Flex trick 02: extracting the mx classes that Flex uses with ASV

Just to keep you busy, here another trick: extracting the mx classes that Flex uses. If you browse the filesystem on your application server, you will notice the following directory in your Flex webapps directory:

\WEB-INF\flex\system_classes

This directory includes some classes that are used by Flex, but unfortunately it doesn’t include everything, for example the effect classes and the chances that are made to the component framework by the Flex team. Although the documentation that comes with Flex is actually quite good, it’s sometimes easier and faster to have the source code by hand. I will show you how….

Flex trick: using Flash Resource Manager for reading the documentation

As said in my previous post, i would go into more detail on Flex development. Here is a nice trick that can speed up development, using Mike Chambers Flash Resource Manager. It’s such a nifty tool, i’ve been using it all the time since it came out. If you’re not using it, now is a good excuse to install it ( requires .NET runtime ).

I will show you how you can use the Flex HTML documentation within Flash Resource Manager so you don’t need to have a browser open or print out the PDF, which will save you a tree and thus give you good karma! 😉

Please note that this trick is not new, in fact it is already noted on the FRM page, but i’ll give you a quick HOWTO including screenshots and hey, it’s a nice starting point for my trick series.