Build

1. Be sure to have sufficient amount of free space before installing.
2. Go to the Microsoft store and search “Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022”

• Click install
• Use visual studio installer
• Select C# because FlashDevelop use it at 64.5%

3. Choose if you trust github.com
4. Download “master branch” on https://github.com/fdorg/flashdevelop *. Unzip the solution.
5. Open “a project or a solution” FlashDevelop master Source Code in “Microsoft Visual Studio 2022” or later.

• Choose Flashdevelop.sln
• You need to download and install .NET Framework 4.0 or superior. (4.8 developer recommended)
• Configure target framework.

6. Go in “Solution explorer”, search and right click “FlashDevelop”, select “Build” solution

• Install missing dependencies if any. (.NET Framework 2, .NET Framework 3, .NET Framework 3.5)
• Read error messages ; if any, and take corrective actions. i. If the program couldn’t process a file “*.resx” -> search it, find it and right click -> “Unblock” it. ii. CS0121 : “The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties”

7. Test Build in FlashDevelop > Bin > Debug > FlashDevelop.exe on Microsoft Windows.

• You should have a “FlashDevelop64.exe” available.
• The app should launch.
• Create or Import a ‘AS3 file’ or a ‘*.as3proj’