For reasons best known to themselves, Adobe do not ship the trial Data Visualisation components with the SDK download, so you have to extract them from the Windows download yourself.
Update Aug. '09:The DV components are now available on their own, with full source and no need for a Builder licence to remove watermarks.
If you need older versions though, you'll still need the below instructions.
First, install the Flex 3 SDK:
#sudo mkdir /opt/flex-sdk-3
#sudo chown myUser /opt/flex-sdk-3#cd /opt/flex-sdk-3
#unzip ~/flex_sdk_3.zip
Then, use VMWare or something to install Flex Builder 3.
Now you need to copy the following files from (the default location under) c:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.0.0 into the corresponding location under the SDK root:
#cp datavisualization_3*.sw* /opt/flex-sdk-3/frameworks/rsls/
#cp datavisualization_rb.swc /opt/flex-sdk-3/frameworks/locale/en_US/
#cp datavisualization.swc /opt/flex-sdk-3/frameworks/libs/
Now you can use the new things like AdvancedDataGrid as well as the chart and other tools that were in Flex 2.
If you'd like to extract the source (you will need a Builder licence) then the Adobe Flex Docs team have cross platform instructions on their blog : http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/2008/04/extracting_data_visualization.html
hi,can u share the Flex 3
I am afraid
I did ask Adobe about this, but unfortunately they said no.
Tom
Actually I think this is now
Actually I think this is now available for download. See, look: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flex/sdk/datavisualization_sdk3.3.zip
[Tom: Yup, as of Flex 3.3 you can get the binaries for Data Visualization directly. You still need to buy Flex Builder Pro to get a licence, which removes the watermark and allows access to the source, however]
License?
Do you know if I can use the 3.3 SDK with my Flash Builder 4 Premium license?
I need the data visualization component without the watermark, but I don't know if my FlashBuilder4 License is valid for DVC 3.3.
Thanks!
You'd have to check with
You'd have to check with Adobe to be sure. I've always used an upgrade from Builder 3 so had a licence for both.
Does applying the Builder 4 licence work ? Via the method used in http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/2008/04/extracting_data_visualization.html ?
Great info
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