IPA Compiling from Command Line on Windows OS

Question

Hello guys,
I have tried with this compiler and realized that it is faster than compiling on CS5 a lot. I also made a template for this, and using to make IPA for my serveral iPad apps.
Here is the way to create my template:
1. Create a new folder somewhere named: iPadBuilder (as Flex/Flash Builder ^^), then copy "lib" folder from Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS5\PFI into it.
2. In iPadBuilder, make a new folder for your new app, such as HelloWorld, and create files like following tree:
Note: pfi.bat is located in Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS5\PFI\bin folder.
+ iPadBuilder
          + lib
          + HelloWorld
                         build.bat
                         pfi.bat
                         Default.png
                         helloworld.swf
                         helloworld-app.xml
                         + 03_Certificates
                                   + Digital_Signature
                                            signnature.p12
                                   + Provisioning_Profile
                                             profile.mobileprovision
                         + AppIconsForPublish
                                      icon29.png
                                      icon57.png
                                      icon512.png           
                         + flv
                                   sample1.flv
                                   sample2.flv
You can create build.bat file using NotePad or any text application:
pfi -package -target ipa-test -provisioning-profile "03_Certificates\Provisioning_Profile\profile.mobileprovision" -storetype pkcs12 -keystore "03_Certificates\Digital_Signature\signnature.p12" -storepass your_signature_password "HELLOWORLD.ipa" "helloworld-app.xml" "helloworld.swf" "Default.png" "AppIconsForPublish/icon29.png" "AppIconsForPublish/icon57.png" "AppIconsForPublish/icon512.png" "flv"
pause
With this build, I include the flv folder so that I can play local video using NetConnection and NetStream. If you don't want, just delete it, otherwise, add more by "images" for adding images folder into your app.
That' all, everytime you want to make a new build, just override your app.swf, and then double click build.bat, and waiting, you will see it's faster than using Flash CS5 a lot.
And if you want to make new app, just copy the Helloword folder, and change some filenames. And remember to change the ITALIC text in build.bat file if your files have changed.
Hope it will help you.

Answer 1

I've done a lot of command line compiling, especially when trying different combinations of splash screens (where I didn't need to recreate the swf each time), and certainly it saves you a lot of time over doing a publish in Flash each time. But given that Flash uses the pfi anyway, I think that if you add the time it takes to make your swf again, and add that to the time to compile the ipa, it will be a similar time to how long it takes to publish in CS5.
Out of curiosity though, how do you just make the swf? If I set another player type, to just get the swf, I then get lots of compiler complaints over the iOS specific code. I guess that if you're not doing any orientation things you'll get away with selecting Flash Player 10.1 as the player type.