I like to start my AS files by adding all the import statement of all the items
I know I am going to need. However, if I forget one and FB is nice enough to
add it form me, it tends to delete a couple of mine (seemingly randomly, except
for Alert...It hates that one).

Is this a 'feature'? Is it a bug? Can it be stopped. I appreciate adding ones
on the fly for me, but my apps are striking errors since it deletes them for me.

Hi,

This has happened to me just recently. I thought I was going crazy. I know my answer does not help in terms of a resolution, but you're not alone. I am using FB 3

-Westside

I found out it is a feature/bug in Flex Builder. Its supposed to remove unused imports before the code is compiled to reduce the code size. You can turn it off in the preferences area.

It always works right for me. Why waste time adding them manually when code autocompletion will add it for you?

"Ansury" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> It always works right for me. Why waste time adding them manually when
> code autocompletion will add it for you?

For instance, if you're using Flex Builder to edit the AS file of a Flex
component created with the Flex Component kit, Flex will take out the
MovieClip import statement...

Then it's a feature *with* a bug. There's probably a ticket in JIRA already
(below link).

I think I recall seeing something like this happen but it's not a regular
thing for me and I probably shrugged it off at the time.

@Ansury - Sometimes it makes sense to learn to do things without the tool in
the event the tool is not available then what? Dreamweaver will generate code
for you but just because it does should you? And is the code clean that is
"generated".

-Westside

lol - The tool's there to use, please don't lecture me. Besides, there's
nothing there to learn, it's just a couple of import statements. The Eclipse
Java plugin organizes imports just fine and it's a big time saver, FB's should
work the same, ideally.

And here's another noob question:
Does the FB3.2 compiler ignore unused import statements in both AS and MXML
files? I'm always going back and removing unused import statements manually
when cleaning up my code-is there a better way?

WestSide - but I don't disagree with you fundamentally regarding understanding
how things work under the hood, which I assume you are trying to get at. I
still prefer "notepad" or such for html edit.. even if something cleaner than
Dreamweaver or Frontpage ever comes around, and so on.