Correction on RDS for CFE Support
In my last post I mistakenly mentioned that if you were only interested in the RDS support and not the complete Flex Builder, you could just download CFMX 7.0.2. This is not the case. For now, you must download Flex Builder 2 and run the .exe. So Mac users will need to dig up a PC for now. I'm hoping that Adobe provides a direct link just for these extensions.
Either way - I just wanted to help spread the word on these extensions and make sure folks knew they were a) completely free and b) completely cool.
Enjoy, and sorry again for the mistake!
Comments
Surprised to hear this is Windows-only given the number of folks using Macs for development these days.
# Posted By Nathan D
| 6/30/06 1:10 PM
I was given a zip file when I attended the Flex 2 workshop that had just the plug-ins for RDS in there. I also thought they were on labs.adobe.com somewhere too.
# Posted By bob
| 6/30/06 1:28 PM
So they are free, yet you have to download a trial of Flex Builder?
# Posted By Kevin Benore
| 6/30/06 2:13 PM
they used to be under the flex downloads, maybe they are on the main adobe site now, the file was called CF_FBExtensions_B3_0515.zip.
also codeweavers has their program in beta to run windows programs directly in osx just like their linux version, not sure if it would work to suck that out of the exe though
also codeweavers has their program in beta to run windows programs directly in osx just like their linux version, not sure if it would work to suck that out of the exe though
# Posted By dave
| 6/30/06 3:07 PM
In the case of this .exe, is this just a self-extracting archive? If so, can't you re-name the .exe to .zip and then unzip it on OS X? I thought there was something to that?
Is it truly free? What's with the trial version?
# Posted By Josen Ruiseco
| 7/1/06 11:19 AM
The RDS extensions are free. Flex Builder 2 itself is a trial. Flex SDK is free.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/1/06 2:16 PM
Thanks. Can you provide instructions for installing the extension? I don't see an exe, just a zip file.
# Posted By Josen Ruiseco
| 7/2/06 11:22 AM
There are instructions. Trying to remember where. Check the release notes for Flex Builder 2.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/2/06 2:00 PM
Josen: It's trival - download the FlexBuilder trial. Either run the exe or otherwise extract the files from it - one of them will be a .zip file (CF_FB_Extensions.zip). Unzip this, and copy the contents of the features and plugins directory into the same dirs in you eclipse install. Start eclipse and the new views are available.
This works on my Linux box (though I had to use WINE to run the FlexBuilder installer to do the extraction).
This works on my Linux box (though I had to use WINE to run the FlexBuilder installer to do the extraction).
# Posted By Tom Chiverton
| 7/3/06 4:14 AM
I put the features files in the features dir, and did the same with the plugins files from the zip.
Restarted Eclipse and I have the Views now, but none work. I have a choice in the prefs tree that says RDS Configuration, but when I click it I get an error message. I missed a step, anyone know what it is?
Restarted Eclipse and I have the Views now, but none work. I have a choice in the prefs tree that says RDS Configuration, but when I click it I get an error message. I missed a step, anyone know what it is?
Are you using Eclipse 3.2? The plugins only work on 3.1.X.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/7/06 11:15 AM
Aye. I'm mostly sure on that. Just don't go to 3.2. It won't run there.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/7/06 11:22 AM
Any word when it will work on 3.2, now that it has been released? From what I understand, you need 3.2 to run CFEclipse 1.3 beta. So I want the best of both worlds ... CFEclipse 1.3 beta and RDS!
# Posted By Kevin Benore
| 7/7/06 9:28 PM
I am using the CF_FBExtensions fine in Eclipse 3.2 on Linux.
# Posted By Tom Chiverton
| 7/10/06 4:43 AM