Flash Builder 4 Installation Problems

I'm having trouble using Flash Builder 4. I first tried to use it as a plugin for eclipse, which didn't work, as I got an error when trying to open .mxml files. The error is the same one discussed in another discussion: a null pointer exception. I tried to follow the solution to the discussion but couldn't figure it out. So after uninstalling and reinstalling Flash Builder in plugin form, I downloaded and installed it as a standalone. The installing worked fine but when i tried to open the application, all I got was the license agreement popup repeatedly, even after I pressed accept. I'm not sure what's going on, but I've been told that it's a licensing problem. Is there a quick fix for this?

Can someone please help me? I doubt that I'm the only one who has seen this problem before.

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Flash Builder 4 trace problem.....

Flash Builder 4 trace problem.....
Hi,
I got the trace-classical problem:
267 AVMINF: MTHD global$init ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::Sprite$cinit ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD global$init ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::MovieClip$cinit ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD PreloaderDisplay$cinit ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD global$init ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD global$init ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD mx.managers::SystemManager$cinit ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD global$init ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD flash.utils::Dictionary$cinit ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD flash.utils::Dictionary ()
267 AVMINF: MTHD flash.utils::Dictionary/init ()
79 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::Loader/get contentLoaderInfo ()
379 AVMINF: MTHD flash.events::EventDispatcher/addEventListener ()
379 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::Loader/loadBytes ()
380 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::Loader/_buildLoaderContext ()
380 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::Loader/_getJPEGLoaderContextdeblockingfilter ()
380 AVMINF: MTHD flash.display::Loader/_loadBytes ()
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*I did read many answer already about the mm.cfg file, but I don't have that file, i don't even got firefox...
*That is happens only when i am using flash player 10.2 + (IT DOES NOT HAPPENS WITH FLASH PLAYER 10.1 - )
Please help,
Thanks for advance.
Esteban

No.
Working only with Flash Builder 4 to compile, but you can switch the flash player versions anyway.
And when my flash version is up to 10.1 the trace console commes crazy, and brokes the debbug session.
But never mind, i did kill the OS already in order to keep working.

Installing Flex SDK into Flash Builder 4.7 problems

Hi,
Im completely new to Flash Builder, today I have installed Flash Builder 4.7 & Flash CS6 from Creative Cloud for my son to start to learn game programming (with my help), I have used simple coding in web design however this terminology is new to me.
I bought my son the latest 'Foundation Game Design with ActionScript 3.0' book on recommendation but it was written when FB was version 4.5 so im guessing this might be the problem.
The book is very easy to follow but have hit problems at the beginning of the tutorials, the book talks about Flex SDK but it seems that FB 4.7 uses AIR SDK ?
So the first project called HelloWorld, we got up to:
Got an exclamation mark which said
'The import flash.display.Sprite is not used
locally'
Continuing with the rest of the project the exclamation mark disappeared:
However on selecting run- Debug we got a blank Flash Player window ('generate HTML wrapper file' was deselected)
So either we've done something wrong, or the book and FB version are not compatible?
Any advice would be great!
Thank you
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I thought that installing Flex SDK may solve the problem but after following instructions I have the error message, see image below. Really stumped now!

