yes, the IDE is independent of the SDK, just drop it in and point to it. Though I can't recall exactly how, been many many moons since then :) Might want to look at InteliJ though, it supports Flex/AS still as well as HTML/JS, so can grapple together and shift along. Just a thought, its not expensive either really. https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/flex_ide.html
DK Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Dennis Flanagan <[email protected]> wrote: > @Dale: I am sure you are referring to just de-selecting the "automatic > compile on save" functionality in FB and will use ant to do your work for > you. If you go into "Project Properties" for each project in your workspace > and choose "Builders" you will see a builder labeled "Compiler". If you > de-select this it should do the trick. Note that this is also where you > could add your ant tasks, too. I had one in a recent assignment where we > had ant tasks that did the build and push (Mac, Linux, etc.) where we added > the ant tasks for those activities. > > But you will need a Flex SDK selected to get your syntax highlighting and > checking. As @Tom suggested you can choose your own SDK. Go into your > Workspace settings (Mac: Eclipse / FB Preferences, Windows: Window -> > Preferences) -> Flash Builder -> Installed SDK's, and you should see "Flex > 3.6A" listed there. If you do not then you will find it in your root Flash > Builder install location under "sdks/3.6.0". This was the last MX build of > the framework. Once it is there then it is a simple matter to go into each > project's properties and choose "Flex Compiler -> Use a specific SDK" to > get the 3.6 one. That way you will get your syntax highlighting and drill > down into the Flex source when you need it. > > I recommend leaving compiling enabled even if you do not use the compiled > output. It will really help catch things before building with ant, and it > will give you links to the errors: a real time saver. > > Good luck with your project. At yet another assignment I had a large Flex > project in MX that I upgraded to Spark totally. Boy, what a difference! > Spark is so much smaller, lighter, faster, smaller memory footprint, super > smooth and fast rendering, and visual control. > > Best regards, > > Dennis Flanagan > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:38 AM Tom McNeer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dale, >> >> It shouldn't be a problem. I have much the same situation - a Flex 3 app >> originally built years ago that still needs enhancements until we can move >> to JS. >> >> I use FB 4.5 without a problem. The issue is not the FB version, but the >> SDK used for compilation. You just need to use a version 3 SDK (probably >> 3.6) to compile your project. >> >> It's probably included in a new FB 4 installation, though I don't >> remember. If not, the SDK should be available as a separate download. >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Dale Bronk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all you Flex peeps... >>> >>> I'm on an old, but large, Flex 3 project and will be taking it over. We >>> have no want to upgrade this app to a newer version of Flex. At some point >>> we will upgrade to more modern JS frameworks and HTML5. But we would like >>> to upgrade from FlexBuilder 3 to FlashBuilder 4.7. Is it possible to >>> simply install FlashBuilder 4.7 and keep our app 100% Flex 3. That means >>> compilers and all. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Tom >> >> Tom McNeer >> MediumCool >> http://www.mediumcool.com >> 1735 Johnson Road NE >> Atlanta, GA 30306 >> 404.589.0560 >> >
