"Unembolden" keywords in Flex Builder 3 Editor

Is there anyway to remove the bold attribute from keywords
& string literals in the Flex Builder 3 editor?
In v2, I was able to tweak an xml file in a jar - I can't
find it in the new version.
It is quite troublesome as I like to line up similar lines of
declarative code vertically in order to reduce visual clutter.
As they are wider than normal ones, the bold characters
disturb the mono-spaced layout and foil this effort.
Thanks,
JP

Hi,
It'd be great if you could provide these kind of bugs and
enhancement requests over at the new public bug system!
http://bugs.adobe.com/flex.
Matt
Adobe

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Background color change on Flex builder editor

I have been searching around to see if there is a way to
change the editor's backgorund. After long hours of coding, the
white background hurt my eyes.
I know wehre ti change the text color, and the background
color of the console, but not the editor (source). Any idea?

hi
if you are using flex builder 3 you go to to:
window->preferences
then select General and inside it select Editors
Inside editors you have Text Editors, select that and you
will see what you want.

Flex Builder 3 under Eclipse - project .settings problem

I've been experiencing some odd problems with a project using FlexBuilder 3 plug-in with Eclipse.
The first problem I've noticed is that a file under the .settings dir has a red 'x' beside it. The offending
file is org.eclipse.jst.common.project.facet.core.prefs. I've left the file as is until I understand how it became corrupt.
The second problem is that .as and .mxml files are no longer being opened in the Flex Builder editor -
the are being opened in TextPad, which it the default editor outside of Flex Builder. I've tried all of the available
editors and none of them work under Flex Builder.
The third problem is that when I try to create a new Flex Builder project from New->Project-> there is no
option for a FlexBuilder project.
The Flex Development perspective is visible in the top right hand corner as usual. When I select Open Perspective
there is no Flex perspective.
Should I just reinstall the FlexBuilder plugin?
Thanks!

Hi Peter,
It has not been fully tested yet but a few of us are using
it. If you see any issues in Eclipse 3.3RC4 with FB3 Plugin, please
file a bug in our new public bug system:
http://bugs.adobe.com/flex.
thanks,
Sharon

Creating a project in Flex Builder for the Hybrid Store sample Application

Hi all,
How to create a project in Flexbuilder for the hybrid store
sample application.
I downloaded the source code of hybridstore application,
Now i have to create a project for it to run that application
in my system,
will you please tell me how to create a project for this
sample.
I have also read the readme.html file. but i could not follow
exactly what they are saying.
what i did is, I unzipped the source code into a folder
hybridstore.
I opened the flexbuilder : File -- new -- flexproject ( i
have selected) then i have given name to my file (hybridstore) ,
and set the path to the hybridstore folder where the source code
exists.
but it as created hybridstore.mxml file also.
it is not working.
will you please till me how to create project for this
application.
I have created project for other samples like restaurent
finder, dashboard. they are working fine.
I got problem with this sample only.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Avanthika

Hi,
thanks for your reply,
I have tried to open using file import, but still it is not
working.
in the readme file for this application , contains how to
Creating a project in Flex Builder for the Hybrid Store
application:
Name your default application catalog.mxml.
Prevent Flex Builder from generating an HTML wrapper: select
Project > Properties. Select the Flex Compiler page, deselect
the Generate HTML wrapper file option .
Create a Run configuration for your project but deselect the
Use defaults option and instead assign the Run setting to the
hybridstore.html in your project's bin directory.
To enable debugging of the Hybrid Store application you must
create a copy of hybridstore.html. Open it in an editor (you can
right-click on the file and select Open With > Text Editor).
Find the line that says "src", "catalog" and change it to "src",
"catalog-debug". Assign the Debug setting to this new HTML file.
As i am new to flex , i could not know how to do this.
please help me how to do this.
regards
Avanthika

