UPDATE. Blank Project Properties in Flex Builder 3 on Windows Vista 64-bit
I recently made the switch to Vista 64-bit (loving it by the way, 8GB of RAM is most excellent) and it’s been a mostly pain-free conversion. One program that as behaved…curiously…since the upgrade is Flex Builder 3.
Just today I found a bug that seems to affect 64-bit Windows user in the Project Properties dialog. The bug in question is that the “Flex Modules” section of the properties dialog is blank. So there is no way to add or remove modules from the project build. To fix this, open the Properties dialog (Project > Properties), click on “Resources” and resize the window horizontally to be as thin as possible. Then click on “Flex Modules” and resize the window to be usable again and BAM! just like magic the modules appear!
UPDATE
I’ve found that an easier way to do this is just adjust the divider between the list on the left hand side of the dialog and the right hand content area. Just adjusting the divider a smidge will cause everything to magically appear.
Thank you!
I’ve also noticed that in the Windows – Preferences – Flex – Installed Flex SDKs I have no Add, Remove, Edit buttons to add new SDKs… I’ve tried these techniques in various ways but haven’t had any luck… has anyone else ran into this problem on a 64 bit machine?
Also, sometimes my debugger doesn’t want to launch, I’ll have to hit it a few times for it to go…
Thank you very much, i 3 times reinstall flex builder and 3 times reinstall Java. Until i found your solutions.
Thanks Sean!!
This saved me hours – after trying a reinstall and making a new project – I don’t know what the next plan was going to be!!!!!
Don’t have the problem with add/edit/remove SDKs. I think there is a way to add the SDK by editing a Flex Builder configuration file. I think I’m going to try Flash Builder this weekend to see if it plays nicer with 64 bits.
As far as the debugger…yeeeeeeaaaaah. I’ve noticed that as well. When working with browser-based projects it regularly crashes my browser; with AIR it will just hang and I’ll have to restart FB. Pretty sure most of this is Eclipse not working well on 64-bit Windows so there may be some fixes for Eclipse that could help. When I get a chance I’ll do some research. If you find anything out could you drop me a line and tell me the fix?
Glad I could help. Sounds like you went through just about the same process as me
wow thanks for the tip! this saved me loads of trouble!
I’ve tried finding a way to manually add the SDKs, doing a deep search through files for “3.0.0″ and what not, but can’t seem to find anything that I can just type some lines into… called adobe about it… wow, that was an experience LOL long story short, 45 min on the phone only to find out the guy didn’t even know what flex was, and someone was supposed to call back, and they have yet to call me back.. so no help from the makers either. Adobe forums have been bust too… the only place I’ve found anything is here… so THANK YOU!! Just wish I could get the SDK problem solved… but at least I’m only 50% frustrated now LOL
now I’m finding that when I try to switch states to edit, that the drop down sometimes acts goofy… but thats not an “all the time” thing..
Want to try Flash Builder, but from the posts on the Adobe Forums, I can’t do that yet… to many work projects that I can’t risk by giving that a shot yet…
Check this out: http://www.badu.ro/?p=60
Definitely getting into the right direction I think. Additionally you might look at some of the files that start with a dot (e.g., .filename) within your Flex projects as those are typically configuration files.
Another place to look would be the AppData folder for Flex. I think this folder is hidden by default so you’ll have to make hidden folders visible.
Thank you very much! Worked like a charm and probably saved me hours and hours!
Thanks as well.
Thanks, I search all over and couldn’t find the answer. Someone at Adobe told me about your site.
Thanks a lot. Been trying to figure this out for a while now
Worked for me, thanks a lot!
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Hey. Thanks. Searched the web today for this issue. Like the others deinstalled and reinstalled flex builder several times – having no idea from where this issue came.
AGAIN, many thanks!
Marc
Check out this post as well: http://seanmonahan.org/2009/12/05/adding-build-paths-to-flex-projects-on-windows-7-64-bit/
It’s essentially the same problem but under Windows 7. I was able to get buttons to appear (finally!) by disabling Logitech’s keyboard/mouse control panel software.
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AWESOME! Thanks man, had it appear once but never more. You saved my day
I too, had the lack of Add button in the “Installed Flex SDK” window. I am running Flex on a newer Dell Lattitude E4300 with windows 7 Pro. It appears that SetPoint32.exe runs in the background regardless if you have installed some sort of Logitich device (since I don’t have any Logiteck stuff hooked up, unless it is my dell mouse and maybe its Logiteck under the hood..). As soon as I killed the SetPoint32 process, I had a button. Hope it helps someone…
I wouldn’t be surprised if your mouse is Logitech. When I was running Vista x64 I had a Logitech mouse plugged in but didn’t install the Set Point stuff (it’s possible this gets installed in the background as part of plug and play I spose). Now I’m in Win7 x64 and do have Set Point installed, turning it off definitely fixes the problem.
Thanks a lot…it worked…
I have wasted lot of time in reinstalling it again and again…
Thank you so much. Was expecting to spend the rest of my evening trying to fix this and this was the first page I came across.
Thanks again.