Getting Started
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FlashDevelop configuration
FlashDevelop supports multiple users on a machine (except if you install in "standalone mode"). This means user configuration is stored in user files.
User files location depends on your OS:
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If you have a configuration problem you can safely remove these user files to restart with a fresh setup.
Install the debug Flash player
If you are going to do Flash development you must install the debug Flash players. Adobe Flash players downloads
You have to get the following players:
- Flash Player 10.1 ActiveX control content debugger (for IE) - this player is required for FlashDevelop embedded SWF player.
- Flash Player 10.1 Projector content debugger - the external player is highly recommended for debugging (more stable).
This players will allow you to see trace() actions, like in Flash, in an output panel.
Productivity shortcuts
Take the time to explore FlashDevelop's main menu to know more about the application features. There are some (sometimes) hidden gems:
- Escape: Hide the completion list or method call-tip.
- F1: when you see "..." in a (yellow) tip, you can press F1 to see a more detailed tip.
- F4: go to declaration of element at cursor location.
- Shift+F4: jump back after F4 or code generation operations.
- Ctrl+Space: contextual completion list - also, press Tab to expand snippets like 'for', 'while', etc.
- Ctrl+Shift+Space: method call-tip (the yellow window with current method's signature)
- Ctrl+Alt+Space: list all project classes (as after ':' or keywords like "new")
- Ctrl+Shift+1: contextual code generation
| Learn more about the contextual code generator, see the Code Generation tour |
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