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Flash-Flex Integration: Coding With Flash Components in Flex Builder

Posted in Flash, ActionScript 3.0, Flex, Flex 3, Flash CS3 by Joeflash on the July 9th, 2008

In the last article on Community MX, we looked at how to use Flex Builder as the ActionScript 3 editor for a Flash-compiled project. But if you are using any Flash CS3 components, Flex Builder is unable to recognize those classes. In this article, we will take a look at how to get Flex Builder to recognize the Flash CS3 Component classes for editing ActionScript 3 files in Flash CS3 projects.

The Flex Builder 3-Flash CS3 Editing workflow
How do we get Flex Builder’s code assist to recognize Flash CS3 Component classes?

( I’ll give you a hint: you find all the fl.* class locations in the Flash CS3 installation directory, and reference them as external source paths in Flex Builder )

For the full, step-by-step explanation, the tutorial is available here on Community MX.

showSettings Method Incorrectly Listed in Camera Class Documentation

Posted in Flash, ActionScript 3.0, Flex by Joeflash on the July 1st, 2008