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85 <title>Welcome to Adobe® Flex™ 3 SDK</title>
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89<h1>Open Source Flex SDK</h1>
90<h3>Version 3</h3>
91<h2 class="head">Readme</h2>
92<h4>February 2008</h4>
93<p class="legal">© 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.</p>
94<p class="legal">This file contains important information including a link to release notes that were not available when the product documentation was written. Review this information before using this version of Open Source Flex SDK.</p>
95
96<hr />
97<p>Welcome to Open Source Flex 3 SDK.</p>
98
99<h3 class="head"><a name="contents"></a>Contents</h3>
100<div class="indent">
101
102<ul class="contents">
103 <li class="contents"><a href="#Getting_Started">Getting Started</a></li>
104 <li class="contents"><a href="#docs">Flex Documentation</a></li>
105 <li class="contents"><a href="#Samples">Flex Samples</a></li>
106 <li class="contents"><a href="#Community">Community and Resources</a></li>
107 <li class="contents"><a href="#Licenses">License</a></li>
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115<h3 class="head"><a name="Getting_Started"></a>Getting Started</h3>
116<div class="indent">
117 <p>For information on getting started with the Flex 3 SDK explore the new feature descriptions, documentation, and samples available at the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_documentation">Flex Documentation Resource Center</a> and review the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_releasenotes_fb">Flex SDK Release Notes.</a></p>
118 <p>The Open Source Flex SDK does not contain some elements that can enhance the Flex development experience such as debug versions of the Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, or advanced font encoding libraries. You may download the Open Source Flex SDK Add-ons package which contains these elements from <strong><em>here</em></strong>.</p>
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123
124<h3 class="head"><a name="docs"></a>Flex Documentation</h3>
125<div class="indent">
126 <p>Flex documentation, including Release Notes, is available for download at the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_documentation">Flex Documentation Resource Center</a>. Documentation is also available online in the LiveDocs format.</p>
127
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129 <tr>
130 <td><em>Getting Started with Flex</em></td>
131 <td>Online document available from the Flex Start Page in the Flex Builder IDE and also from the <a href="http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Getting+Started">Adobe Learning Center</a>. Getting Started with Flex is for application developers who are new to the Flex product line and require an overview of Flex features and capabilities. It includes tutorials highlighting the capabilities of Flex, and provides sample Flex Application projects that you can download, open, and run in Flex Builder.</td>
132 </tr>
133 <tr>
134 <td><em>Adobe Flex 3 Developer Guide</em></td>
135 <td>Describes application development basics, such as MXML and ActionScript syntax, creating applications, using Flex components, the Flex data model, error handling, Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES, and Flex Advanced Data Visualization Components.</td>
136 </tr>
137 <tr>
138 <td><em>Building and Deploying Adobe Flex 3 Applications</em></td>
139 <td>Describes the tasks you perform when analyzing, designing, building,
140 and deploying a Flex 3 application.</td>
141 </tr>
142 <tr>
143 <td><em>Creating and Extending Adobe Flex 3 Components</em></td>
144 <td>Provides instructions on creating, using, and extending components.</td>
145 </tr>
146 <tr>
147 <td><em>Programming ActionScript 3.0</em></td>
148 <td>Provides concepts and usage information for ActionScript 3.0.</td>
149 </tr>
150 <tr>
151 <td><em>Adobe Flex Language Reference</em></td>
152 <td>Describes the Flex 3 and ActionScript 3.0 MXML and ActionScript programming interfaces, including the API
153 reference for core ActionScript language elements (HTML-only).</td>
154 </tr>
155 </table>
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161
162<h3 class="head"><a name="Samples"></a>Flex Samples</h3>
163<div class="indent">
164 <p>The SDK samples directory contains source code for the Component Explorer sample application. The Component Explorer sample application provides basic examples for most of the MXML components available with the Flex 3 framework.</p>
165 <p>To compile the Component Explorer application:</p>
166 <ul class="plain">
167 <li class="plain">Windows: Run the build.bat file in the <em>Flex_Install_Dir</em>/sdks/<em>version</em>/samples/explorer directory.</li>
168 <li class="plain">Macintosh or Unix: Run the build.sh file in the <em>Flex_Install_Dir</em>/sdks/<em>version</em>/samples/explorer directory.</li>
169 </ul>
170 <p>After you compile the Component Explorer sample, open explorer.html in a web browser to view the application.</p>
171 <p>You can download additional <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_sample_apps">Flex samples</a> from the Adobe Flex Developer Center.</p>
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176
177<h3 class="head"><a name="Community"></a>Community Resources</h3>
178<div class="indent">
179 <p>You can access the Flex community and online resources from the following pages: </p>
180 <ul>
181 <li><a href="http://opensource.adobe.com/flex">Open Source Flex Home Page</a> </li>
182 <li><a href="http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Getting+Started">Getting Started with Flex</a></li>
183 <li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_devcenter ">Flex Developer Center</a> </li>
184 <li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_support">Flex Support Center </a> </li>
185 <li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_forums">Flex Forums</a> </li>
186 <li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/labs_home">Adobe Labs</a></li>
187 <li><a href="http://www.flex.org/">Flex.org</a></li>
188 </ul>
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194<h3 class="head"><a name="Licenses"></a>License</h3>
195<div class="indent">
196 <p><u>Mozilla Public License Files</u>:</p>
197 <p class="indent">The contents of the files contained in this Flex SDK directory are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use these files except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License here: <a href="license-mpl.htm">Mozilla Public License Version 1.1</a> or <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/">http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/</a>.</p>
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