Linux Design mode in Flex Builder?

Is it available?
thanks

Hey,
Have you tried the solution posted in this thread? http://forums.adobe.com/message/2736010

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I have a component like the following and it completely crashes the design view in flex builder

I have a component like the following and it completely crashes the design view in flex builder.I can see anything in the layout. Everything compliles fine and looks normal in the outline view. Any ideas whats wrong. If I remove the AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup's all looks fine
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Panel x="353" y="34" width="1159" height="505.7" maxWidth="663" allowDrag="true" allowResize="true" allowClose="true" allowMaximize="true" allowMinimize="true" resizeEffect="Resize" moveEffect="Move" close="parent.removeChild(this)" maxHeight="680" layout="absolute" title="Back office list" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
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            </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn>
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                </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn>
            </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup>
            <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup headerText="Bank side">
                <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="bankDealRef" headerText="Bank Ref" width="70" editable="true" wordWrap="true" dataTipFunction="dataTipFuncNotes" showDataTips="true" textAlign="center"/>
                <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="Premium2" headerText="Bank Pr" width="55" editable="true" wordWrap="true" showDataTips="true" textAlign="center"/>
            </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup>
        </mx:columns>
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</mx:Panel>

Nikos,
When using grouped columns you should change the <mx:columns> to <mx:groupedColumns>, I ran this example in a sandbox app and it works fine.
EXAMPLE:
<mx:AdvancedDataGrid id="deals" displayItemsExpanded="true" dataProvider="{flatData}" width="100%" height="373"
        sortExpertMode="true" variableRowHeight="true" headerStyleName="smallHeader" editable="false" fontWeight="normal">
       <mx:groupedColumns>
            <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn width="75">
            </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn>
            <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup headerText="Client side">
                <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="customer" headerText="Mon Ref" width="60" editable="true" wordWrap="true" showDataTips="true" textAlign="center"/>
                <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="product" headerText="MC Pr" textAlign="center" wordWrap="true" width="70">
                </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn>
            </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup>
            <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup headerText="Bank side">
                <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="revenue" headerText="Bank Ref" width="70" editable="true" wordWrap="true"
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                <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn dataField="cost" headerText="Bank Pr" width="55" editable="true" wordWrap="true" showDataTips="true" textAlign="center"/>
            </mx:AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup>
        </mx:groupedColumns>
    </mx:AdvancedDataGrid>
HTH,
Kenny Yates

No Design Mode in Flash Builder 4.7

It took me many hours to figure this out so I thought I would share what I discovered to make it easier on others.
1. Flash Builder 4.7 no longer has Design Mode (being able to design forms graphically). 4.6 was the last version to support it.
2. Adobe will not sell you 4.6 (or 4.5). They only sell 4.7. They suggest you find a retailer who has an old box.
3. Don't bother complaining, the word is "real programmers don't use design mode".
4. I called support yesterday to get some questions answered. I was told the wait time is over 2 hours and I can't leave a callback number. (At least at that time, they only let you leave a callback number for product returns - which I also did.)
I spent over 8 hours on this yesterday at a cost, in terms of lost revenue, of 4 figures. I hope this saves you some time.
Blake

Hi Blake,
In another page (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1056583), Adobe states that it will be possible to download 4.6 in alternative to 4.7, to still have the Design View. However, I have not seen such possibility yet.
I will not say that "real programmers don't use design mode". They do, if it works fine.
However, the Design View was not very useful for mobile projects, if you wanted to create an interface which, at run time, adapts to different screen estates.
It was very good to draw an initial mock-up, but only the simulator (and the device) can say how the app really looks like (if you want to know more, please have a look here: http://aliencoding.com/2013/02/22/adobe-flash-builder-4-7-has-no-design-view-is-it-blasphe my-no-but-the-software-contains-some-other-blasphemous-aspects/).
If you develop for desktop, then I agree the Design View lack is a real drag. I think Adobe should at least lower the price of the program, now that it's been scaled down for (I think) copyright issues (the Design mode relies on Flash professional components that was not donated to Apache).
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Anyway, I don't think it'd be a problem, except I can't find any download links for Flash Builder 4. The only thing I can get is Flash Builder 4.5, and the design mode is not supported in that version. Would it be possible to find a download link (even for a trial) of Flash Builder <= 4.0?

