Can Flex compile FLAs?

This is a question that I've been searching all over the internet for, but haven't found any answers.

Is Flex able to compile FLAs made in Flash 9 Public Alpha, accompanied by AS3 files? It seems like the answer may be no, but I haven't found a concrete answer anywhere.

And if not, is there any plugin for Eclipse that can compile AS3?

The reason I really want this is that my compile time in Flash 9 is obscene, and people claim that the Flex compiler is far faster. I just can't actually figure out how to make it compile.

FLA's themselves can only be compiled using the Flash Authoring tool. Flex's compiler is a MXML & AS3 compiler which compiles either or both MXML and AS3 (MXML is converted to AS3 which is then compiled to a SWF).

Flex is based on Eclipse so getting the Eclipse Flex plugin would be your answer for compiling from Eclipse. You can also get the free Flex SDK if you want to use that

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/in...m?product=flex