*** Installing the Adobe Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional

Use the Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional to create Flex controls, containers, skins, and other assets for in Flash CS4 Professional, and then import those assets into your Flex application. Before you can create Flex components in Flash Professional, you must install the Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional. 

For more information, see "Importing Flash CS3 Assets into Flex" in the Flex Developer's Guide at http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_flex3. 


** System Requirements for the Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional

Your system must meet the following requirements to install the Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional:

- Flex 3+

- Flash Player 10

- Flash CS4 Professional+

- Adobe Extension Manager 1.8 or later. You can download the Extension Manager from http://www.adobe.com/exchange/em_download/.



** Installation procedure for the Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional

Use the following procedure to install the Flex Component Kit for Flash Professional.

1. Install Flex.

2. Change the directory to install_dir/frameworks/flash-integration.

3. Double-click the FlexComponentKit.mxp file to install the necessary files in Flash Professional.

The FlexComponentKit.mxp file installs the SWC file that contains the classes necessary to create assets compatible with Flex, and adds the 'Convert Symbol to Flex Component' and 'Convert Symbol to Flex Container' options to the Flash Professional Command menu.