Sorry, if I went a little overboard. After re-reading your post, perhaps I should back up a little.
First, there are little things that Flash Builder (FB) will complain about. Having extra import statements in your code doesn't hurt anything. If I'm trying different solutions and then commenting out the code, the import statements will hang around, FB will complain, but just ignore it. If you see a little icon on the left edge of your code editor and its a red circle with an X in it, then that is something that will have to be fixed.
When you create an app in FB or Flash you can choose to create a web app which means it will run in a browser window. The project can optionally create an HTML wrapper, or web page that will load your app. In Flash Pro you can choose File->Publish Settings and there will be a checkbox on the left to publish a HTML wrapper. In FB, you can right click your project in the Package Explorer, select Properties at the bottom, select the ActionScript Compiler, and down at the bottom there will be a checkbox to create a HTML wrapper.
If you're just learning Flash Builder, then the FlexSDK 4.6 and the AIR SDK 3.1 that comes with it should be fine. You mentioned Apache SDK and I'd recently been working with that so I ended up getting side-tracked.
Getting an AIRSDK to work with when build ActionScript projects is easy. Just go to the adobe site, type AIR SDK in the search box, and you should find a page that will let you downloaded the latest version. There's also a page to let you download the latest AIR runtime, and if you were just going to run AIR apps and not build them, then that's all you would need. As a developer you'll want to install the runtime from the downloaded .exe file. With the SDK, after downloading it, installing it is easy. Just create a new folder an unzip the SDK into it, then place it somewhere easy to find. I put all my SDK's in their own directory right off the c: drive. So I have c:\AIRSDK_3.5.0.880 and c:\AIRSDK_3.7.0.1530. I use very descriptive folder names so I always know which SDK's I have to work from.
To use the SDK in Flash Pro select Help -> Manage AIR SDK, hit the plus button and add the folder you created. Now when you've opened a Flash project, you go to File->Publish Settings and select the combo box at the top, you'll see options like 'AIR 3.7.0.1530 for Android' in the list that reflect the SDK's you've added.
Generally with FB you'll be using a FlexSDK, or perhaps a FlexSDK overlaid with a newer version of AIRSDK. Overlaid basically means you copied the contents of the AIR SDK into the Flex Folder. The article I mentioned above will give you all the details on creating those. For instance, I downloaded the Apache Flex installer, installed it, then created an empty folder called c:\ApacheFlexSDK_4.9.1, launched the Apache installer, gave it the new empty folder I'd created, selected all the download options, and let it all download. If it launches a popup box or a security warning, you can allow it, and it will continue. Once you have the SDK and you want to use it with a project in FB, just right click the project, select Properties, selected that Compiler tab again, and up in the right corner you'll see 'Manage SDK's...'. Hit that link, add your new SDK to the list and give it a descriptive name, then selected the checkbox beside it to set it up as your default. If you do this, then all your projects set to use the default will automatically switch to it and rebuild. So if you want a project to stay with a specific SDK then select that option in your Compiler tab, and then you could use the combo box to select your new added SDK.
When I started with FB I think I spent the first 2 days going round and round with project settings and options until I got them all figured out.
When I develop, I usually have my browser open and I have bookmarks and favorites to let me quickly get to all the pages I use most often. Here are a few of them:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/index.html <---- The API reference. In the packages window check out 'Top Level' at the top and Language Elements near the bottom. I think I have this page open in one or more tabs almost every day.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/learning.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/learn/index.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashbuilder/using/index.html
Free videos to help you learn Flash Pro:
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-flash-professional-cs6-/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-flash-professional-cs5/
And you've already found the forums! But if you don't find an answer here, many times you can find your question already answered on www.stackoverflow.com forums.
Ok, I think I went a little overboard again.

Flash Builder 4: Installation hangs

Hi,
just downloaded Flash Builder 4 and try to install, but installation hangs on at "Installing..." screen. What can cause the problem?
I use Windows XP SP3.

Where did you extract your installer to? There's a known bug where a subcomponent hangs when installing on windows when the path contains a leading space https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FB-26442.
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Flash builder 4 installation somehow broke my flex builder 3 debuggin/running/profiling launch.

After installing flash builder 4 neither it nor flex builder 3 has been able to launch swf:s from flex. After hitting run or debug flex gives a prompt saying "Flash Player not Found. Flex builder cannot locate the required version of Flash Player. You might need to install Flash Player 9 or reinstall Flex Builder. Do you want to try to run your application with the current version?". The popup itself happened before installing flash builder 4. But normally I would just hit yes and it would use whatever flashplayer is default.
Now if I click yes it launches command prompt with a path to flex builder 3 installation folder. When running from flash builder 4, same happens except the path is the installation folder for flash builder 4. Flex then starts waiting for connection from debugger and after a while it prompts a timeout message. The command prompts title is ...\workspace\project\bin-debug\filename.swf.
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I used the uninstaller software for flash player and then fetched both fp9&10 and reinstalled them. Which didn't help. When launching to browser everything works just fine, the problem occurs only when launching to standalone player. I tried to check registry settings if there would be something wrong, but all the paths for flashplayers seem to be ok.
Is there any other hope to fix this than reinstalling flex builder 3 & flash builder 4 from scratch?