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Custom Canvas Shape visible in design view of flex builder

I have a library which has custom controls. I have a BubbleCanvas class with the following constructor.
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> The content is there, but not the 'look' we have created.
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Design mode could not load ... It may be incompatible...:FB4 Beta 2 and Flex SDK 4.1

Hello,
ever since I upgraded to the latest nightly builds about two weeks ago (SDK 4.1) I get the error mentioned above, and the design mode of Flash Builder 4 Beta 2 doesn't work any more:
Design mode could not load he.enwipe.core.swc. It may be incompatible with this SDK, or invalid. (DesignAssetLoader.CompleteTimeout)
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Did you switch your projects build option to merge into code rather than have runtime libraries generated.
David.
[edit'] I really should sleep a bit more- I miss read the question, but you will probably need to break down your project to see what the issue is mxml by mxml, one thing is that any mxml headers need to halo name space renamed to mx.
as below -
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"

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Hi Larry,
Thank you so much for your reply!
I am mainly using Flash Builder Beta 2 which like I said does install fine(using the stand alone version). In code mode it does crash sometimes, but is rare, it happens now and then, but what I really want to get working is the design view. i am new to flex, and would really like this to work.
when I go to the terminal
java - version
java version "1.6.0_15"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03-219)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.1-b02-90, mixed mode)
I did install java 1.5 for CodlFusion 9, turned out that I don't need it, well I think not. I was thinking about re installing Snow Leopard to see if I could get Flex working, but I have not yet done that. I have heard that others have flash builder or flex working in snow leopard, can you confirm this?
My laestest error log FlashBuilder beta 2:
http://hawaiiflash.net/flashBuilder_error.txt
for Flex 3:
http://hawaiiflash.net/flex3_error.txt
also I have http://hawaiiflash.net/Flex3.txt
now I did hear from somebody that since I have 2 different versions of java this is causing issue with Flex? should I un-install all prior versions of java and just leave the 1.6 version? I am not sure why this would cause flex to crash when in design mode?
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Flex Builder 3 Debugger hanging unit tests

If I try to run my Unit Tests in debug mode from Flex Builder 3, FF and IE just hang until I cancel the debugger. Is this expected?

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Mike

"Design" section on Flash Builder. Where is it?

Where is the "design" section of Flash Builder?
I have the latest version 4.7 from my Adobe Cloud. One of the phone support giving me a call back couldn't connect to my computer to see my screen, and told me to download the 4.6 version instead... what??!!
I am stuck on "code" only mode in my Fb system and can't do anything. How do I find my "design" mode for Flash Builder?
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Hi,
Ever since Flash Builder 4.7, they dropped Design View. That's why they told you to use Flash Builder 4.6 instead.
There are 3 Flash Builder alternatives:
The best Flash Builder alternative is FDT, but it does not support MXML Design View.
http://fdt.powerflasher.com/
The 2nd choice is IntelliJ IDEA, you can download a MXML Design View plugin, it's very cool.
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/flex_ide.html
The 3rd choice is FlashDevelop, it's free and open sourced, but it's Windows only, and it does not support MXML Design View either.
http://www.flashdevelop.org/
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2014-12-09

Suggestions for Flex Builder for Linux

I'm new to Flex, and I have to say that I'm enjoying it quite
a lot. I think the thing that really helps speed up development is
good tools. Flex Builder 3 for Linux makes a good start at
providing a very nice development tool, but there are a couple of
things I'd like to see different with this tool.
First off, please give me an update site to use to install
Flex Builder. I use Red Hat Developer Studio (soon to be JBoss
Developer Studio, Eclipse 3.2 based), and I can't get FB 3 Alpha
for Linux to install into it. I have been successful with base
Eclipse Europa and FB 3, but I'd like to have my IDE tools in one
frame. An update site would let me add FB 3 into any Eclipse flavor
I choose, as long as it supported the appropriate components.
Next, Design mode for FB 3 is a must. I am very functional
with the content assist features in the source editor (and they are
_quite_ good, I must say), but design view really helps me preview
changes quickly and rapidly test out UI designs. Much faster than
writing and launching over and over.
Otherwise, great work, and please get out a new release
soon!

cdelashm wrote:
> I'm new to Flex, and I have to say that I'm enjoying it
quite a lot. I think
> the thing that really helps speed up development is good
tools. Flex Builder 3
> for Linux makes a good start at providing a very nice
development tool, but
> there are a couple of things I'd like to see different
with this tool.
>
> First off, please give me an update site to use to
install Flex Builder. I
> use Red Hat Developer Studio (soon to be JBoss Developer
Studio, Eclipse 3.2
> based), and I can't get FB 3 Alpha for Linux to install
into it. I have been
> successful with base Eclipse Europa and FB 3, but I'd
like to have my IDE tools
> in one frame. An update site would let me add FB 3 into
any Eclipse flavor I
> choose, as long as it supported the appropriate
components.
>
> Next, Design mode for FB 3 is a must. I am very
functional with the content
> assist features in the source editor (and they are
_quite_ good, I must say),
> but design view really helps me preview changes quickly
and rapidly test out UI
> designs. Much faster than writing and launching over and
over.
>
> Otherwise, great work, and please get out a new release
soon!
>
>
Thank you for your valuable feedback. Can you please take 2
minutes to
log an Enhancement Bug in the bug base so we can track your
request and
work on it as we proceed.
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira
(Choose Flex Builder Linux Project)
Thanks
Arun

Linux Flex Builder, anyone having a "FlexFileSet" problem?

