Flex Builder vs. Dreamweaver

Other than the flex projects, is there a real difference
between Flex
Builder and Dreamweaver?
Wally Kolcz

Huge differences! Two different tools, for two very different
jobs. Flex
Builder is built on the Eclipse platform and there fore can
be used to
design web sites - in code view, and with CF Eclipse, can be
used to develop
ColdFusion app quite nicely, but it is in no way a visual
development tool
like Dreamweaver. I'd encourage you to go to Adobe Labs and
download the
Flex Builder Beta 2 and dive in. There's a good chance you'll
want both
tools in your "tool box".
Lawrence Cramer - Adobe� Community Expert
email: lawrence at cartweaver dot com
Cartweaver CF, ASP & PHP Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
www.cartweaver.com
news://support.cartweaver.com
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"Wally Kolcz" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Other than the flex projects, is there a real difference
between Flex
> Builder and Dreamweaver?
>
> --
> Wally Kolcz
>
>

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
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I want to bring our Design and Dev much closer together and
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I would suggest Fireworks for your Design team/ Flexbuilder
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As for Catalyst, this is a separate beast altogether. It's
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A full tutorial/ video overview was just released a few days
ago here
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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
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http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/08/28/getting-started-with-flex-4-fxg-and-flex-build er-3/
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h

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I'm looking at building RIAs from the perspective of a Web
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Is the Flex Builder Eclipse Plugin Free?

I posted this quesiton in Flex Builder 2 forum but I thought
maybe it's a bit more appropriate here. If not I apologize.
I'm a total beginner to Flex and Eclipse but I'm just curious
if the Flex Builder Eclipse Plugin is free or do I still need to
purchase the $499 license in order to use it? I'm trying to figure
out what I'm going to use to build my Flex apps and I'd like a nice
IDE like Dreamweaver or CFEclipse with the nice prompts and other
features but $499 is quite steep just to get my feet wet.

Jason,
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trial for getting your feet wet is the only option currently. Take
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The hard disk on my mac failed, lost everything, including
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"trial" of Flex Builder 3 (FB 3). The software seemed to install
fine(no errors in the install log).
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the Project menu and choose Properties.
2. In the project properties dialog, choose Flex Build Path.
3. Select the Library path tab, and press the Add SWC...
button.
4. Selected the YahooMap.swc
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I have followed the documentation on the site you provided.
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to my Flex build path.
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I am trying to create a widget like application and it seems
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stickers, they do not appear on taskbar and can be hidden or
docked.
The problem is that I created an AIR application using Flex
Builder 3 Beta and now I cannot find how to make that application
behave like custom-shaped window. My app appears on Windows taskbar
and I don't want it. When I drag the window (which is a custom
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such a code for class mx:Application. Or can I (would be grateful
for some idea)?
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NativeWindow and do not have to migrate the design from mxml files
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Hi all.
I am trying to create a widget like application and it seems
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stickers, they do not appear on taskbar and can be hidden or
docked.
The problem is that I created an AIR application using Flex
Builder 3 Beta and now I cannot find how to make that application
behave like custom-shaped window. My app appears on Windows taskbar
and I don't want it. When I drag the window (which is a custom
shape) it shows that nasty dragging rectangle around it.
As far as I found out (and tried it) I need to use cod like:
var initOptions:NativeWindowInitOptions = new
NativeWindowInitOptions();
initOptions.systemChrome = NativeWindowSystemChrome.NONE;
initOptions.type = NativeWindowType.UTILITY;
to hide my window from the taskbar. But it seems I cannot use
such a code for class mx:Application. Or can I (would be grateful
for some idea)?
The main question is:
if I want to migrate my app to that NativeWindow based
solution - then NativeWindow is not an mx class and I cannot find
how I will use Flex Builder Design mode to arrange my GUI elements.
Is it somehow possible to wrap my mx:Application inside
NativeWindow and do not have to migrate the design from mxml files
to pure ActionScript?
The second issue - if I want to use some kind of subforms -
like widget settings window - when I move that window with the
mouse, it is being clipped to the region of my Application. Does
that again mean that I need to use NativeWindow for creating such a
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examples :-) )

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