Updating the Flex Builder 3 Plugin for Eclipse

I wanted to spend some time this morning updating my FB3 plugin for Eclipse to the release version and had grown accustomed to the previous upgrade process:

1. Download your DMG
2. Install to /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder 3 Plug-in
3. Go grab some coffee

Well, it's not that simple anymore it seems. Take a look @ this doc that outlines the install process for OSX. Followed those instructions using a fresh DMG downloaded last night to no avail. All I ended up with was the standalone installed inside of my Eclipse folder...not cool.

I didn't want to spend time trying to make the two talk, nor did I want to do extensive googling looking for developers in a similar situation. So here's what I did to rectify the situation:

1. Re-launched the DMG (installer)
2. Installed to /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder 3 Plug-in/Adobe Flex Builder 3
3. Go grab some coffee

Once install was complete, I moved the following folders and files up to /Adobe Flex Builder 3 Plug-in:

• AMT
• Eclipse_FlexBuilder_code_readme.htm
• FlexSDKShellScript.sh
• install.support
• installers
• license_ja.htm
• license.htm
• Player
• readme.html
• sdks

And, I moved the features and plugins folders in Adobe Flex Builder 3 up to /Adobe Flex Builder 3 Plug-in/eclipse. After that, I re-launched Eclipse and viola, all was good again. The plugin even sniffed the license entered in the standalone version so I didn't have to re-type. Hopefully this will benefit anyone finding themselves in a similar situation...

PS - one other change I had to make was in Eclipse -> Preferences -> Flex -> Installed SDKs. There, I just shortened the path to /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder 3 Plug-in/sdks/3.0.0. I did the same thing for 2.0.1 and went back to coding...