Is anyone else having a problem
like the one
described here when attempting to build flex with the linux
flex builder?
I was using it previously, the beta expired, I removed the
old SDK and installed the latest release and now I can't build any
more.
Hoping someone will know more about this than I do!

You are probably also using the SetPoint logitech drivers on
Vista x64, which have a known conflict with Eclipse 3.3.
The 'solution' is to a) get rid of the drivers (but I love my
DiNovo Edge!) or b) Use Eclipse 3.4M4 and the plugin. However, this
isn't fully supported, so they are sometimes issues, particularly
with design mode, so generally I use FB3, and then switch to
eclipse when I need to change a setting (not optimal I know, but
not as frequent as all that, average once a day for me). Or simply
edit the settings with a text editor.
Or c) run virtualization like VMWARE etc. and just do it all
in x86.
(Caveat I have never tried a) personally, but have read that
it does work.)

Eclipse +flex 3 plugin crashes when trying to see mxml file in design mode

Hi,
I have strange problem I've been struggling with for 3 days.
I have eclipse-jee-europa-fall2-win32(eclipse europa 3.3.1.1)
+ adobe flex 3 eclipse plugin.
My workspace consists of several projects + one library.
There is not problem when trying to edit any mxml file when
my library is not imported yet. Once I import it to my workspace I
cannot see any mxml file in design mode since it crashes with the
following msg in log:
Did anyone have similar problem and maybe knows the
solutiuon? I've reinstalled/redownoaded eclipse, flex plugin, flash
players and so on. What's more it happens only on my machine - same
project on different one works without crushing.
!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2008-02-22 09:13:18.046
!MESSAGE While loading class
"org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui.TasksUiPlugin", thread
"Thread[main,6,main]" timed out waiting (5000ms) for thread
"Thread[Worker-0,5,main]" to finish starting bundle
"update@plugins/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui_2.1.0.v20070927-0900.jar
[313]". To avoid deadlock, thread "Thread[main,6,main]" is
proceeding but "org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui.TasksUiPlugin" may not
be fully initialized.
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: State change in progress
for bundle
"update@plugins/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui_2.1.0.v20070927-0900.jar"
by thread "Worker-0".
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.beginStateChange(AbstractBundle.j ava:1141)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:258)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLa zyStarter.java:111)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java :417)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoade r.java:189)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:34 0)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackag e.java:37)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java :405)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.jav a:83)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at
org.eclipse.mylyn.context.ui.ContextUiPlugin$5.run(ContextUiPlugin.java:258)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:123)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3659)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3296)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at
org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at
org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLau ncher.java:106)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.jav a:76)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:508)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:447)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1148)
Caused by:
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle$BundleStatusException
... 40 more
Root exception:
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle$BundleStatusException
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.beginStateChange(AbstractBundle.j ava:1141)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:258)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLa zyStarter.java:111)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java :417)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoade r.java:189)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:34 0)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackag e.java:37)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java :405)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.jav a:83)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at
org.eclipse.mylyn.context.ui.ContextUiPlugin$5.run(ContextUiPlugin.java:258)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:123)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3659)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3296)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at
org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at
org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)
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org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLau ncher.java:106)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.jav a:76)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
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Method)
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Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
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org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:508)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:447)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1148)
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I've found solution by myself so I'll present it here. Maybe
someone will need it.
The problem of such behaviour was that Flex plugin always (at
least on my pc) wants to ustart eclipse using its own JRE from here
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3 Plug-in\jre (default dir).
This environment is Java 5. When you go to
eclipse>window>preferences>Java>Installed JREs and you
delete default Flex JRE, add new to point to for example C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04 eclipse still uses JRE from C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3 Plug-in\jre. Do not know why
Flex/eclipse does that but if you simply overwrite C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3 Plug-in\jre files with newer JRE from
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_04 all works perfectly.
Hope it helps somebody ;-)
thanks Artur

Flash IDE Components in Flex 3 Design Mode. Can they be visible there?

