Thanks very much. I wound up getting some help offlist from someone and DID download the whole Flex Builder 2 and reinstalled which got me to the most current version. That gave me a way (when creating a new project) to set context root to /. I also fixed my Root URL to http://localhost:8600/.
--- In [email protected], "James Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems there is a version mismatch between the Test Drive and the version of Flex Builder you are using. I'd make sure you have updated to Flex 2.0.1 Hotfix 2 and if that still doesn't work, download LCDS 2.5 (from the bottom of the Hotfix 2 download page) and use the Test Drive which is included with that. I hope that helps. > > -James > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of annespg > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] FDS 30 Minute Testdrive Project - problems creating a new project > > I'm trying to use the FDS 30 Minute TestDrive sample apps inside > Flex Builder. I downloaded the test drive and all the samples work > just dandy fine, and I can view the source etc. So I wanted to load > some of the sample apps into Flex Builder so that I could modify and > play with them with the debugger so as to learn more. > > I've tried the following: > create New Project - use Flex Data Services/compile app locally > Root Folder: C:\fds-tomcat\webapps\ROOT > Root URL: http://localhost:8600/ROOT. When I click Finish, I get the > following 3 errors in the Output panel: > > unable to load SWC fds.swc: multiple points > unable to load SWC fds.swc: multiple points > The definition of base class Locale was not found > Could not resolve<mx:Application> to a component implementaion > > I am on Flex 2.0.143459. > > I've verified that fds.swc is indeed in the > C:\fds-tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\flex\libs folder. > I don't know what the other messages mean or what to do. > > I then stubbornly unzipped one of the sample apps into the > FlexBuilder project folder (which I named FDS TestDrive Samples) and > tried to run it anyway to see if I could get more info. I then get > a browser window with the following additional errors: > type Status report > message /ROOT/FDS%20TestDrive%20Samples/Chat.html > description The requested resource (/ROOT/FDS%20TestDrive% > 20Samples/Chat.html) is not available. > > So I guess one problem is that it is not making an html document. > But I don't know how to correct that. > > I have no idea what to do. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. >