You need content debugger FP installed
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FLASH BUILDER 4.7 PROBLEM PLEASE HELP

Hello,
So i just ordered the adobe creative cloud service today and downloaded the adobe application manager, installed Flash Builder 4.7 and then preceded to create a flash game. It had tons of errors with my code so i then just did the simple HelloWorld program and it ran fine. But as soon as i tried to type in more complex code like (import flash.display.Loader) it has a yellow triangle by this statement of code saying that (import flash.display.Loader is not used locally). I have had this problem with the rest of my code also. Please help!!! I have already tried to contact adobe technical services but they said they couldn't help me because I had the creative cloud. I am in desperate need of help!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/how-overlay-air-sdk-flex-sdk.html
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Hello everybody.
I'm hoping at least somebody has a similar problem: Flash Builder 4.5 and Windows 7 x64 with Flash Player 11.
I try to launch a Flex Project in the browser but I get this message:
C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF64_11_1_102.dll
Flash Builder cannot locate the required debugger version of Adobe Flash Player. You might need to install the debugger version of the Flash Player or reinstall Flash Builder.
Do you want to try to debug with the current version?
Apparently FB 4.5 looks for the 64 bit version of the NPSWF*.dll file, but I searched on my entire computer and I only find the "NPSWF32.dll" file, not the 64 one.
Note: I have the *DEBUG* version of the Flash Player installed on FireFox 7, but it is indeed the 32 bit version because there ARE NO 64 BIT VERSIONS. Or at least none that I know of.

I'm on Win7 64 bit with FB 4.5 and FP 11, and debug works fine.
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I am trying to install Adobe flash builder 4 in my laptop i have already installed the flex builder 3 but whenever i tried to install flash builder everytime i got error code 7. I am attaching the error log file here with this please help me out.
Exit Code: 7E
------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
- 0 fatal error(s), 10 error(s), 8 warning(s)
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
WARNING: Payload cannot be installed due to dependent operation failure
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ERROR: - Adobe Player for Embedding: Install failed
ERROR: - Suite Shared Configuration CS5: Install failed
ERROR: - AdobeHelp: Install failed
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at
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Hello All.
I have downloaded BlazeDS4 and installed it onto a windows server using tomcat. I have then been able to log into this server and use the examples provided using this address - http://localhost:8400/ I should note, that this link also works on remote computers by giving the correct IP address instead of localhost.
So i know that Blaze is working fine.
But now i want to configure this with Flash Builder 4, so that i can try and create my own apps.
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Hi guy,
its actually quite simple.
The "Root Folder" "Root URL" "Context Root" define your server directory and its url.
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so it should read something like : c:\blazeds\tomcat\webapps\my_project --> this then has a WEB-INF/flex directory in it. Thats why you have that error of yours --> Invalid root. The WEB-INF/flex folder must contain either flex-config.xml or services-config.xml.
the root url is something like
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the context root is your project name, the same name as your copied blazeds.war file
<my_project_name> --> thats what you insert to access your app in a webbrowser
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I am just getting started myself, so i hope i didnt make any mistake, if so I would also be happy if anybody you knows better corrects me
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Exit Code: 6
-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
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Hi Herman,
I can't help you I'm afraid!
I have exactly the same problem! I've tried downloading Flash Player 9 several times and I always get the same two files - flash player.plugin and flashplayer.xpt. There's no installer (nothing that looks like the file shown in Adobe's 'installation instructions') so I don't know what to do with the files. I've read somewhere that more than one copy of Flash Player installed can cause glitches so I ran Adobe's Flash Player Uninstaller and then downloaded Flash Player 9 again. But still the same two files arrived!
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