Hi,
Im exploring Flex to get a grasp on its concepts and am currently looking into building components in the Flash IDE. Though i guess its likely that when you're more familiar with Flex you build your components in Flex, like said Im exploring its concepts and like to know where and how the Flash IDE fits in its workflow.
I made a simple Flex Component in the Flex IDE, which shows up fine when I run the Flex project. But it does not show in Flex Design Mode.
I have exported the component from Flash as an SWC and added the SWC to the Flex library path. The symbol in the Flash IDE extends UIMovieClip. Now I read in 'Using Adobe FlexBuilder 3' (p.67) that the Flex Components panel only lists visible components, according to the documentation 'components that extend UIComponent'.
Note that my question is about being visible on the stage in Design Mode, not in the component panel. As UIMovieClip doesnt inherit from UIComponent (and the UIComponent class doesnt seem to be available in the Flash IDE), is this also the cause that the Flash IDE component is not visible on the Flex stage in Design Mode?
Can someone confirm, or deny this?
Regards,
Marcel

Hi Latha,
thanks for your feedback. Reading it back though, Im still not sure whether Flex components build in the Flash IDE (using the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3) can be visible in Flex 3 Design Mode.Maybe you can be a bit more specific and save a lot of Flex beginners a lot of headaches.
I understand that MXML components can be used in Design Mode. I also understand that if your component is AS you have to create a Library and link that to your project to make them visible in Design Mode. I also understand that Flash Builder 4 does "support rendering of UIMovieClip objects which are in library (swc) and added to the project build path"
This actually doesnt answer my question really. Does this mean there is no way to render Flex components build in the Flash IDE (using the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3) in Flex 3 Design Mode?
Regards,
Marcel

Flash Builder Design Mode Bug Workaround (!!!)

I've been fighting this annoyance since FB4 came out, and while I still don't think that custom/embedded fonts in design view are fixed by this, I've been able to reproduce this "fix" (workaround) to get design view to show fonts/theme correctly under some very specific circumstances on two separate PCs.
If anyone from Adobe sees this I'd like to know whether this sounds familiar or is possibly logged as a bug already somewhere in JIRA.. if not I could probably do that as long as it won't be a wasted effort.
The problem:
You're using a Halo theme but certain CSS settings (specifically and possibly limited to FONTS) don't work properly in design view even though they work fine in Flash. Essentially this makes design view practically useless since choice of font family, size, and weight can effect component sizing if you aren't hard-coding component sizes (ugh)... ruining your efforts to use design view for UI design if your UI has any level of complexity (or uses absolute positioning at all).
The specific circumstances seem to be:
You're using the Halo theme (you have no special 'skinning' requirements and want Halo defaults w/only CSS customizations)
You've upgraded a Flex 3 project to Flex 4 SDK (not sure if this is needed to reproduce the issue)
Using a regular non-embedded font (embedded fonts still do crap out, but even this 'workaround' doesn't fix that problem)
You're using swc library files such as the Swiz lib, Mate, Flexlib, etc. (I think it's ANY swc, not specific to any one)
This may also only apply when using an "mx only" project (no Spark), since we're using Halo here
The two part fix (as far as I can tell you need BOTH before design view works correctly):
In .actionScriptProperties, add the following bolded line after the compiler tag like so:
</compiler>
<theme themeIsDefault="false" themeIsSDK="true" themeLocation="${SDK_THEMES_DIR}/frameworks/themes/Halo"/>
<applications>
(I think this may only apply to 'upgraded' projects, as the line does seem to be present in newly created FB4 Halo projects. My guess is that an "upgraded" project should have such a line added, but doesn't get it due to an oversight/bug.)
The somewhat painful, and definitely odd part. Remove all your SWC library files from /libs. Grab the source code for the libraries and drop them into your project's /src folder as if you'd written them yourself. (This may require some research and knowledge on special requirements to build the libs, such as with Swiz's compiler metadata compiler settings which you need to put into your project's settings.) After you get things set up right and the project compiles again, doing a refresh of design view should finally give you proper looking Halo controls and fonts so they look identical to the Flash runtime view.
Why this works, I've no idea. I suspect it has something to do with that stupid and annoying (and supposedly 'harmless') design mode warning message you get when you include a library like Swiz or Mate in your project. (Design mode could not load xxxxxxxxxxxxx.swc. It may be incompatible with this SDK, or invalid. (DesignAssetLoader.CompleteTimeout)) - this warning doesn't break your application, people seem to think it's just a harmless warning..but is it breaking design view?
If anyone has any idea what's going on here, why this 'fixes' the problem (a better work around), or has any other insight I'd love to hear it. The combo of needing to do two things (in my specific case) to fix the problem really made this a ROYAL PAIN, I still can't believe I found it.

Hi Fernando, sorry for the delayed response. CSS Design Mode is not available for Flex 4 projects, but it is still available in Flex 3 projects. The reason for this is that designing components in Flex 4 is often a lot different, since it relies highly on the new spark skinning architecture. There is, however, an Appearance panel available in design view which supplies a set of the main inheriting styles. Setting these styles in the Appearance panel will result in assigning values to a global style selector.
I hope this helps,
Rob

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