Tour de Flex is a desktop application for exploring Flex capabilities and resources, including the core Flex components, Adobe AIR and data integration, as well as a variety of third-party components, effects, skins, and more.
Download is approx 50MB
Manual install – download the AIR file directory from here
Tour de Flex runs on Adobe AIR on Windows, Mac OS and Linux
User Guide (PDF)
Tour de Flex has three primary purposes:
Provide non-Flex developers with a good overview of what is possible in Flex in a “look and see” environment
Provide Flex developers with an illustrated reference tool
Provide commercial and non-commercial Flex developers a place to showcase their work
Tour de Flex includes over 200 runnable samples, each with source code, links to documentation, and other details. Topics include the Flex Core Components, Flex Data Access, AIR Desktop Capabilities, Cloud APIs, Data Visualization, Mapping, and a growing collection of custom components, effects, skins, etc.
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Tour de Flex Eclipse Plugin
An Eclipse plugin is available that provides a search interface to the 200+ samples in Tour de Flex. Search by component name, tag or author and double-click any item in the results to immediately see the component in Tour de Flex.
To install the plugin, add the following URL to your Eclipse software update sites: http://tourdeflex.adobe.com/eclipse. Once installed, a new Tour de Flex view is available to add. The plugin has been tested with Eclipse 3.4 and with Flex Builder 3.x.
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Showcasing your Flex work in Tour de Flex
One of the objectives of Tour de Flex is to provide a place for developers to showcase their work. We are always looking for new samples to add.
To have your work included in Tour de Flex, follow these steps:
Create demos of your work that look good within the Tour de Flex size constraints (663×246 when not expanded)
Arrange to have all assets hosted
Convert the source code to a color HTML document. You can use Flex Builder’s “View Source” feature to generate the HTML files.
Complete the sample submission form.
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Support
If you have suggestions for Tour de Flex or wish to report a bug, please post to the Flex Forum at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_forums
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