Flex builder 3.0.1 check sum

Today I download flex builder 3.0.1 (FB3_win.exe windows
version standalone ), when use md5sum check the file, It not same
as the adobe's page (Windows: 5685090ac5f2a514075e7a7bd7ba1eb0), my
checksum is (963d2a6fee8f9fc3fd496d1e69de093a FB3_win.exe),and I
redownload the FB3_win.exe now checksum is
(9d85401cfb42792278e84403fc565cbf FB3_win.exe).
now I don't know which one is the correct,anyone can tell me
the checksum of FB3_win.exe which download from
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3email
now i searched form google,it sames
5685090ac5f2a514075e7a7bd7ba1eb0 is flex builder 3.0,not 3.0.1.
look at
http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/2008/02/its_on_flex_30_and_adobe_air_1.html
btw ,i use two download file , this two file both can install
and not report any error,and i also run and debug two sample
application ,it seems ok.but now i am confused totally

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Flex builder error

Im using Flex builder 2.0.1 (since I didnt find a forum for
flex builder 2 Ill post here...)
I've opened an existing project, but I cant run the mxml
file. When I try to open the mxml file to edit it, in the Flex
development perspective, I've got the following error message (and
the file was not oppenet for editing):
Unable to create this part due to an internal error. Reason for
the failure: An unexpected exception was thrown.
If I press Details, it shows:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.internal.ActionScriptProjectSettings.computeDy namicReferences(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.internal.ActionScriptProject.updateDynamicProj ectReferences(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.internal.ActionScriptProject.updateToolCompile Settings(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.internal.ActionScriptProject.doSetProjectDescr iption(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.internal.FlexProject.doSetProjectDescription(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.internal.ActionScriptProject.loadDescription(U nknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.internal.ActionScriptProject.<init>(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.internal.FlexBasedProject.<init>(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.internal.FlexProject.<init>(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.ActionScriptCore$2.doCreate(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.ActionScriptCore$ProjectCreator.run(Unknown
Source)
at
org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:1721)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.FlexWorkspaceRunner.run(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.ActionScriptCore$ProjectCreator.safeGetOrCreat e(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.actionscript.ActionScriptCore.getProject(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.FlexProjectManager.getActionScriptOrFlexProject(Unknown
Source)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.codemodel.internal.project.EclipseProjectListener.registerProject(E clipseProjectListener.java:691)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.codemodel.internal.project.EclipseProjectListener.registerFile(Ecli pseProjectListener.java:740)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.editors.common.editor.AbstractFlexDocumentProvider.connect(Abstract FlexDocumentProvider.java:90)
at
com.adobe.flexbuilder.editors.mxml.code.MXMLDocumentProvider.connect(MXMLDocumentProvider .java:59)
can you help me?? I dont know what to do...

What was the project created with, the same version of Flex
Builder or a newer or older one than what you have now? Did you try
creating a new project and bringing in the same files?

UTF-8 Problems in Flex Builder 3

I created locale properties files that contained characters
requiring UTF-8 encoding using Flex Builder 3 for Mac OS. Some of
the characters displayed incorrectly when viewed through the web
browser. Open the properties files with an editor (BBEdit) produced
a warning that the UTF-8 format was corrupted and the characters
did not display in BBEdit correctly. I fixed the format and
characters through BBEdit and found they worked and displayed as
expected. Opening the properties in Flex Builder 3 show the
characters correctly, but as soon as I saved the file from Flex
Builder the characters stopped displaying. BBEdit again showed the
UTF-8 format was corrupted.
Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this problem? Any
workarounds?

FB saves files as ISO-8859-1 by default. Right click file,
select Properties, then select "other" in the Text File Encoding
area, and then select UTF-8 there.

Flex Builder 2 corrupting Eclipse 3.2.1

Flex Builder 2 has some issues with Eclipse 3.2.1. I was
working with the trial version, so maybe the full version does not
exhibit these same problems, but if that is the case, then it is
disappointing that adobe is trying to support two separate products
instead of trying to resolve issues.
The largest issue with the Flex Builder 2 plugin for eclipse
is that if you have a flex project in the same workspace as other
projects (like dynamic Java projects) the flex builder 2 will try
to incorporate those projects in to the flex project when you do a
build or a clean only on that specific flex project. As a result,
eclipse consumes enormous amounts of memory that even with 2 gigs
allocated to the heap, it runs in to out of memory exceptions
frequently and the stability of eclipse has degraded significantly
since I installed this product! The flex projects that I had loaded
were some of the examples dealing with SpringGraph so I would not
consider them as being large or complex. When there is a build
occuring on just a Flex Project, it SHOULD HAVE NO BUSINESS even
scanning other non-related projects regardless as to if they are in
the same workspace!!!
I am not too impressed with flex's interface with eclipse on
the memory, the instability it introduced to eclipse, or how
SpringGraph handles large graphs, so I did not pursue getting a
license for future development. I also felt that the asking price
for the Flex Builder 2 is steep for what you get and its maturity
level. As such, when the license expired, Adobe had the nerve to
disable core functionality within Eclipse!!! For example, it would
not allow a CSS document to be opened in the CSS Editor! It
Hijacked the basic Eclipse functionality!!!
I am very disappointed in how the Flex Builder 2 plugin for
Eclipse does not play friendly!
But at least it does allow itself to be disabled. I am
grateful for at least that level of accepted behavior.

