I Really wanna know why adobe don’t upgrade 4.7 anymore -----Original Message----- From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:jef...@dot-com-it.com] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 7:22 PM To: users@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: IDE upgrade options
On 4/28/2014 8:52 PM, Adam Malejko wrote: > Long time Flex developer and lurker; never posted - never needed to. > > I finally got the go-ahead to upgrade to Flash Builder 4.7 premium a > little while ago, along with upgrading to the latest Apache Flex SDK. > Little did I know that the Flash Builder upgrade was not technically > possible. I have v3 and v4.5 premium keys (yet use v4.6), but no v4 > premium or v4.5 standard key which would technically work to upgrade from. > > So after chatting and talking to Adobe representatives, I believe it's > time to look at my options. > > 1) Does anyone know how I can possibly upgrade to v4.7 without having > to buy the full $699 v4.7 license? $49 to upgrade from v4 sounds > great! Even > $499 isn't terrible, but after sticking with them for this long I am > being forced to buy the full version for $699? Really? In the buying > guide [1], you see that "n/a" in there? That's me. SOL. Flash Builder 4.7 used to be a complimentary upgrade from 4.5/4.6 ( http://www.adobe.com/store/en_us/popup/offer/flashbuilder47_upgade.html ) but it looks like they discontinued that. How odd. I bet that is the reason you can't upgrade from 4.5 premium to 4.7 premium on their web site. They discontinued one thing w/o adding an option. > 2) I've used Flash Builder for many years now and haven't really > looked at the other options until recently. How do IntelliJ IDEA, FDT > and Flashdevelop compare from a developers perspective? I'm only > starting to write mobile apps which triggered the update from the Adobe SDK. I love IntelliJ. Although, I have never used it for Flex/Flash. But, it is great for HTML stuff and for other stuff. > 3) Should I just install the Apache Flex SDK in Flash Builder 4.6? Will > that work for mobile apps? I have used Apache Flex w/ Flash Builder w/o issues. It hink there was a minor issue fixed in 4.7 that had to do with files moving from html-template to bin-debug. -- Jeffry Houser Technical Entrepreneur http://www.jeffryhouser.com 203-379-0773
