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Adventures in updating the Flex 4.1 plugin

admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:12:56 +0000

I had thought that that the updater for Flash Builder 4.0 wasn’t working out for me via Eclipse or so I assumed. While I was taking Seb Lee Delisle’s video series on Papervision 3D 2 training on lynda.com I noticed that creating a new Actionscript project did not include the Flex 4.1 SDK. Then I thought “Wasn’t Flash Player 10.1 released recently?”

So after playing around with Eclipse and scouring the web, I landed on insideRIA and decided that the manual update was my best bet. But that did not pan out since the the manual update failed.

So finally by checking the Adobe Flex Support page, I had to pay attention to “Eclipse plug-in Users” heading instead of “Stand-alone Users.” Plugin users have to uninstall their plugin and reinstall the new plugin. BTW, by default, the stand-alone is offered so just scroll down the combo box to choose the Eclipse Plugin. (See screen shot below.)

Alas, this is part of my learning process of migrating as a Flash developer from the Flash IDE with FlashDevelop to Flash Builder.

So if anyone who is wondering why Flash Builder hasn’t updated on their eclipse build, check it out here at adobe.com.

Select the Eclipse Plugin in the dropdown box.

Flash Player 11? news

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:56:45 +0000

In view of the upcoming Flash conference, CNet noticed a topic on a new feature of the upcoming Flash Player notably 3D support. This isn’t a surprise. It sounds like a revisit of Macromedia Director all over again. (Ala Battlestar Galactica “Razor” episode – “All this has happened before and will happen again. Again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again.”) I wonder how this will change the existent 3D APIs already like (Away3D, Papervision 2, and 3, etc…)

The 64bit issue has been mentioned as well.

Check out the link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20009940-264.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

CNet publishes 64 bit Flash Player news

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:02:20 +0000

It’s been too quiet on the 64bit front. My OS now uses 64bit computing. It seems that they are taking this route as “top priority” (now that 10.1 has been released for browsers and for mobile, they can shift resources over to 64bit player development.)

The article is linked below:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20008290-264.html

My prediction: They’ll announce it at MAX 2010. (I hope.)

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-07

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Received FDT Pure license from #FDT via #FATC Let's see what I can do with this… #
@scottjanousek Congrats! in reply to scottjanousek #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-31

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

RT @friendsofED: 'Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0' is this week's $10 eBook. http://bit.ly/hwbyl <- got it! #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-24

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

@EladElrom Congrats! #AdobeMax in reply to EladElrom #
RT @chumlee007: 'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists http://bit.ly/ckm4nd <- Here come the cylons! #
Whoa! #io2010 I wish I could go to a google conference ! #
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@chuckstar #litl I am curious how strong this web-book would last with my kids? in reply to chuckstar #
RT @gskinner: @djumeau Yes. They were just outside the scope of my already too-full 1hr session. #FATC <- About Alchemy and PixelBender #
@quoo I've bought domain names from godaddy.com I haven't any problems. in reply to quoo #
@zedia Sorry I did not see you at #FATC I can't remember what you looked like. in reply to zedia #
@gskinner #FATC Just wondering about your presentation on optimizing Flash, have you also considered Alchemy and Pixelbender? Wanted to ask. in reply to gskinner #
@v3ronique Hi Véro j'étais ravis de te rencontrer. Aurais-tu une idée quand you mettras tes notes de ta présentation de Flash Mobile? #FATC in reply to v3ronique #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-17

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Leaving for #FATC #FlashandtheCity tonight. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-10

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

RT @peterelst: lol Steve Jobs take note — official W3C blog wants to remind people HTML5 isn't a standard yet — http://bit.ly/Rwjuv #
@craigphares I am going to #FATC in reply to craigphares #
@macrofireball About the Dreamweaver CS5 eLearning templates, it only comes with the eLearning suite 2.0? in reply to macrofireball #
RT @ricksnowaputi: CP 5 looks great! <- Yeah, I am happy that the #Captivate 5 workflow is consistent with other Adobe products. #
@AdobeELearning I was hoping E-learning Suite 2 would include Flash Catalyst. Hmm, I have to weigh my options. in reply to AdobeELearning #
#Captivate My friend Yves Riel posted a Captivate Label Widget http://tinyurl.com/2dsubgc #
@lordAlex Where are you staying? #FATC #
@agentK re:Aaron West. Okay done. I hope his family is okay. in reply to agentK #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-10

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

RT @peterelst: lol Steve Jobs take note — official W3C blog wants to remind people HTML5 isn't a standard yet — http://bit.ly/Rwjuv #
@craigphares I am going to #FATC in reply to craigphares #
@macrofireball About the Dreamweaver CS5 eLearning templates, it only comes with the eLearning suite 2.0? in reply to macrofireball #
RT @ricksnowaputi: CP 5 looks great! <- Yeah, I am happy that the #Captivate 5 workflow is consistent with other Adobe products. #
@AdobeELearning I was hoping E-learning Suite 2 would include Flash Catalyst. Hmm, I have to weigh my options. in reply to AdobeELearning #
#Captivate My friend Yves Riel posted a Captivate Label Widget http://tinyurl.com/2dsubgc #
@lordAlex Where are you staying? #FATC #
@agentK re:Aaron West. Okay done. I hope his family is okay. in reply to agentK #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-10

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:00 +0000

RT @peterelst: lol Steve Jobs take note — official W3C blog wants to remind people HTML5 isn't a standard yet — http://bit.ly/Rwjuv #
@craigphares I am going to #FATC in reply to craigphares #
@macrofireball About the Dreamweaver CS5 eLearning templates, it only comes with the eLearning suite 2.0? in reply to macrofireball #
RT @ricksnowaputi: CP 5 looks great! <- Yeah, I am happy that the #Captivate 5 workflow is consistent with other Adobe products. #
@AdobeELearning I was hoping E-learning Suite 2 would include Flash Catalyst. Hmm, I have to weigh my options. in reply to AdobeELearning #
#Captivate My friend Yves Riel posted a Captivate Label Widget http://tinyurl.com/2dsubgc #
@lordAlex Where are you staying? #FATC #
@agentK re:Aaron West. Okay done. I hope his family is okay. in reply to agentK #