Create a worker in flash IDE?

Question

I'm trying to generate a worker swf from Flash CC.
When I try to compile it using AIR 13 for android :
var wtm:MessageChannel =  Worker.current.getSharedProperty("wtm");
wtm.send('test');
at runtime::ContentPlayer/loadInitialContent()
          at runtime::ContentPlayer/playRawContent()
          at runtime::ContentPlayer/playContent()
          at runtime::AppRunner/run()
          at ADLAppEntry/run()
          at global/runtime::ADLEntry()
Is there a way to publish a worker swf from the IDE ?

Answer 1

You send along some code but no FLAs (as you indicated) hehe. Here, this is a quick Main and BackWorker setup that merely inits a worker and send()s messages back and forth from the worker to main and main to worker. It works just fine in Flash CC. I'm targeting FP13:
http://www.ertp.com/tmp/AS3WorkerCommExample.zip
I'll paste the code because it's pretty small as well:
Editing: Oy, tab pasting tabs isn't working yet *cry*.. Pasting in formatted from pastebin.com...
Main.as:
package 
        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import flash.events.MouseEvent;
        import flash.events.Event;
        import flash.system.MessageChannel;
        import flash.system.Worker;
        import flash.system.WorkerDomain;
        [SWF(frameRate=30)]
        public class Main extends MovieClip
                // worker SWF
                [Embed(source="BackWorker.swf", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
                private var WorkerSWF:Class;
                // worker object
                private var worker:Worker;
                // message channels
                private var wm:MessageChannel; // worker to main
                private var mw:MessageChannel; // main to worker
                public function Main()
                        // inst worker
                        worker = WorkerDomain.current.createWorker(new WorkerSWF());
                        // worker to main channel setup
                        wm = worker.createMessageChannel(Worker.current);
                        mw = Worker.current.createMessageChannel(worker);
                        worker.setSharedProperty("wtm", wm);
                        worker.setSharedProperty("mtw", mw);
                        wm.addEventListener(Event.CHANNEL_MESSAGE, onWorkerToMain);
                        mw.addEventListener(Event.CHANNEL_MESSAGE, onMainToWorker);
                        // start worker
                        worker.start();
                        // ask worker if it's ready
                        mw.send("AREYAREADY");
                protected function onWorkerToMain(e:Event):void
                        if (e.currentTarget.messageAvailable)
                                // get message from worker
                                var header:String = wm.receive();
                                if (header == "YEP")
                                        trace("Worker is ready. Telling worker to get to work and send back data.");
                                        mw.send("WORK");
                                else if (header == "NUMBER")
                                        var num:Number = wm.receive();
                                        // we know this is the data we wanted.. just 500 * 500 + 500 / 500..
                                        trace("Worker result: " + num);
                protected function onMainToWorker(e:Event):void {}
BackWorker.as:
package 
        import flash.display.Sprite;
        import flash.system.Worker;
        import flash.system.MessageChannel;
        import flash.events.Event;
        public class BackWorker extends Sprite
                // channels
                private var wm:MessageChannel;
                private var mw:MessageChannel;
                public function BackWorker()
                        // init channels
                        wm = Worker.current.getSharedProperty('wtm');
                        mw = Worker.current.getSharedProperty('mtw');
                        // receive a message from main
                        mw.addEventListener(Event.CHANNEL_MESSAGE, onMainToBack);
                protected function onMainToBack(e:Event):void
                        if (mw.messageAvailable)
                                var header:String = mw.receive();
                                if (header == "AREYAREADY")
                                        // yes.. I'm ready, send WORK
                                        wm.send("YEP");
                                else if (header == "WORK")
                                        // receive message, sending back NUMBER header
                                        // then result of 500 * 500 + 500 / 500
                                        wm.send("NUMBER");
                                        wm.send(500 * 500 + 500 / 500);
Traces:
Worker is ready. Telling worker to get to work and send back data.
Worker result: 250001
As long as you export the BackWorker.swf in the same folder it'll find it and embed it, and use it. Let me know if you have any questions.