Extending flex builder

I am trying to extend the flex builder plugin as well as fix
some bugs/features in it that do not work with my current project
setup. I am looking for resources (in addition to those in the
eclipse help) that will help me start working in this direction. If
anyone knows of any, they would be a great help. I would also like
to contribute anything I do back to the community. Where would be a
good place for this?

File->New->MXML Component. Or create an Actionscript
component and extend a UI component.
Those components will then show up under 'Custom' in the
Components pane.

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Extending Flex Builder - eclipse plugin

I'm trying to find out more about writing Eclipse Plugins
that extend Flex Builder.
I've taken a look at the 'Adobe Flex Builder 3 Extensibility'
section of the Flex Builder help files and didn't find them that
helpful.
For example, at the moment I'm trying to get my new Eclipse
command to call the adt binary file in the user's chosen default
Flex SDK. So some immediate questions arise:
1) Which Flex or Eclipse class contains the filesystem
reference to the user's default Flex sdk so that I can call 'adt'
with user entered parameters?
2) Are there any tutorials or resources on extending Flex
Builder with custom Eclipse plugins apart from the limited Adobe
documentation?

Jason,
Yes you still need to purchase - you can install the product
as a full install, or as an eclipse plug in. Trying the 30 day
trial for getting your feet wet is the only option currently. Take
advantage of free training from total training:
http://www.totaltraining.com/Store/online_adobe_login.aspx
Cheers,
David

Question about extending Flex Builder

Hello, I'm writing an Eclipse plugin to make writing AS3 code
in Flex easier. I would really love to see some
documentation on the extension points declared by the flex
plugin:
<extension-point id="quickFixProvider" name="quickFix
Provider" schema="schema/quickFixProvider.exsd"/>
<extension-point id="contentAssistFactories"
name="ActionScript Content Assist Processors"
schema="schema/contentAssistFactories.exsd"/>
<extension-point id="editorAdapters" name="Editor
Adapters" schema="schema/editorAdapters.exsd"/>
<extension-point id="contentFormatter" name="Content Formatter"
schema="schema/contentFormatter.exsd"/>
<extension-point id="textHoverFactories"
name="ActionScript Text Hovers"
schema="schema/textHoverFactories.exsd"/>
Any other tips on extending flex would be great also, thanks.
Mihail

Hi,
If Oracle Warehouse Builder really doesn't support XMLType, is there any other ETL tool that supports Oracle's XMLType?
Any help would be much appreciated.

Extending Flex Builder 2

Is it currently possible to add our own custom controls to
the 'Components' view?
and in case it is, can somebody point me to the extension
points, or even some documentation if there is such a thing yet,
that describes how this can be done?
Thanks

File->New->MXML Component. Or create an Actionscript
component and extend a UI component.
Those components will then show up under 'Custom' in the
Components pane.

Flex Builder 3 Beta 2 Expires early when using Flex 2 key, and new SDK

I was told to use my Flex 2 key to extend the Beta period for
Flex Builder 3, this worked, today it said I have 99 days left.
but When I installed the latest SDK and restarted Flex
Builder 3 Beta 2, it says it expires in 15 days.
If I put the original SDK back and restart it goes back to 99
days, so If I switch the SDKs while Eclipse is already loaded it
seems to stay at 99 days, so now before I start Eclipse I have to
move the orig SDK back, start Eclipse, then switch SDKs.
This does not make much sense to me, why does the SDK affect
the Builder Beta Period at all? is there a fix for this, I have a
project due but 31st, and I would be screwed if it dies before
then, I already have flex 2 but I cannot roll back as this project
relies on Flex Builder 3 Functionality.

I the probelm we are stating is that we DID enter our flex 2
key and it DID initially set the expire date out, but I needed to
use a later SDK and thats when the problem occured. without the
latest the ImageSnapshot.captureImage does not work at all for me,
so must use a later SDK. However this morning my Eclipse started
stating 96 days remaining and I am still using the latest SDK, so
no idea why it works sometimes and not others.