Cluebcke, thanks for the reply!
I am using a compaq nx7010 laptop with 2 gigs ram, 60 gig hd,
eclipse is set to utilize a minimum of 512 megs and a maximum of
1540 megs for the heap space. Virtual memory is set to a max of
4092 megs. Fairly generous I would assume. I doubt it was a
configuration issue, but hey, I’m open to learning and the
best lessons are through mistakes! ;-)
Sorry, I was being a bit sarcastic when I mentioned that
perhaps the issues were related to the free trial version knowingly
perfectly well that in fact there is no difference between the two
products. But I guess I was also conceding a possible out for Flex
too. Hmm...
To clarify my comment about aggressively compiling against
other projects:
1) I had about 4 demos loaded in to a workspace (269 files,
82 folders, and 7.2 megs including my 1 test project as mentioned
in item 4)
2) I had about 7 large Java projects loaded in to the same
workspace
3) Total workspace size was about 22,000+ files and 1600+
megs, give or take a fair number either way.
4) I was making changes to a simple flex project based upon
a SpringGraph demo
5) I choose to manually build only the small flex project I
was working on so as to replace all the generated files. NOTE:
Might have been a clean, but only on that one flex project and NOT
the whole work space. It takes too long to rebuild all of my other
Java projects so that option has been unchecked for quite a while.
6) What I saw in the Eclipse progress window was a list of
files within my flex project getting reconstructed, and then it
started to scan through the other projects too. All of their names
and resources were flashed within that window.
7) When finished with the build of the ONE flex project, the
Java heap was basically gone. Starting a TomCat server would cause
an out of memory exception. Recall I have allocated 1.5 gigs for
the heap.
8) Checking the other Java projects and Flex projects, the
timestamps on the objects did not reflect that they were just
rebuilt. They were untouched. Proof that I did not perform a build
or a clean over the whole workspace.
I agree with you whole heartedly that unless I explicitly
select “build all” or “clean all” it should
not touch other projects in anyway. But it did.
As far as the issue with the CSS editor, I understand and
accept your point. Perhaps as a friendly suggestion, when the trial
expires, the plugin should uninstall itself. This may be very
doable, and still have the functionality of a reminder and
reactivation upon registration if Flex Builder actually had a
second plugin called something like "FlexBuilder Registration"
which would "intercept" attempts to edit and utilize the
FlexBuilder only functionality so an informative message could be
displayed. The benefit would be that normal functionality for
non-flex resources such as CSS would return to normal.
Anyway, as I stated before, I was not too impressed with
performance of large graphs. What I consider to be large would be
on the magnitude of 20,000 to 100,000+. It would need to display
just about all nodes, or at lease an abstract relationship of those
nodes rolled up to a higher level. I realize that SpringGraph is
not ideal for those situations to begin with, but I was exploring
the idea of writing other plugins to deal with other graphing
formats.
I guess to be fair to Flex in general, I should probably ask
a general question of how well does Flex deal with large data sets
that need to be resident and the manipulations of those data sets?
Thanks for your time,
Scott Tabar

Flex builder sucks

flex builder sucks big time.
it take more than 250 mb ram even without any projects loaded
and help open. in work mode it takes more than 450 mb. which is
riduculus.
also its auto complete doesnt work properly. it vanishes most
of the time without reason.
it is very slow in everything specially since i have 1GB ram
and it is using it up all.
it hardly has anything except a flex ui designer (not
supporting all controls and properties) and auto complete (broken)
whoever thought everything should be made in java shud be
shot in the head six times plus one for good luck.
i just hope someone makes a better ide for flex.
in front of this vs.net2005 seems a baby at only taking 60+
mb of ram and well working far better and faster than this.

