Flex Builder 3.3 need to add AIR 2.0 SDK

I have an AIR app developed using Flex SDK 3.3 and need to add new functionality contained in AIR 2.0 SDK - e.g. openWithDefaultApplication().
How can I add the updated AIR SDK to give me access to this new method ?

This is pretty easy, but not too intuitive. You will first need to download the version of the SDK that includes the version of AIR that you wish to use. Then following these instructions to get it to work : http://quetwo.com/2008/10/26/flash-player-10-and-flex/ (those instructions were written to get a specific feature working in an older version of Flash Player, but you should get the basics from it).
Essentially, you extract the SDK version into your SDKs folder in your copy of Flash Builder/Flex Builder. Then you tell Flash Builder about the new SDK that you have available.

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