Problem Installing Adobe Flex Builder 3 (Standalone)

I have attempted a few times today to install the Flex Builder 3 standalone file, but I am having issues. I am currently using Adobe CS4 Design Premium on my computer.
I am new to this type of application development. Currently, I mainly used flash to create my interactive applications, but I need to branch out to create more complex applications. As I already know actionscript 3.0, I was interesting into getting into Flex. I do not know Javascript, C++, etc.
Once I download the standalone file to my desktop and run the installer, I do not choose to download Flash Player 9 because I already have nor do I choose do download the Coldfusion or JSEclipse Plug-in as I do not have Eclipse on my computer (it comes with the standalone as I have been led to believe). After running the installer, it almost gets to the end and then I get the following error message:
I click OK, it finishes the install and says
I go to the log file and get the following:
!SESSION 2010-02-24 16:22:40.424 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -command install -from file:\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\com.adobe.flexbuilder.update.site/ -featureId com.adobe.flexbuilder.feature.standalone -version 3.0.214193
Command-line arguments: -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -command install -from file:\C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\com.adobe.flexbuilder.update.site/ -featureId com.adobe.flexbuilder.feature.standalone -version 3.0.214193
!ENTRY org.eclipse.update.core 4 0 2010-02-24 16:22:44.799
!MESSAGE Cannot install featurecom.adobe.flexbuilder.feature.standalone 3.0.214193
Can anybody help me on this? Is there something I missing prior to download?

We're in the same boat here - the the behavour of xsd:all in
BETA 3 renders our Flex app virtually useless because of
communication issues with the backend webservice. We have studied
the proposed workaround suggested, unfortunately we only control
the FLEX app - we do not control the WS we have to integrate with.
As a result we've gone back to BETA 2 to do some critical
changes in the software but the "Beta expired." message we've been
receiving is really not well received. As we have been very
proactive in supporting development in the BETA phases including
reporitng bugs, we think that Adobe shoudl also have some
flexibility here and offer ways to extend the BETA 2. We're not
asking for any type of support during that phase - purely the
ability to compile our source until we can implement the full work
around which will allow the software to run on BETA 3. The
suggestion to change dates or go to previous restore points do not
work well here with our numerous developers.

Flex Builder Design View programmatic skinning

I am writing programmatic skins, by extending
ProgrammaticSkin class. If i apply these skins to mx:Button, i can
see the skin in Flex Builder design view. But when i style my
custom component with programmatic skins, Flex Builder design view
does not show the skin, though the skin is applied when i run the
application. Is there a way for me to write my custom classes
(class Node extends UIComponent), and apply skins, so that i can
see the skins in Flex Builder design view.

Actually I found the answer to my question. You can find it
in my blog.
programmatic
skinning in Flex Builder Design view

Help in flash.desktop.NativeProcess Flex builder 3

Hi
I am Using Flex Builder 3(older one), working on AIR Application
when used flash.desktop.NativeProcess , it says
flash.desktop.NativeProcess could not be found
Is it available in Flash builder 4 and higher version
Karthik.K

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Design Flex with Fireworks CS4 or Flex Builder?

I need help in making a process decision on how to build Flex
Apps going forward.
In the past, we have built the concept for our Flex app in
Photoshop and sent it over to our development team in India to
build. The process has been difficult because our engineers are not
designers and our designers are not engineers. Invariably we spend
alot of time bridging the gap between whats possible and what we
want to see in our Apps.
I want to bring our Design and Dev much closer together and
essentially take the GUI out of the hands of my Indian Developers
who choose to work in raw XML rather than Builder today.
To accomplish this goal, I will be training my US Design team
to become either Fireworks Experts or Flex Builder Experts....
(they are already Photoshop experts) This is where I need your
help. If you were starting from scratch with a talented design team
that could learn either tool, which one would you choose to
accomplish the goal? Does the Fireworks to Flex export create
crappy code like Dreamweaver thats tough to modify manually? Does a
"true" Flex developer despise Fireworks-generated code?
I have read up on the Fireworks>Flash Catalyst>Flex
Builder Path and dont understand the additional step... is Catalyst
part of Fireworks and thats how Flex code is developed or is it a
new code generation engine that does code better than Fireworks
CS4?
Thanks in advance.

Here's my recommendation:
I would suggest Fireworks for your Design team/ Flexbuilder
for your dev team.
Essentially, what Fireworks already has in terms of Flex UI
components (though a short list) is identical in theme (default
halo) AND output (mxml code) as you would expect from creating in
Flexbuilder alone.
You can then easily extend your designs with custom
components using the Fw Commands Export Flex Skins and they can be
imported to your Flex project using the CSS Designer.
As for Catalyst, this is a separate beast altogether. It's
merely meant to bridge designs (from design applications Ps, Ill,
Fw) and create usable components for complete animations.
A full tutorial/ video overview was just released a few days
ago here
http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2009/01/getting-started-with-flash-catalyst-tutorial/
As for how Fw fits into the Catalyst scheme of things,
designs you create can be exported to the FXG format that Catalyst
will use, if you want to use Flex and work with this format you
have to have the latest Flex SDK plugged into FlexBuilder 3 or Flex
4 will have full support for it.
Here is an older referebce to this scenerio (reference to
Thermo = Flash Catalyst and Gumbo = Flex 4)
http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/08/28/getting-started-with-flex-4-fxg-and-flex-build er-3/
Hope this helps.
h

Extension Point for Flex Builder 3

Hi, found that Flex Builder has a lot of extension points, but I try to extend those extensions but i found only schema for the debug extension point, is there a way for me to extend the others extension point?
Tks,

Adobe Flex Builder is an integrated development environment . is ok, very intuitive.

