jun :: realeyes

Back in June I had blogged about how cool WST was for creating dynamic MXML and AS Snippets. Recently my blog post had caused some pain and torment to a fellow Flex developer due to Eclipse versions and plugin requirements…my bad Neil! So this is an official apology to him and a benefit to those of you that would like to start playing with Snippets during Flex development. (Now that I have this updated information thanks to Neil)

1. There are three release versions of WST to be aware of in regard to Flex Builder and some notes on their use:
   • 2.0.x – I haven’t installed this one yet since when I went to install using the update manager I didn’t feel like tracking down and installing the dependencies. So good luck on this version.
   • 1.5.x – I run Flex Builder 3 Beta 1 Standalone version which runs atop Eclipse 3.2. This is the version to install with Eclipse 3.2 based Flex Builder installs. (For instance, you can install Eclipse 3.2 then install Flex Builder 2.x plugin)
   • 1.0.x – If you’re running Flex Builder 2.x Standalone, it runs on Eclipse 3.1 and this would be the version to install. Unfortunately, from Neil’s experience, we found out it’s no longer available in the standard channels. In other word, you have to go to the archive site.
2. Currently, to install WST into Flex Builder Beta 1 there’s a couple of things to note when you are in the Eclipse Update tool:
   • There is an update site pre-populated in the Update Manager. It’s called “Callisto Discovery Site” You can install WST from this site and you will find it in the “Web and J2EE Development” category.
   • To get version 1.5.x, you may need to uncheck the “Show the lastest version of a feature only” checkbox on the Search Results page.
   • When you check the appropriate version of WST in the Search Results page you may see an error dialog noting some install dependency. If you do:
     1. First try clicking on the “Select Required” button.
     2. If that doesn’t do the trick, then you can expand the “Graphical Editors and Frameworks” category and select the Graphical Editing Framework.
     3. After that, try clicking on the “Select Required” button again and the error message should go away.
   • After the above, you should be able to proceed with the remainder of the Update Manager install like normal.

Happy coding!