.NET code in Flash export (3.5 beta)

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When trying to export to Flash using the 3.5 beta (3.5.0b6 to be exact), there are some SWF export problems, that seem to point to the fact that only a subset of .NET is implemented in AS3, so some of the methods are undefined.

The errors are of the kind:

Error building Player: Exception: Compiling SWF Failed:
(...)
Call to a possibly undefined method (...) through a reference with static type (...)

The undefined methods are all String and List operations, and all the XML (XmlDocument and such).

Are these not supported because only a specific version of the .NET runtime is targeted? Maybe for this beta only a subset of .NET is implemented, but it will all be implemented in time?

2

The Unity folks did specifically say earlier this year that only a subset of .NET and Unity functionality (e.g. no Networking) will be in place to start. I don't remember the exact wording, but something along the lines of "we're starting with the most common features and expanding support later."

There's a full list of supported and unsupported features linked from the 3.5 release notes:

http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/faq

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