Create an EXE from a SWF using Flex 3 without requiring AIR?

Question

I have a simple little test app written in Flex 3 (MXML and some AS3). I can compile it to a SWF just fine, but I\'d like to make it into an EXE so I can give it to a couple of

Answer 1

There's also Zinc that also provides API:s for accessing the filesystem and other thinks that AIR does, but less restrictive.

Answer 2

imaginaryboy gets it right, I believe. Btw, since you don't have Flex Builder, you might look into the free and open source FlashDevelop if you're on Windows. It's my favorite environment for developing anything Actionscript (the Flex support is pretty great, too).

Answer 3

In your Flex SDK folders you should see a 'runtimes\player\win\FlashPlayer.exe' which is a stand alone Flash player. Open your SWF with that and you'll see a 'Create Projector...' menu item in the File menu which will create the stand-alone EXE.