First of all, what *is* the Flex Component Kit, you may be asking yourself. If you havent tried the kit before, the Flex Component Kit (or the semi-awkwardly initialled ‘FCK’) was first released on Adobe Labs for Flex Builder 2.0.1 (see “Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3“) in April of 2007. It allowed developers to
“create interactive, animated content in Flash, and use it in Flex as a Flex component” (to quote the previously mentioned Adobe Labs page). To use the kit, all you needed was Flash CS3, Flex Builder 2.0.1 (or Flex 2.0.1 SDK), the Adobe Extension Manager 1.8 (which I believe should get installed when you installed Flash CS3) and a Flex 2.0.1 patch for CS3 Compatibility.
Well, with Flex Builder 3 (or Flex 3 SDK), the set up is a bit simpler as the Flash extension files (the MXP) are shipped with the Flex SDK, and you no longer need the patch for CS3 compatibility. Simply download the latest Flex 3 SDK, extract, and double-click the MXP file to install the Flash extension.
Full details after the jump.
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