Creating XMP panel in Flex CS4

I'm trying to make a custom XMP panel for Photoshop CS4 using Flex Builder 3. I just got Flex, so I'm trying to learn it. I downloaded the XMP fileinfo SDK and was following the directions to open a new XMP panel project. I've installed the JAR plugin. After I put in my panel/project name and click finished, it generates the flex code and I get an error stating: There is an error at line 99 of your MXML document: The "TestPanel" tag has invalid syntax.
Does anyone know what I'm suppose to do?
Here's lines 98-100:
    <mx:TabNavigator id="fileInfoTabs" width="100%" height="100%">
         <panels:TestPanel id="_customPanel"/>
     </mx:TabNavigator>

Hi,
don't worry about this "Error 99", its just a problem of the layout view in Flex.
It is a bit confusing that there are two classes with the name "TestPanel":
one is the actual panel and the other a small test programm to debug the panel.
Please open the other class "com.examples.panels.TestPanel", which is the actual panel you are supposed to extend.
Sometimes its easier to work in the source code view.
Hope this helps,
-- Stefan

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Could you give us the full source code?
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However, I need to change one of the metadata fields in code, and although it's changing thee text within the field, when I close the panel it doesn't update the metadata.
Here's a code sippet:
First the form Items:
<fi:XMPFormItem
                              id="ftitle"
                              label="$$$/xmp/sdk/custompanels/Dave3/Title=Document Title:"
                              labelTooltip="$$$/xmp/sdk/custompanels/Dave3/TitleToolTip=The title of the document, or the name given to the resource. Typically, it will be a name by which the resource is formally known.">
<fi:XMPTextInput id="docTitle"
                                                             xmpPath="dc:title"
                                                             xmpType="Localized"
                                                             change="changeMe(event)"/>
</fi:XMPFormItem>
<mx:FormItem label="Change Title">
                    <mx:Button label="Digital"
                                           click="updateTitle(url.text)"
                                           />
</mx:FormItem>
And here's the function that changes the text:
                              private function updateTitle(url: String):void
                                        var st: String = "Hello Folks";
                                        docTitle.text = st;
                                        docTitle.enabled = true;
As expected, the text in the docTitle field changes, but when I close the FIleInfo panel the changed text is not written to the file.
Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance
David

Hi Gary:
Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion, but alas, things got wacky.
When selected, the first panel text overflowed on top of the second accordian tab.
When I select the second panel, the first stays open, as well as the 2nd.
And the text for the next 4 accordian tabs gets out of wack -- they line up on the right hand of the accordian field, with multiple line breaks, rather than in a single line below each tab.
I noticed that overflow:hidden; shows up in two places in the Accordian css file. Tried deleting one, deleting both. but still "no go".
I feel I need to apologize to the forum. I wish I had a better handle on code. But I am actively trying to learn. Reading my book (and doing the exercises) for about an hour a day. And asking lots of questions. I hope it's OK to post these kinds of questions here, even though I'm not very advanced.
I really do appreciate your patience! Jami

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