Notes for Installing Flex SDK 3

Posted by Derrick on August 14, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Here are some notes for Installing Flex SDK 3.  One of the steps for compiling a .SWF file with Secure Token and JW Player 5.2 requires that you install Flex SDK 3.  The process for creating a .SWF with Secure Token and JW Player 4 was much easier but now with version 5 there are some additional steps involved, one of which is installing Flex SDK 3. Here’s the tutorial: Creating a Secure Token SWF for JW Player 5.2 once you’ve installed the Flex SDK.

Flex SDK 3 Download

Flex SDK 3.3: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Downloads

Below is a link with instructions for installing Flex SDK 3 ( You can use the Flex 4 SDK instructions)

http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flex/4/releasenotes_flex4_sdk.html

Uninstall Current Flash Player

You should use Flex SDK with the latest version of the debug Flash Player 10. Prior to installing the Flex SDK, you should uninstall your current Flash Player.

Uninstaller links are here:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

Install the Flex SDK

1.    Download Flex SDK ZIP file from the Adobe website or the Adobe Open Source site.

2.    Create a directory to contain Flex SDK

3.    Extract the Flex SDK ZIP file to this directory. The Flex SDK contains the following directories:

/ant — Contains Flex Ant Tasks.
/asdoc — Contains helper files for the ASDoc tool that creates HTML documentation
from your MXML and ActionScript source code.
/bin — Contains the mxmlc, compc, asdoc, and fdb utilities. The bin directory also
contains the jvm.config file, which specifies Java settings that you can modify, if
necessary.
/frameworks — Contains compiled framework classes, configuration files, and
framework source code.
/lib — Contains JAR files used by the utilities.
/runtimes — Contains installers for the Adobe AIR runtime inside the air directory and
installers for debug versions of Flash Player 9 inside the player directory.
/samples — Contains sample applications.
/templates — Contains HTML templates for Flash Player detection and browser
integration and inside the air folder, a sample Adobe AIR application.xml file.

4.    Ensure that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed on the computer and that the java_home/bin directory is defined in the system path. JRE 1.5, or 1.6 is required.

5.    Install the appropriate debug Flash Player from the install_root/runtimes/player/platform directory.

6.    (Optional) When the Flash Player installation finishes, restart your computer to ensure that the updated Flash Player browser plug-in is enabled.