Free Flex Visual Studio Plug-in

There is a plug-in for visual studio it is not as good as the adobe IDE but is free will do the job, for more info on the plug-in go to their website. First you need to download all the required files listed below:

• Flash Develop - "Release notes and download" link, then towards the bottom of the page redirected page.
• Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) - download button under the table heading (Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE).
• Flex SDK - "Free Adobe Flex 3 SDK" link.
• Tofino Visual Studio Plugin - "Download Tofino [version] without Flex SDK" link.

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):

1. Extract the Flex SDK (flex_sdk_3.zip) to "C:\Flex\3\".
2. Install the visual studio plugin (EnsembleTofinoWithoutFlexSDK.[version].msi) by double clicking it.
3. Open Visual studio
4. Open the Options Windows
5. Check the "Show all settings" checkbox if its there
6. Go to Projects > Flex Projects
7. Set the Flex 3 SDK location to "C:\FlexSDK\3\|

For more info on how to use the plug-in there is an article at developer fusion.