a company of this stature shudnt release incomplete stuff.
its not that i love visual studio each version has many bugs
which are never fixed only newer versions released which introduce
more bugs but one thing is that their ide is currently the best.
when you think they cant add more usefull stuff they yet add more
and lot more of it. hats off to those guys for thinking of the
unthinkable. and these features arnt those which u never use these
features are those which you use everyday to speed up development.
i am not saying think of new stuff just steal a lot of it
from them.
can you even list more than 30 features than really aid
development in the builder more than just a generic code editor.
look at vs.php its the best ide for php and they did the
smart thing. used a great ide for their own purpose and used it
well.
i aint saying eclipse is a bad ide i have never used it
otherwise but copuled with this it sucks. (same reason i stopped
using azureus and switched to utorrent)

Flex Builder 2 errors on Eclipse 3.2

Whenever you start Eclipse 3.2, five errors and two warnings
occur, apparently caused by Flex Builder 2. To see them, follow the
Eclipse menu
Window =>
Show View =>
Other =>
PDE Runtime =>
Error Log. Here is a summary of the logs.
You get the following errors whenever you start Eclipse 3.2:
eclipse.buildId=M20060921-0945
java.version=1.5.0_09
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86
plugin: org.eclipse.core.filebuffers
Error
Sat Dec 09 08:39:04 CET 2006
The content type with id
"com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.content-type.actionscript" specified
in the extension point does not exist.
plugin: org.eclipse.core.filebuffers
Error
Sat Dec 09 08:39:04 CET 2006
The content type with id
"com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.content-type.css" specified in the
extension point does not exist.
plugin: org.eclipse.core.filebuffers
Error
Sat Dec 09 08:39:04 CET 2006
The content type with id
"com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.content-type.mxml" specified in the
extension point does not exist.
plugin: org.eclipse.ui
Error
Sat Dec 09 08:39:04 CET 2006
Internal plug-in action delegate error on creation.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
org.cfeclipse.cfml.editors.actions.EditTagAction.setActiveEditor(EditTagAction.java:112)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorPluginAction.initDelegate(EditorPluginAction.java:56)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.createDelegate(PluginAction.java:123)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.selectionChanged(PluginAction.java:278)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.<init>(PluginAction.java:110)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPluginAction.<init>(PartPluginAction.java:29)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorPluginAction.<init>(EditorPluginAction.java:32)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ActionDescriptor.createAction(ActionDescriptor.java:256)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ActionDescriptor.<init>(ActionDescriptor.java:170)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ActionDescriptor.<init>(ActionDescriptor.java:100)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorActionBuilder.createActionDescriptor(EditorActionBuilder.ja va:41)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginActionBuilder.readElement(PluginActionBuilder.java:158)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.RegistryReader.readElements(RegistryReader.java:138)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.RegistryReader.readElementChildren(RegistryReader.java:1 27)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginActionBuilder.readElement(PluginActionBuilder.java:141)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.RegistryReader.readElements(RegistryReader.java:138)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.RegistryReader.readExtension(RegistryReader.java:149)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.RegistryReader.readRegistry(RegistryReader.java:170)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginActionBuilder.readContributions(PluginActionBuilder.java:11 2)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorActionBuilder.readActionExtensions(EditorActionBuilder.java :58)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createEditorActionBars(EditorManager.java:318)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createSite(EditorManager.java:832)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:583)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:372)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:566)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.setVisibleEditor(EditorAreaHelper.java:263)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.setVisibleEditor(EditorManager.java:1446)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager$5.run(EditorManager.java:1006)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:843)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.restoreState(EditorManager.java:1001)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.restoreState(WorkbenchPage.java:2843)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.restoreState(WorkbenchWindow.java:1936)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.doRestoreState(Workbench.java:2857)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$14(Workbench.java:2805)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$19.run(Workbench.java:1681)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runStartupWithProgress(Workbench.java:1421)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.restoreState(Workbench.java:1679)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$12(Workbench.java:1650)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$17.run(Workbench.java:1529)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.restoreState(Workbench.java:1473)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchConfigurer.restoreState(WorkbenchConfigurer.java:183)
at
org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchAdvisor.openWindows(WorkbenchAdvisor.java:702)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.init(Workbench.java:1085)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1847)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:419)
at
org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:95)
at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:78)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLau ncher.java:92)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.jav a:68)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:400)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:177)
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.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:336)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:280)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)
plugin: org.eclipse.ui
Error
Sat Dec 09 08:39:04 CET 2006
Could not create action delegate for id:
org.cfeclipse.cfml.editors.actions.EditTagAction
plugin: org.eclipse.ui
Warning
Sat Dec 09 08:39:00 CET 2006
Warnings while parsing the editor contributions from the
'org.eclipse.ui.editorActions' extension point
Warning
Sat Dec 09 08:39:00 CET 2006
Actions require a non-empty label or definitionId:
plug-in='com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.ui',
id='AUTOGEN:::com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.ui.mxmlRulerActions/com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug .ui.mxmlDoubleClickBreakpointAction'
Warning
Sat Dec 09 08:39:00 CET 2006
Actions require a non-empty label or definitionId:
plug-in='com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.ui',
id='AUTOGEN:::com.adobe.flexbuilder.debug.ui.actionScriptRulerActions/com.adobe.flexbuild er.debug.ui.actionScriptDoubleClickBreakpointAction'
plugin: org.eclipse.ui
Warning
Sat Dec 09 08:38:59 CET 2006
Warnings while parsing the key bindings from the
'org.eclipse.ui.commands' extension point
Warning
Sat Dec 09 08:38:59 CET 2006
Cannot bind to an undefined command:
plug-in='org.cfeclipse.cfml',
id='org.cfeclipse.cfml.editors.actions.EditTagAction'

