Compiling flash fla project without flash ide

I am fairly new to actionscript but have quickly got sick of the flash IDE, so I have switched FlashDevelop wh开发者_开发百科ich I like already.

The problem I have now is that FlashDevelop still switches to Flash to compile the fla. This wouldnt be too much of an issue but the compile takes 30s + each time, which is a real pain for debugging.

Is there a way around this?

Are you using assets in the .fla? Try creating a swc file with the library assets and then compiling directly in Flash Develop (http://www.flashdevelop.org/wikidocs/index.php?title=AS3:FlexAndFlashCS3Workflow)

You may need to change your project type to an AS3 Project rather than a Flash IDE one.

Remember to include the SWC completely if you are going to use getDefinitionByName with definitions stored in the SWC

See here: http://flashontherocks.com/2010/12/13/flashdevelop-resolved-issues/