It is now more difficult to find Flex Builder 3 download. I just got a new laptop and wanted to install Flex Builder 3 because I am still working with projects that are based on it. Searched all over for the official download but had to hit a 3rd party site that referenced the link below.
Still works at the time of this post (6/14/10): http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flex/flex_builder/FB3_win.exe
Adobe is making it difficult to find past versions of Flex Builder as they want you to upgrade to Flash Builder 4.
UPDATE (11/13/10):
Thank you Steven. A link to the Mac version follows: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flex/flex_builder/FB3_mac.dmg
36 Comments on “Flex Builder 3 Download – Where’s the link?”
Hey thanks a lot !! Have been lookin all over for this 🙂 My PC may not be able t handle FlashBuilder 4 so I had been lookin for FB 3… Thanks again!
Can anyone please share the trial license…i am not able to find one on the internet
By the way, FB 4 includes both SDK 4 and 3. Therefore if you are looking for FB 3, download FB 4 and point the SDK to 3.5 in eclipse.
I have a link on my blog for a good Adobe tutorial for running FB 4 using the Flex 3 SDK (also references this article, and a download link for old Flex 3 SDK versions)
http://bishoponvsto.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/problem-finding-and-downloading-flex-builder-3-and-flex-3-sdks/
thnx a lot.. i had been searching for this link from last 4 days. and was just about to quit my search when i found your post.. i thank u from the bottom of my heart for posting this.. and yes, this link is still working
thanks mate, you saved my day… the link is still working….
and for the mac version hit: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flex/flex_builder/FB3_mac.dmg
Thanks a lot.
thanks a lot, keep the link live as much as possible… 🙂
hey thanks a lot.. Was searching for the link from past 2 days. I dont understand why Adobe does not give support to download older versions. Thanks again
Tanks a lot, I’ve looked for it so much times and without result.
Hi, does anyone knows the Mac plugin version URL ? Or can anyone share where I could download it ? Thanks in advance !
Download the mac plugin here: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flex/eclipse_plugin/FB3_WWEJ_Plugin.dmg
the link works. really helpful
thx 4 this
Thanks a lot for the link. I didnt get it in Adobe’s site.
Thanks alot.
Thanks a lot. This is something Adobe should do as a part
of supporting a customer base.(Curse them, for they don’t). But you
have saved a lot of sweat for me! Thanks, again.
Thanks a lot guy!!!!
Hey Thanks,
I had been keeping a install file around for the past couple of years on an ftp, and it turns out I had deleted it. This is great.
Anyone know if there is a link for the Flex Builder 3 plugin for Eclipse at the same site?
-Simon
Disregard my previous comment folks. The 3.0.2 plugin for eclipse is still available via Adobe. See the following link to an Adobe forum question about it and follow the link in the response. You have to sign in with an Adobe id.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/658299
I hope this helps somebody out.
-Simon
thanks mate…..
finallly get the link FLEX Builder 3
thank’s brother..
Thank you. I was in search for this for a client who want to do some code analysis of ours.
We gave them the code and the Flash Builder 4 link, but he still wants to open it in Flex Builder 3 to see the same way as we do.
This saved me.
We’re very glad this is helping folks.
@Sumit: That’s an excellent example of a very relevant reason people still want access to Flex Builder 3.
April 3 and still works, thanks you saved my life!!
thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot. I hope the downgrade to FlexBuilder 3 will fix my issue, with the web dynpro stuff.
Thank you
I was searching FB3 from last few.
Thank you – download is still working which also is a 60 day trial.
You may find the example Flex Builder 3 downloads at http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/Flex/Download+Projects
Thanks. But will I be able to install this on MACOSX 10.7.2 ?
I’ve downloaded from another site, but when trying to install it I get an error message stating that it’s only compatible with PPC.
I got a MacBook Pro, early 2011 (Intel Core i7)
Thanks a lot!
I have a question, hope someone can help me. I’ve got a project developed using Flex Builder 3 for Windows. The app uses some simple PHP files to access a MySQL database.
Now I want to know if I can use FLASH BUILDER 4.6 to continue building this project, but I don’t want to rewrite all the code, nor change components used.
Is this possible? Is it enough to change the SDK and use version 3.5 ??
Thanks
Hey Santiago,
You should be able to compile with 3.5 sdk using Flash Builder. It is a much bigger process to migrate the project to 4.0
This is a link I’ve found useful in the past when compiling Flex 3 projects in Flash Builder.
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+4+Backwards+Compatability
Thanks a lot..It worked
Thanks!