FB only supports 3.2, just 3.1.1.
Tracy

Flex Builder choked - need help please

I had to go out of town for a few days so I installed Flex Builder 3 on my MacBook, downloaded and installed Flex SDK 3.3 (Since that is what I have been building on, on my office Mac), created an exported .zip of my major project files on my office Mac, copied it to the MacBook and set off on my trip.
When I set up the MacBook to start work, things looked OK at first, until I tried to switch to design mode. It popped up an error that "This component is based on ______, which is not a visual component. Switch to source mode to edit it" It did this for components based on Grid, Canvas, HBox and more.
I was stumped, and miles from an Internet connection to be able to do research. FInally I decided maybe my install of SDK 3.3 was corrupt. I reset in the project prefs to use SDK 3.0 and ... everything worked perfectly! I did what I needed to do for the rest of the weekend and returned home.
Now, I just tried to export my project as a Flex Project Archive on my MacBook. It resulted in a 24K .zip file - basically empty - that can't be used. So, I just renamed my primary project folder on the office Mac to hide it from Flex Builder, then copied all the files, including the hidden .flexproperties, .project and .actionscriptproperties, from the MacBook onto my office Mac in a new project folder named the same and in the same location as previously. The transfer appeared to be successful.
Now, on my office Mac, I am getting the message "An unknown item is declared as the root of your MXML document.Switch to source mode to correct it." This happens every time I try to switch to Design view, regardless of what component is used in the MXML doc.
After many attempts at figuring out and fixing the problem I tried setting the project properties to utilize SDK 3.1. Once that process was complete, then I went into properties again and set it to 3.3. It appears that I may have succeeded in restoring it to usability, but I'm not confident in that yet.
Can anyone give me some insight into the cause and fix of this problem? Especially the failure of Flex Builder to create a viable .zip archive file? I will be needing to move the project back and forth between my computers quite a bit for travel in the next few months.
Thanks.
Paul

I am not being facetious with my answer but have you considered simply using XCode and Apache Ant and creating your own build script? This is the approach that I've had the fewest of problems with. The reason being is that Ant is Ant no matter where it is. It also cuts out all the background noise (i.e. configuration files, scripts, etc).
I have had similar problems like what you've mentioned using Netbeans and Eclipse (e.g. a version change or an SDK change and suddenly my project is somehow foobar).
As for your error message:
"An unknown item is declared as the root of your MXML document.Switch to source mode to correct it."
StackOverflow seemed to have a solution:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/347196/how-to-resove-this-error-an-unknown-item-is-decl ared-as-the-root-of-your-mxml-do
Don't know if it's your solution. Sometimes these automated tools place little hidden scripts in their comments that are meant to mean something for the drag-and-drop GUI editor and deleting these comments confuses the IDE.