Adobe Flex Builder 3 beta expiration

Hi Everyone,
I'm currently developing an application for Education
purposes in the UK using Flex Builder 3 beta (Built in Eclipse).
I struggled all the day with Adobe France, Adobe Europe,
Resellers to find a solution : our products will be locked in 5
days because we will be at the end of the demo.
I looked for education licenses for Flex Builder 3 beta, and
it seems that it's not possible for now. They told me to ask there
for a solution.
How can we continue working on Flex Builder 3 beta ?
Regards
Eric

We're in the same boat here - the the behavour of xsd:all in
BETA 3 renders our Flex app virtually useless because of
communication issues with the backend webservice. We have studied
the proposed workaround suggested, unfortunately we only control
the FLEX app - we do not control the WS we have to integrate with.
As a result we've gone back to BETA 2 to do some critical
changes in the software but the "Beta expired." message we've been
receiving is really not well received. As we have been very
proactive in supporting development in the BETA phases including
reporitng bugs, we think that Adobe shoudl also have some
flexibility here and offer ways to extend the BETA 2. We're not
asking for any type of support during that phase - purely the
ability to compile our source until we can implement the full work
around which will allow the software to run on BETA 3. The
suggestion to change dates or go to previous restore points do not
work well here with our numerous developers.

How activate Adobe Flex Builder 3

Hi,
I'm using the Flex 2 SDK from Adobe Flex Builder in trial version.
I would buy the license but I can't buy it.
I 've looked at the new Adobe Flash Builder but this doesn't include SDK 2.
How I can get the license?
Thank you

We're in the same boat here - the the behavour of xsd:all in
BETA 3 renders our Flex app virtually useless because of
communication issues with the backend webservice. We have studied
the proposed workaround suggested, unfortunately we only control
the FLEX app - we do not control the WS we have to integrate with.
As a result we've gone back to BETA 2 to do some critical
changes in the software but the "Beta expired." message we've been
receiving is really not well received. As we have been very
proactive in supporting development in the BETA phases including
reporitng bugs, we think that Adobe shoudl also have some
flexibility here and offer ways to extend the BETA 2. We're not
asking for any type of support during that phase - purely the
ability to compile our source until we can implement the full work
around which will allow the software to run on BETA 3. The
suggestion to change dates or go to previous restore points do not
work well here with our numerous developers.

Flex Builder Extension Point

Hi,
i found that Flex Builder has a lot of extension points, but I try to extend those extensions but i found only schema for the debug extension point, is there a way for me to extend the others extension point?
Tks,

Adobe Flex Builder is an integrated development environment . is ok, very intuitive.

PDF Portfolio SDK setup - Navigator project wizard in Flex Builder 4.6 does not show

Hello, Experts
I am trying to build PDF Custom Navigator using Adobe PDF Portfolio SDK; however, for some reason, when performing step 3 of installation, Navigator project wizard in Flex Builder ( 4.6 ) would not show;
The plugins have been extracted to:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.6\eclipse\plugins
The NavigatorSupport folder has been extracted to:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.6\eclipse and ( just in case ) to
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4.6\
any advice would be greatly appreciated
Best Regards,
-Alex

as per Joel's recommendation, used 4.5 instead - that worked just fine

Unable to download Flex Builder 3.0.2 Professional Eclipse Plug-in Trial

Since yesterday I am unable to download the Flex Builder plugin for eclipse, having tried all the combinations of Language/OS available for this product, browsers and two different PCs at my home.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flex_eclipse
Using the link above the case is always the same no matter what browser/computer. After the "Download" button is pressed the website "freezes" for about 30 seconds, then it refreshes and soon an email message arrives with the title
"Helpful links and resources for your Flex Builder 3 Professional Trial".
Furthermore when I visit a link provided in the email Getting Started - Flex 3 Getting Started - Adobe Learning Resources, all the hyperlinks such as Watch, Full Tutorial, Download Project, PHP and Java will simply redirect me to the very same page (i.e. the one provided in this sentence).
I'd appreciate any help given on this matter, thanks.

Moving this discussion to the Flex Builder plug-in forum.

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