Compiling C/C++ code using Alchemy

Question

Hi all,
I wish to compile the c/c++ code using Alchemy without converting the c code as given in the Alchemy API. Is there any way to compile the normal c/c++ code using Alchemy without any conversion?
Is it possible to do something like this?
Lib.h
#ifndef _LIB_H
#define _LIB_H
#include <stdio.h>
void function( const char * );
#endif
Stringecho.cc
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "lib.h" – STATEMENT WHERE I INCLUDE C HEADER FILE
//Header file for AS3 interop APIs
//this is linked in by the compiler (when using flaccon)
#include "AS3.h"
//Method exposed to ActionScript
//Takes a String and echos it
static AS3_Val echo(void* self, AS3_Val args)
      //initialize string to null
      char* val = NULL;
      function("foo"); - IS IT POSSIBLE TO CALL LIKE THIS???
      //parse the arguments. Expect 1.
      //pass in val to hold the first argument, which
      //should be a string
      AS3_ArrayValue( args, "StrType", &val );
      //if no argument is specified
      if(val == NULL)
            char* nullString = "null";
            //return the string "null"
            return AS3_String(nullString);
      //otherwise, return the string that was passed in
      return AS3_String(val);
Thanks in advance for your help
Message was edited by: KARTHIK_RAJENDRAN

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, you're asking if you can call native C-functions (in other libraries) from your AS3-Calls.
Short answer is yes. If you take a look into the libraries provided here (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Alchemy:Libraries) you'll see, that they're doing exactly that.
The whole thing wouldn't be much use, if you couldn't.
Of course you have to compile all the libraries you include with the alchemy compiler, which sometimes works, and sometimes not. Most of the times it does, though.