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Removing Expired FlexBuilder

Posted At : August 24, 2006 12:29 PM | Posted By : Doug Boude
Related Categories: ColdFusion, Eclipse

Many of us have tried (or at least downloaded and installed) FlexBuilder, the trial version. For those of us who use Eclipse for other things besides Flex and never bothered to actually purchase FlexBuilder, we may find ourselves with a now expired plugin that tends to pop up now and then asking us to enter our serial number. No big deal really, only a minor annoyance. Except for today when I tried to open a CSS file.

I'm not even in the FlexBuilder perspective, but apparently the CSS extension had somehow been associated with FlexBuilder, so now instead of seeing my file open up in all its glory, I am prompted to purchase the product. I tell FlexBuilder "No thanks", but am unable to open my CSS file. So then, the point of this whole post: How to remove the FlexBuilder plugin from Eclipse.

Fortunately it's a very simple process.

  1. Close Eclipse
  2. Go to the "plugins" directory of your Eclipse installation
  3. Sort the Plugins directory entries by name so that all of the FlexBuilder items are together. Highlight them all and send them to Windows Purgatory.
  4. Now go to the "features" directory of your Eclipse installation
  5. highlight and delete all of the Flexbuilder entries there
  6. Restart Eclipse

All finished!

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Eclipse Plugin for Javascript and CSS

Posted At : August 24, 2006 12:24 PM | Posted By : Doug Boude
Related Categories: Eclipse, ColdFusion

Aptana is an Eclipse plugin that came to me highly recommended by a peer (Doug Sims) and has proven itself to be a real assett to me as well. What does it do? Only provide code assist with both Javascript and CSS files! Another VERY COOL thing it does within the code assist is provide visual indicators of which CSS and Javascript attributes are IE and/or Firefox compatible, something that is a constant plague to those trying to maintain cross-browser compatibility.

Visit Aptana.com and click the "Download Aptana Plugin" link on the right hand side of the page for instructions on how to install.

One caveat of this plugin is that it's code assist feature is only available when working with .JS or .CSS files...inline css or javascript, well, you're on your own.

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