At the time of this writing, these extensions are available from the Adobe Labs site: http://labs.
adobe.com/downloads/flex_sdext.html. These extensions can also be found with the files for this
chapter in the code download for this book at www.friendsofed.com. To install the extensions, double-
click on the .mxp file. This will open the Extension Manager and install the extension. Read and
accept the disclaimer to complete the installation.
1. Install the Flex Skin Design Extensions for Flash.
The other extension that is important to install is the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 (also referred to
as the Flash Integration Kit). This extension allows you to create Flex components from Flash MovieClips.
The Flash Component Kit ships with Flex 3 and can be found in the /frameworks/flash-integration/
folder under the file name FlexComponentKit.mxp.
2. Install the Flex Component Kit.
3. You can now close the Extension Manager.
If Flash was open when you were installing the extensions, it will need to be restarted.
Creating Flex skins in Flash
It is not surprising that Flash is very effective at creating Flex skins. After all, Flash and Flex speak the
same underlying technology (ActionScript 3.0), but Flash is designed to be more of a graphics and animation
tool than Flex. By installing the Flex Skin Design Extension, we have installed a set of templates
into Flash CS3 that aid us in creating Flex skins.
1. Open Flash CS3 and select Flex Skins on the Welcome screen (Figure 6-1).
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