Alternative - Adobe Flex Builder

[former_member253880]

Hello Flex Island Experts,

is it possible to create actionscipt SWF-Files without Adobe Flex Builder?

Is there maybe a free editor available?

Thank you very much in advance.

Kind regards

Axel

[thomas_jung]

Yes it is possible. The Flex SDK is opensource and can be downloaded for free:

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK

You can build your applications without an IDE (writing the code in Notepad) and compile at the command line with the free SDK. However if you are really serious about development, an IDE (like Adobe Flex Builder) would be recommended. All the SAP tutorials and documentation for working with FlashIslands assumes the usage of Adobe Flex Builder.

You also might try searching google for free alternatives to Flex Builder. There are some open source projects for NetBeans and Eclipse based IDEs - however the quality of these projects seems to be not near the Adobe IDE.

[former_member253880]

Hello Thomas,

thank you for your answer.

How can I implement the SAP library "WDIslandsLibrary*.swc" without IDE? Or is it not possible.

Regards

Axel

[thomas_jung]

It should be possible. Nothing special about the SAP supplied SWC. You would link it like any other SWC. Now how you do those steps without the IDE, I couldn't say. SAP only supplies documentation on the use of the IDE and we use the Flex Builder IDE internally at SAP so I don't have any experience with using the command line.