Flex advanced data visualization components now part of the FREE open source Flex SDK!

I just wanted to blog about an announcement I made at the 360Flex San Jose keynote on Monday morning. I announced that currently, the advanced data visualization components (Advanced DataGrid, OLAP DataGrid and all the charting components and libraries) are now part of the free open source Flex SDK offering! No longer do you need a Flash Builder Professional license to use those components - they are now part of the standard SDK offering. So go forth and code!

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Title: Flex advanced data visualization components now part of the FREE open source Flex SDK!

Published:: 12.03.10

Category:: Flex 4, Open Source, Gumbo, Flex

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creacog 12.03.10.10 / 12pm

So just one Flash Builder? Or will there be something else to differentiate Fb standard from Fb professional?
Deepa Subramaniam 12.03.10.10 / 1pm

There has been no change to the Flex Builder 3 product packaging - you still have Flex Builder 3 Standard and Flex Builder 3 Professional. However, now the advanced data visualization components are now in the free, open source Flex SDK. This means you do not need to use FB 3 Professional to access and use those components.
AdvancedDataGrid, Charting et OLAPDataGrid (datavisualization.swc) enfin GRATUIT! - Adobe Flex Tutorial - Tutoriaux Flex Builder, MXML, ActionScript, AS3 12.03.10.10 / 2pm

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Adobe Flex Tutorial 12.03.10.10 / 3pm

Great news!
I’ve just shared it with my french readers:
AdvancedDataGrid, Charting et OLAPDataGrid (datavisualization.swc) enfin GRATUIT!

Cheers,
Fabien
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Tigran Najaryan 13.03.10.10 / 8am

What about automation framework? Is it also now part of open source Flex SDK or still only available in Flash Builder Pro?
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Robert 01.04.10.10 / 12pm

Deepa - great to meet you at 360|Flex!! Welcome to the new role!!

Don’t know if you can help…but I installed the Flash Builder 4 plugin (trial license) and cannot access the datavisualization source - even though it looks like it is there under the proper /sdks directory. Is it because I don’t have a real license yet?
Robert 01.04.10.10 / 1pm

Sorry Deepa - I should have indicated that I’m using the packaged 3.5 SDK with the FB4 plug-in. I can access the datavisualization source if I have my preferences set to use the Flex 4 SDK, but when using the 3.5 SDK it errors saying that it can’t find the source. If I need to extract the source, as I have done before using FB3, I can do so - but, it looks like the source is already there.
Rajan 07.04.10.10 / 3pm

Hi

I am using the open source flex sdk build Version 3.4.0 build 9271 . At the same time i am using flexlib.swc from google code base. the flexlib.swc requires access to charting compoenents classes. The charting classes are normally in datavisualization.swc. This file is missing from open source. how can i create this file or from where can i get it.

Thanks
ilikeflex
David 19.04.10.10 / 3pm

Anyone know where to find datavisualization.swc?
Ananth Neel 08.05.10.10 / 5pm

Hi David,
You can get flex data visualization framework as well as Automation framework from
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3sdk

See the second and third download button link just bellow 3.5 SDK link.

Thanks,
Ananth.

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My name is Deepa Subramaniam and I am the Flex SDK Product Manager. Prior to being a Product Manager, I was a Lead Computer Scientist on the Flex team at Adobe. I worked primarily on FXG, data-aware controls, and general Spark and MX architecture design. I am a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science. I am also the author of Adobe Flex 3.0 for Dummies, which you can purchase on Amazon.com and other book retail sites. Aside from Flex, I’m a professionally trained South Indian classical dancer and played on a championship adult kickball team. I live in San Francisco and can be seen biking around and giggling to myself.

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