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SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
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Java SDK 1.6 or greater (* 1) JAVA_HOME
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(for Java 1.7 see note at (* 2))
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Java SDK 1.8 or greater (* 1) JAVA_HOME
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Ant 1.7.1 or greater (* 1) ANT_HOME
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(for Java 1.7 see note at (* 2))
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Ant 1.8 or greater (* 1) ANT_HOME
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Adobe AIR Integration Kit (* 3) AIR_HOME
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Adobe AIR Integration Kit (* 2) AIR_HOME
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Adobe Flash Player Content Debugger (* 4) FLASHPLAYER_DEBUGGER
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Adobe Flash Player Content Debugger (* 3) FLASHPLAYER_DEBUGGER
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Adobe Flash Player playerglobal swcs (* 5) PLAYERGLOBAL_HOME
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Adobe Flash Player playerglobal swcs (* 4) PLAYERGLOBAL_HOME
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Optional: Text Layout Framework (* 6) TLF_HOME
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Optional: Text Layout Framework (* 5) TLF_HOME
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Optional: Adobe Extension Manager CS5 (* 7) ADOBE_EXTENSION_MANAGER
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Optional: Adobe Extension Manager CS5 (* 6) ADOBE_EXTENSION_MANAGER
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Optional: Flex Messaging Common (* 8) BLAZEDS_HOME
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Optional: Flex Messaging Common (* 7) BLAZEDS_HOME
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Java Cryptography Extensions
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(see note (*9))
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(see note (*8))
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On Linux make sure your path includes ANT_HOME and JAVA_HOME.
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If you are using Java SDK 1.7 or greater on a Mac you must use Ant 1.8 or
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greater. If you use Java 1.7 with Ant 1.7, ant reports the java version as
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1.6 so the JVM args for the data model (-d32/-d64) will not be set correctly
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and you will get compile errors.
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The Adobe AIR integration kit for Windows can be downloaded from:
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http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/win/download/20.0/AdobeAIRSDK.zip
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https://airdownload.adobe.com/air/win/download/32.0/AdobeAIRSDK.zip
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The Adobe AIR integration kit for Mac can be downloaded from:
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http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/mac/download/20.0/AdobeAIRSDK.tbz2
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The Adobe AIR integration kit for Linux can be downloaded from:
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https://airdownload.adobe.com/air/mac/download/32.0/AdobeAIRSDK.dmg
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http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/2.6/AdobeAIRSDK.tbz2
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The Adobe AIR integration kit for Linux is no longer available from Adobe.
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Download the AIR SDK for your platform and unzip it. Set AIR_HOME to the
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and is compatible with version 3.1 and up. It has been fully tested on AIR 3.7,
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The Adobe Flash Player content debuggers can be found here:
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http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
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- Windows: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashplayer_32_sa_debug.exe
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- Mac: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashplayer_32_sa_debug.dmg
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- Linux: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flash_player_sa_linux_debug.x86_64.tar.gz
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This version of the Apache Flex SDK was certified for use with Adobe Flash
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Player 11.1, and is compatible with version 10.2 and up. It has been tested
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The Adobe Flash Player playerglobal.swc for 11.1 can be downloaded from:
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The Adobe Flash Player playerglobal.swc for 32.0 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/playerglobal11_1.swc
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https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/32/playerglobal32_0.swc
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Set PLAYERGLOBAL_HOME to the absolute path of the player directory (not
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The build scripts assume that the root folder containing the source code for
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Apache Flex Text Layout Framework ('flex-tlf') is at the same level as the SDK
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The Adobe Extension Manager is only required for those creating releases or
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The Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE) Unlimited Strength jars are needed in
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http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/playerglobal/playerglobal10_2.swc
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