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Using Flash Player 10 within Flex Builder

By Rich Tretola | May 20, 2008	Print This Post
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Here is a step by step tutorial for setting up Flex Buillder 3 to compile for the new Flash Player 10 beta. This setup will also get you code insight for the new Flash Player 10 APIs.

Step 1: Visit http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+3 and download any build greater than 3.0.1.1728 dated Thu May 15, 2008. This example uses 3.0.1.1739.

Step 2: Unzip the download and add it to the sdks folder of your Flex Builder install. In my case this is within Adobe Flex Builder 3 Plug-in/sdks. It could be within Adobe Flex Builder 3/sdks if you are using the standalone version of Flex Builder.

Step 3: Now open the Flex Builder preferences and expand the menu to flex -> Installed Flex SDKs. Click the add button.

Step 4: Navigate to the new SDK that you just installed in step 2, give it a unique name and click OK.

Step 5: You can now set this new SDK as your default SDK and click OK

Step 6: Create a new Flex Project

Step 7: Create the project as type Web Application

Step 8: Right click on the new project and select Properties. Navigate to Flex Compiler. Make sure either you have the new 3.0.1.1739 as the default SDK or if you didn’t set it as the default in Step 5, make sure that you choose Use a specific SDK and set it to 3.0.1.1739. Also, change the flash player version required to 10.0.0.

Step 9: Switch to Flex Build Path, expand the 3.0.1.1739 library and remove the playerglobal.sdk

Step 10: Click on Add SWC

Step 11: Navigate to the new SDK installed in Step 2 to frameworks/libs/player/10/playerglobal.swc and click OK

Step 12: Expand the new playerglobal.swc and double click on Link Type. Change it to External.

Step 13: To avoid being forced to download a new player on each run, open the index.template.html of your project and change the current variables to an older player as shown in the next 2 images.

Finally, open your new project root file and try creating a new object with one of the new Flash Player 10 classes and see that you have code insight.

Topics: Flash Player, Flex, Flex 3 (Moxie), Flex Tools |

12 Responses to “Using Flash Player 10 within Flex Builder”

1. joshspoon Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

   Weird I don’t get code hinting on graphics or bitmapData.

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2. A. Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

   HI,
   so what’s the procedure if i still have working projects under fp9??
   do i need to install/uninstall the debug version each time i want to play with fp10??
   is there a way to install the fp10 browser plugin on for safari and debug with fp9 or standalone fp9 on firefox, btw, i’m using mac 10.4.
   thanks!

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3. everythingflex Says:
   May 21st, 2008 at 12:48 pm

   So, I get code hinting on one machine that I did this on but not another. I am not sure what the issue is.

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4. Lauro Santos Says:
   May 21st, 2008 at 3:11 pm

   hello

   Good tutorial!!! Can I translate that tutorial for Portuguese and to post in my blog?

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5. everythingflex Says:
   May 21st, 2008 at 7:23 pm

   Go for it.

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6. everythingflex Says:
   May 21st, 2008 at 7:24 pm

   Is anyone else having a problem with this tutorial? Is it working for you?

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7. felix Says:
   May 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm

   hmm doesn’t work here on vista. No code hints and FP10 properties give compile errors.

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8. jaycrilly Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 5:38 am

   Working on Vista minus the code hinting. anyone know the culprit?

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9. Maikel Sibbald Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

   Dont change the version in the html. Just the use the path to the swf. because of the lower version fp10 features will result in errors.

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10. Mohammad Pourhossein Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Dear Rich
    hi
    I’m Mohammad Pourhossein (my nickname is borna) from IRAN! thanks for your great articles…
    our language texts is RTL like Arabic and Hebrew… I downloaded Flash Player 10 and then last Flex SDK:
    (3.0.1.2079)
    and did all things that you said here
    but I can’t use it for RTL layout in my new projects!
    can you help me in this way? how can I make it possible to use a bi-directional text in my projects in Adobe Flex Builder 3.0?
    you know? there is no other person here, in my country to use this technology or help me… and there is no sufficient source or sample accessible to use them… so, I can only ask you to help me far from here… thanks again and again and agian…
    I’m waiting for your reply
    cheers

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11. everythingflex Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 4:49 am

    Hi Mohammad,

    Honestly, I am not sure if this is possible yet with Flex Builder 3. Perhaps someone from Adobe can answer this question.

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12. xsvdo Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 1:22 am

    Thanks for the great tut! FYI, code completion did not work until I restarted Flex Builder.

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