Key features of Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com include:

• Professional Eclipse-based IDE, unifying Adobe Flash Builder and the Force.com IDE into a highly productive environment for building any kind of Force.com app
• Online and offline data synchronization and management powered by Adobe® LiveCycle® Data Services
• A conflict resolution service
• A local data store for off line support
• Data visualizations including built-in interactive charting and animation components capable of processing large data sets
• Powerful user interface capabilities with over one hundred easily customized, reusable components, including access to motion graphics, drag and drop capabilities and more
• Ability to develop once and deploy in/out of the browser

Giving users the ability to navigate, visualize and interact with information in an easy, intuitive way is increasingly becoming a requirement for business applications as much as for the consumer web. Now that you’ve built your enterprise application on Force.com, you want to provide a rich experience for your users that works the way they do and helps optimize productivity and satisfaction.

Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com lets you do this by:

• Adding rich data visualization like graphic charts to existing application screens to help users easily understand and analyze important customer, financial, or other business data.
• Creating new application screens that aggregate and display only the data that different types of users need to see, and that allow users to interact with the data in highly visual, streamlined ways so they can do more work faster.
• Creating highly interactive user interfaces with drag-and-drop capabilities for use cases like e-commerce shopping carts, factory shift scheduling or conference agenda building.

To download:

1. Click Download and fill out the form.
2. After registering, download the ZIP.
3. Follow the instructions in the Installation PDF to install all components.

The files installed into the environment include:

1. Eclipse
2. Adobe Flash Builder 4 Premium *
3. Adobe LiveCycle Data Services client-side data management and offline libraries *

* For the Developer Preview, Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com includes a beta version of Adobe Flash Builder 4 Premium and Adobe LiveCycle Data Services client-side libraries. Expected final delivery of Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com, including the production release versions of Adobe Flash Builder 4 Premium and LiveCycle Data Services client-side libraries, is in the first half of 2010.

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The following resources will get you up and running with Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com.

Getting Started

• View a demo of building a simple application
• Do the Building a Desktop Client for the Cloud tutorial

Documentation

• Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com Developer Guide
• Language Reference for Stratus Framework
• Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com FAQ
• Resolving Data Conflicts and Errors in Force.com Stratus Apps Tip Sheet
• Understand the Architecture of Applications Built with Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com

Check out these other resources that may be of interest:

• The Adobe Flash Builder 4 beta web site provides many additional resources such as technical documentation, training materials, video tutorials and forums to help you get started using Adobe Flash Builder.
• See the Adobe Developer Connection page dedicated to the Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com.
• Learn about Flex at Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex
• View the Adobe AIR 1.5 documentation

Use the following resources for help and support:

• Access help on the Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com Discussion Board
• Post feature requests and bug reports to Ideas