Which Flex SDK should I download?

Report · Mar 03, 2008

Someone once told me that the Flex SDK contains a tool to extract Javadoc comments from your Actionscript and create auto-generated documentation for your code. I was looking here:
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Downloads

I'm not sure which SDK to download. Any tips/hints from folks in the know?

Report · Mar 03, 2008

Sounds like a feature that would only be available for the full, paid version - Flex Builder 3. If it is available in the SDK, then you'd probably want the "Free SDK" at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_sdk

Report · Mar 03, 2008

I believe you're looking for ASDoc. It's in the Flex SDK (2.01 and 3.0).

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/asdoc_127_1.html#121714

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=asdoc_9.html

Report · Mar 03, 2008

James, that link you posted has what appears to be a free option (the 2nd one). Is that right? It specifically mentions ASDoc so if it is free that's definitely what I want.

Raymond - thanks again. ASDoc appears to be exactly what I'm looking for. In typical Adobe style, the docs leave a lot to be desired. It says "ASDoc is a command-line tool that you can use to create API language reference documentation as HTML pages from the classes in your Adobe® Flex® application" and then it declines to indicate whether it is Windows or Linux or whatever. I am inferring from context it is a windows tool.

That link I posted has 3 variants, the first of which is james' link and is labeled 'Free Adobe Flex SDK'. Not sure how that differs from the 'Open Source Flex SDK' or the 'Adobe Add-ons for Open Source Flex SDK'. *sigh*.

Report · Mar 04, 2008

You'd want the "Free SDK". That is the second link at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_sdk and its free. Adobe seem to be making it difficult to get to this, advertising the paid version, but this is the option you'd want.

Report · Mar 04, 2008

Interestingly enough, *for the moment* that link seems to be for the Flex 2
SDK, not Flex 3:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flex/sdk/flex2_sdk_hf1.zip

I imagine someone at Adobe will get around to fixing that. :)