Xmlbuddy (eclipse 3.1 mod)

Question

XML Buddy (www.xmlbuddy.com) is an Eclipse 3.1 mod. It
provided a syntax
driven editor for xml, pretty print, formatting, syntax
coloring, etc.
Would it seem to be safe to install this on Flex Builder 2?
(obviously you can't guarantee that 3rd party software works,
but does this
raise large red flags?).

Answer 1

I followed your directions in the other post, and it now
works fine. All
these tests worked also.
"Mark Shepherd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I installed XMLBuddy 2.0.72 into the latest version of
FlexBuilder
>standalone. The folder called
"com.objfac.xmleditor_2.0.72" is inside the
>folder called "plugins".
>
> After re-launching FlexBuilder, I noticed that there is
no XML menu, as
> you reported. However, the XMLBuddy plugin is
installed...
> - when I do Help > About Adobe Flex Builder 2 >
Plugin Details, the
> display includes XMLBuddy
> - when I do File > New > Other, there is a
category XML, which is provided
> by XMLBuddy
> - when I open an .xml file for editing, the XML menu
appears. It
> disappears again when I close the file
>
> Could you try the above, and let me know if you are
successfull?
>
> Mark Shepherd
> FlexBuilder Engineering
>
>
> Yechezkal Gutfreund wrote:
>> No problems installing FlexBuilder. I chose the
stand-alone version.
>>
>> I notice that it created a subdirectory for
plug-ins. (FlexBuilder beta
>> 3/plugins).
>>
>> What I tried to do is add a plug-in for XMLBuddy (it
comes as a zip
>> directory called: com.objectory.xmleditor).
>> I figured this was safe. The XML Buddy folks say
that sometimes Eclipse
>> 3.1 systems don't automatically notice new plugins.
So I restarted
>> FlexBuilder (even with the -clean command line tag)
But it still does not
>> add the XML menu bar item.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gregory Dow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Are you having trouble installing Flex Builder?
>>>
>>> You need to run the Flex Builder installer,
where you can choose to
>>> install the stand-alone or plug-in version. If
you choose the plug-in
>>> version, the wizard will prompt you to select an
Eclipse folder in which
>>> to install.
>>>
>>> Flex Builder is composed of several plug-ins and
auxiliary files.
>>> Unzipping and manually placing files would be
difficult. The installer
>>> makes sure everything goes in the right place.
>>>
>>> -- Greg Dow
>>> -- Adobe Flex Builder
>>>
>>> Yechezkal Gutfreund wrote:
>>>> Basically, xmlbuddy is an eclipse plug-in.
The install process is to
>>>> just unzip the directory and place it in the
eclipse plug in's
>>>> directory. Eclipse is supposed to notice the
new plug-in.
>>>>
>>>> This does not happen with FlexBuilder. I
even tried starting
>>>> FlexBuilder with the -clean flag.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Yechezkal Gutfreund"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> XML Buddy (www.xmlbuddy.com) is an
Eclipse 3.1 mod. It provided a
>>>>> syntax driven editor for xml, pretty
print, formatting, syntax
>>>>> coloring, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it seem to be safe to install this
on Flex Builder 2?
>>>>>
>>>>> (obviously you can't guarantee that 3rd
party software works, but does
>>>>> this raise large red flags?).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>