Comments on: Where’s the Flex Plug-in for Eclipse 3.5?

By: dr_dog

dr_dog — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:51:04 +0000

Thanks Rod!!! Step 4 was the key — for anyone reading this, let me reiterate what it involves, in detail:

i. Open the “org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles.info” file for Ganymede
ii. Copy all the the entries that start with “com.adobe.”
iii. Paste them into the “org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles.info” file for Galileo. Save it.
iv. Restart Galileo, and you should see the Flex perspective become available.

I also had to apply the ProblemManager patch from http://www.insideria.com/2009/09/fixed-an-internal-build-error.html, to get the compiler to work.

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By: Rod

Rod — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:47:17 +0000

Well I just got the Flex Builder Plug-In working with Eclipse Galileo but it was a challenge. Here is the basic steps and the web links below provide more information.

1] You need to install the Ganimede version of Eclipse first and then install the Flex plug-in of top of it as this can not be done on top of Galileo.
2] Next you install the Galileo Eclipse in a different location in your PC.
3] Next create the links directory inside Galileo and put a link to the Flex Builder plug-in.
4] Finally merge the Flex builder entries from the Ganimede install into the Galileo install. This entries are located on \configuration\org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles
Without the last step 4] nothing will happen. Also copy the file “startup_fb” from the Ganimede area to the Galileo area.

http://blog.flashgen.com/2009/04/09/reconnecting-flex-builder-plug-in-to-eclipse/

http://www.insideria.com/2009/09/fixed-an-internal-build-error.html
I do not think steps 5 – 11 above are needed because I backed them out and it still worked.

http://cambiatablog.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/flexbuilder-3-as-plugin-in-eclipse-3-5-galileo/

Thanks to all of the posters in the above links!!!!

By: Scott Selikoff

Scott Selikoff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:52:42 +0000

Update: Google has released a GWT update for Firefox 3.6.

By: Scott Selikoff

Scott Selikoff — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:41:52 +0000

@Geoffrey

That’s ironic, I’ve been doing the same thing. GWT isn’t quite as fluid as Flex, but its a lot more accessible. Although last week’s Firefox 3.6 update broke the GWT Firefox plugin, but unlike Adobe I suspect Google will have an update available soon enough.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:43:02 +0000

And Flex/AIR support in IntelliJ IDEA is still working in spite of new Eclipse releases 🙂

By: Geoffrey Wiseman

Geoffrey Wiseman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:19:28 +0000

It’s unfortunate, I agree. It can’t be THAT hard to resolve. If it is extremely difficult to resolve, then Adobe should at the very least make that much clear. Fortunately, since writing that blog entry for Furious Purpose, I haven’t had done that much flex, so I’ve been using Eclipse 3.5 with GWT quite happily.

By: Joey Gibson

Joey Gibson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:30:32 +0000

I tried the first link you gave a few months ago and failed, but two weeks ago I got it going. The secret for me was to use a brand new workspace, ant not try to reuse the one created by Ganymede. I followed the directions for creating the file in the links directory, then fired up Galileo, creating a new workspace. I then copied my Java and Flex projects into the new workspace, imported them, and that was it. It’s been working perfectly ever since.

The other important thing is to make sure that the contents of the file in the links directory contains “path=C:/Program Files/Adobe/Flex Builder 3 Plug-in” including the path= part. I think I tried it without the path= once and it failed.