Create a new ActionScript project in Visual Studio Code that targets Adobe AIR

1. Install the NextGen ActionScript extension for Visual Studio Code.

2. Create a new directory for your project, and open it in Visual Studio Code.

   To open a directory, select the File menu → Open... or click Open Folder button in the Explorer pane.

3. Create a file named asconfig.json at the root of your project, and add the following content:

   {
   	"config": "air",
   	"compilerOptions": {
   		"debug": true,
   		"output": "bin/Main.swf"
   	},
   	"application": "src/Main-app.xml",
   	"files":
   	[
   		"src/Main.as"
   	]
   }

   A mobile AIR project targeting iOS or Android should set config to "airmobile" instead. The "air" value is for a desktop AIR project that targets Windows or Mac.

4. Create directory named src.

5. Inside src, create a file named Main.as, and add the following code:

   package
   {
   	import flash.display.Sprite;
   	import flash.text.TextField;
   
   	public class Main extends Sprite
   	{
   		public function Main()
   		{
   			var tf:TextField = new TextField();
   			tf.text = "Hello World";
   			addChild(tf);
   		}
   	}
   }

6. Inside src, create an AIR application descriptor file named Main-app.xml. AIR application descriptors support a wide variety of options, but you may use the following simple content as a starting point:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
   <application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/24.0"> 
   	<id>com.example.Main</id> 
   	<versionNumber>0.0.0</versionNumber> 
   	<filename>Main</filename> 
   	<name>Main</name> 
   	<initialWindow>
   		<content>[Content will be replaced by asconfigc]</content> 
   		<visible>true</visible>
   	</initialWindow>
   </application>

   See Adobe Help: AIR application descriptor elements for more information about this file.

Next Steps

• Create tasks.json to compile an ActionScript project
• Debug an Adobe AIR desktop application
• Debug an Adobe AIR mobile application