FLEX{er}

How to make your applications smaller and reduce the loading time?
How to create a swf RSL from a swc and how to use it
How to reduce the size of any flex app using RSL
RSL further details

As you saw in the previous posts you can use RSLs to reduce the size of a flex application.

If you use mxml in your application you should know that behind the scenes Flex will include in the project a lot of classes and controls (some of them you do not even want). You can bypass this whole process using RSLs.

Instead use a RSL that will have included in it only the controls you will need to use:

package
{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  import mx.core.Application;
  import mx.containers.Panel;
  import mx.controls.Alert;
  import mx.controls.Button;
  import mx.controls.CheckBox;
  import mx.controls.ComboBox;
  import mx.controls.DataGrid;
  import mx.controls.Image;
  import mx.controls.Label;
  import mx.controls.List;
  import mx.controls.Text;
  import mx.controls.TextArea;
  import mx.controls.TextInput;
  import mx.controls.ToolTip;
  import mx.effects.Move;
  import mx.effects.WipeDown;
  import mx.effects.WipeLeft;
  import mx.effects.WipeRight;
  import mx.effects.WipeUp;
  import mx.rpc.http.mxml.HTTPService;
 
  public class smallLinker extends Sprite
  {
     private var application:Application;
     private var panel:Panel;
     private var alert:Alert;
     private var button:Button;
     private var checkBox:CheckBox;
     private var comboBox:ComboBox;
     private var dataGrid:DataGrid;
     private var image:Image;
     private var label:Label;
     private var list:List;
     private var text:Text;
     private var textArea:TextArea;
     private var textInput:TextInput;
     private var toolTip:ToolTip;
     private var move:Move;
     private var wipeDown:WipeDown;
     private var wipeLeft:WipeLeft;
     private var wipeRight:WipeRight;
     private var wipeUp:WipeUp;
     private var httpService:HTTPService;
  }
}