Specifications

343ADOBE FLEX 3
Building and Deploying Adobe Flex 3 Applications
Versions and requirements
The compiler module comes in the following versions:
• Flex 3 compiler ISAPI filter for Windows (EXE)
• Flex 3 compiler module for Apache for Windows (EXE)
• Flex 3 compiler module for Apache for Macintosh (ZIP)
• Flex 3 compiler module for Apache for Linux and other platforms (ZIP)
The Windows and Macintosh installers include the Flex SDK and the required JRE. The Linux installer requires
that you install the following separately:
• Flex SDK 2.0.1 or later
• JRE 1.4.2 or later
All of these versions require one of the following web servers:
• Apache 1.x/2.x (Windows, MacOS, or Linux)
• IIS version 5.1, 6, or 7 (Windows)
Installing the web-tier compiler
To install the compiler module, run the appropriate installer. The installer prompts you for the locations of various
assets, including:
• Where to install the compiler module and SDK — The installer installs the Flex SDK and the compiler
module. This document refers to this location as module_install_dir. On Windows, the default location is
c:\Program Files\flex_sdk. On MacOS, the default location is /Applications/flex_sdk.
• (Apache) Configuration files — The location of your Apache configuration files. This is not the document
root of the web server, but rather the location of the web server’s configuration files. For Apache on Windows XP,
the default location is C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf.
• Web server root — The location of your web server root. This is the document root of the web server. For IIS
on Windows XP, the default location is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. For Apache on Window XP, the default location is
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs.
Linux users must use manual installation. The manual installation download does not include the SDK or JRE.
For more information, see the readme file that is included in the download.
The compiler module installation sets the JAVA_HOME environment variable, if it is not already set. If it is set, then
the compiler module verifies that the JRE version to which that variable points is supported by the module.
Verifying the installation
To verify that the web-tier compiler installation was successful, see “Using the web-tier compiler” on page 344.