Apache Flex SDK. This "Falcon SDK" is built at generated/dist/sdk.

Using Falcon

On the Command Line

The bin folder inside generated/dist/sdk has the command-line launchers like mxmlc, so using Falcon is the same as you are used to. For example, if you have but this bin directory on your PATH and you have cd'd to you application directory, then you just do

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The options to the Falcon version of mxmlc are basically the same as for the legacy compiler. Some options such as -keep are no longer supported. If you try use an unsupported options, a warning will let you know.

Inside Eclipse

The relevant entry points for a Debug Configuration are the MXMLC and COMPC classes in the com.adobe.flash.compiler.clients package.

Inside Flash Builder

There is no way to use Apache Falcon inside of Flash Builder, at least for now. Because Falcon is designed to be both a compiler and a code-intelligence engine, it has to be tightly integrated with Flash Builder; Flash Builder cannot load it from an SDK.

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