Flex Builder MRU

Does anyone know how to clear old projects from Flex Builder
so that I can use the project name again as well as the MRU?
Thanks.
Mark F

a company of this stature shudnt release incomplete stuff.
its not that i love visual studio each version has many bugs
which are never fixed only newer versions released which introduce
more bugs but one thing is that their ide is currently the best.
when you think they cant add more usefull stuff they yet add more
and lot more of it. hats off to those guys for thinking of the
unthinkable. and these features arnt those which u never use these
features are those which you use everyday to speed up development.
i am not saying think of new stuff just steal a lot of it
from them.
can you even list more than 30 features than really aid
development in the builder more than just a generic code editor.
look at vs.php its the best ide for php and they did the
smart thing. used a great ide for their own purpose and used it
well.
i aint saying eclipse is a bad ide i have never used it
otherwise but copuled with this it sucks. (same reason i stopped
using azureus and switched to utorrent)

Error Opening File in Flex Builder 3

I'm getting the attached error when I try to open a file in
Flex Builder.
The base error states "Error opening the editor". I can open
other files without a problem. It is just this one file I am having
a problem with.
I can open the file with no problem in Notepad. I renamed the
file and tried to create a new MXML file with its original name and
copy the code from Notepad, but when I try that I get this error:
"Paste" did not complete normally. Please see the log for
more information.
String index out of range: -1
Please help me.
Thank you.

The only thing I can think of that could have caused this was
this line of code:
<mx:Button label=">" />
Would that do it? If so, shouldn't Flex Builder simply show
me a warning instead making the file completely
inaccessible?

Flex Builder 3.0 Licence purchase request

We have installed flex builder 3.0 (trail version) as part of the FLEX development and design mode working fine. The problem is not able to buy license for this specific version 3.0. When clicks on Purchase button under Manage Flex Builder License thows the error page "Sorry, this page is not available". Please advise if there is any other option to buy flex builder 3.0 license.
The reason that we are going to flex builder 3.0 is due to design mode works only fine in this version. We have installed Flex Builder 4.5 and above versions , design mode not working properly which is really big challenge to deal with Flex code. Please advise us to fix the design issue with flex builder 4.5+ versions.

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Understanding Flex/Flex Builder

I'm very new to the Flex environment and I have a few broad questions I am hoping to get help understanding:
1) How does Flex work with ActionScript? Is there an ActionScript editor inside the Flex Builder app?
2) I want to import projects I developed from Flash into Flex Builder but they have timeline and ActionScript components - is this even possible?
3) Will objects I have layed out in Flash also be editable in Flex Builder?
4) Finally, should I just re-do the entire app in Flex?
The reason I am even considering using Flex is because of the ability to import text/xml data once and then compile a swf that doesn't call on the text/xml data at runtime.
-sage

1) How does Flex work with ActionScript? Is there an ActionScript editor inside the Flex Builder app?
When working with Flex, you use MXML and ActionScript, but after compilation it all gets compiled into ActionScript.
Flex Builder has an ActionScript editor, but it really just a text editor. Open an .as file and edit it.
2) I want to import projects I developed from Flash into Flex Builder but they have timeline and ActionScript components - is this even possible?
You cannot just import stuff you've done in Flash into Flex, and certainly not as a Flex project. But you can work in Flash and use what you have created in Flex. The Flex SWFLoader component allows you to load a SWF created in Flash and click its buttons, etc. access its data etc. Watch out though as there can be issues with versioning and security.
And then there is always Flex Component Kit for Flash.
3) Will objects I have layed out in Flash also be editable in Flex Builder?
No, you can access them and their data, but you can't edit them. You might be able to add components to containers in a Flash generated SWF, but it is not seamless by any means.
4) Finally, should I just re-do the entire app in Flex?
Hard to say. It is probably just a good idea to rebuild it in Flex, because if you are using snippets of ActionScript throughout the timeline, well that's why Flex came to be, Flash creates timeline based application nightmares, Flex is event based, which is what you want when creating real applications.
Useful links:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=controls_15.html
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/SWFLoader.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/swfloader
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/flash_component_kit_flex3.pdf
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/flexdownloads/
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