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

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. Choose an ActionScript SDK for your workspace.

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

   {
   	"compilerOptions": {
   		"output": "bin/Main.swf"
   	},
   	"files":
   	[
   		"src/Main.as"
   	]
   }

   Note: If you are compiling your SWF with Apache FlexJS, you should specify the targets compiler option. Compiling with other SDKs does not require targets to be specified.

5. Create directory named src.

6. 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);
   		}
   	}
   }

Next Steps

• Build an ActionScript project in Visual Studio Code
• Debug a SWF in the standalone Adobe Flash Player
• Debug a SWF embedded in HTML