I use Eclipse for editing pretty much everything I on my Mac with its great free plugins who wouldn't want to use it there is only one small problem. That problem is the built in XML editor for Eclipse sucks, it tree based meaning you can't get the the underlying code without using the default Text Editor.
I decided that there must be a free plugin you can use so I Googled "free eclipse xml editor" and found several articles about an editor called XmlBuddy but there was a problem, the domain www.xmlbuddy.com has been sold so you are not going to be able to download it from there crap! So yet again I turn to my friend google and at last I have found the answer.
I downloaded the plugin from cnet unzipped into my Eclipse plugins directory, now I finally have a decent XML editor.
[version] is a place holder for the current version of the file you downloaded):
flex_sdk_3.zip) to "C:\Flex\3\".EnsembleTofinoWithoutFlexSDK.[version].msi) by double clicking it.Installing First you need to download all the required files listed below:
Now you have a directory full of downloads it is time to start installing(please note [version] is a place holder for the current version of the file you downloaded):
FlashDevelop[version].exe) for Flash Develop and and leave everything as the defaults.jre-[number]-windows-i586.exe).flex_sdk_3.zip) to "C:\Flex\3\".designview.air) by double clicking it.FlexDesignView-[version].zip) and copy the contents of "Data" to "C:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Data\" and the contents of "Plugins" to "C:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Plugins\".C:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Plugins\"".Now Everything is in installed all you need to do is set up flex in Flash Develop:
Start > Applications > Flex Develop > Flex Develop).F10 or go to "Tool > Program Settings" to open the Program Settings.Flex SDK Location" (2. in the image below) to "C:\Flex\3\".Program Settings
Update: as requested here are some screen shots with FlashDevelop in both Source and Design Views.
public void CorichExcel()
{
string file = "C:/excel.xls";
string sheet = "";
try
{
//Gets a liost of sheets from the excel file
string[] sheets = Corich.Excel.ReaderWriter.GetSheets(file);
sheet = sheets[0];
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
return;
}
//Check to see if the sheet exist
if (Corich.Excel.ReaderWriter.SheetExists(file, sheet))
{
//gets a list of colums from the first sheet in the excel file
string[] columns = Corich.Excel.ReaderWriter.GetColumns(file, sheet);
//Loads the data in the first excel sheet into a data table
DataTable data = Corich.Excel.ReaderWriter.Read(file);
//Writes the data from the first sheet to a new excel file, currently only writes to xlsb files
Corich.Excel.ReaderWriter.Write("C:\new_file.xlsb", data);
//Writes the data from the first sheet to a new excel file in the temp directory then opens it, currently only writes to xlsb files
Corich.Excel.ReaderWriter.WriteToTemp("new_file.xlsb", data, true);
}
}
You can download the .dll and the source here the code is under the GNU GPL licence it would be nice to point people to my site if you use it.
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