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Manually install the Alpha plugin(quick fix)

By ⋅ May 23, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve received a few comments about people have difficulty installing the alpha plugin (luckily very few issues), so I’ve added a link to a zip file that contains everything you need to get started.

If you’re having trouble with the update site, download the alpha plugin zip file and follow the installation directions contained in the zip file. Please let me know if anyone is still having trouble.

If you missed the alpha plugin completely, here’s the post and here’s the install link

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  1. Hi David,

    That solves the problem, thanks. Do you know the reason behind this installation issue?

    Great plugin btw! : )

    PD: Do you plan to release the source?

    Posted by Carlos Rovira | May 23, 2006, 1:56 pm

  2. I don’t know the reason behind the installation issue, but i’ll look into it when i get a chance. As for the source, I’ll most likely release some example code for a quickfix, perhaps the remove import behavior, in a few days or so once things slow down here. Glad you like the plugin!

    Posted by david.z | May 23, 2006, 2:16 pm

  3. problem fixed. Thanks David.

    But i still want to know why it didn’t work before. I successfully installed the quick fix on my computer at work through URL. but couldn’t do the same thing at home. I had to use the zip file to install the quick fix at home. both computers are running the same version of flex 2b3.

    but it worked anyways.

    Please make a post after you figure out why. I’m pretty curious.

    Thanks.

    Posted by Larry | May 24, 2006, 4:47 am

  4. Hi,

    I follow your installation note but still not works for me.
    Don’t really understand…I put the two files in their dedicated directories in eclipse and restart eclipse with -clean parameter to force it to reload all plugins.

    Bad luck, this extension seems to be great. I will make others tests.

    Thanks anymore.

    Posted by dougi | May 24, 2006, 4:50 am

  5. Dougi -

    What version of eclipse are you using, and which version of Flex Builder beta 3 are you using? The plugin only works with beta 3 but supports the same version of eclipse as Flex Builder. Also, check Help > About Eclipse/Flex Builder > Plugin Details to double check that the plugins really aren’t installed. Feel free to e-mail me at alpha at [this domain] dot com if you’d prefer. Thanks!

    Posted by david.z | May 24, 2006, 8:27 am

  6. David,

    I can confirm that the plugin is installed and active. That ‘s why i think that an other plugin can interfere with it like perhaps fdt. I have send u by mail my current configuration and a list of all the plugins installed.

    Thanks

    Posted by dougi | May 25, 2006, 11:37 pm