AS3 classes source file location?

Report · Dec 07, 2011

Can anyone tell where the AS3 package source files (*.as) are located?

Besides for looking up class definitions in the AS3 framework in the Actionscript 3 Language Reference site, I'd like to open specific class files to look at them in their entirety. But I can't seem to find them, nor can I find any documentation specifying their location.

Any information on where the core AS3 package files are located locally would be appreciated.

Thanks.

AS3 Reference

( http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/index.html )

Report · Dec 07, 2011

If you go into your Flash Folder in your program files, go into Common, Configuration, Actionscript 3.0, you will find most of the classes in there I think.

Report · Dec 07, 2011

Thanks Nick2Price.

I did find as3 classes there, but none the core ones. ex - where is the Event or Object class?

Many of the *.as files are bucketed under display or interface related directories.

I'm trying to get a good grasp of the fundamentals, but I'm finding cursory explanations of how to extend a specific core class not enough, and would like to view a class in its entirety. It would be helpful to have a brief outline of where precompiled classes are, and how they are organized. I find it frustrating that this is brief yet important piece of info is not available in introductory documentation, say under 'Packages'. Why the opaqueness Adobe??

Report · Dec 07, 2011

This has actually started to bugger me now, as I cant find anything online, and I cant find the location of flash.display.Movieclip. My thinking is that the library is packaged within the sdk or built into the player. I have found some other code under Adobe/Common/First Run

Report · Dec 07, 2011

Well Nick, I think you were right..

The following summarizes add/modify classpaths (as2) and 'source path' (as3) :

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flash/cs/using/WS3e7c64e37a1d85e1e229110db38dec34-7fa4a.html

Under Flash Preferences menu ->ActionScript->Language->ActionScript 3.0 Settings you find at the top level :

Filed labeled "Flex SDK Path : $(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0/flex_sdk/4.0.0/"

Found the flex_sdk folder in the Flash application folder (mac), Programs file on PC I imagine.

Therein is a 'flex.swc' file, which I'm guessing has all the core classes.

I'm guessing one needs to download the Flex SDK source code here; you may need to download & learn how to use a Subversion (versioning app) client ?? :

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK

Seems like a lot of hoops to jump through just to access those source files for a beginner.

Frustrated.