Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Bible- P2: When Macromedia first released Flash MX in 2002, the product was branded as the new way to build Rich Internet Applications (known by the acronym RIA). The term was invented at Macromedia to describe a new class of applications that would offer the benefits of being connected to the Internet, including access to various types of Web-based services, but would solve many of the nagging issues that had been inherent in browser-based applications since the mid-1990s | Chapter 1 About Flex 4 Understanding Flash Player penetration statistics One of the attractions of Flash Player is its nearly ubiquitous penetration rate in the Web. Each new version of Flash Player has achieved a faster rate of installation growth than each version before it version 9 is no different. As of December 2009 according to statistics published on Adobe s Web site the penetration rate for Flash Player versions 7 8 and 9 was 98 percent or greater including in emerging markets and Flash Player 10 already had a penetration rate of 93 percent or greater. Of course these rates change periodically for the most recent Flash Player penetration rates visit products player_census flashplayer Penetration rates are important to organizations that are deciding whether to build applications in Flex because the availability of Flash Player 10 required to run the most recently published Flex applications and Flash documents determines whether a Flex application will open cleanly or require the user to install or upgrade the Player prior to running the application. If a user needs to install the Flash Player however there are many ways to get the job done. Using the debug version of Flash Player The debug version of Flash Player differs from the production version in a number of ways. As I describe in the following section you can install the debug version of the Flash Player from installers that are provided with Flex Builder 4 and the Flex 4 SDK. The debug version of Flash Player includes these features Integration with fdb the command-line debugger that s included with the Flex SDK Capability to process and report logging messages issued with the trace function Integration with Flash Builder debugging tools such as breakpoints Other debugging tools To ensure that you re running the Flash Debug Player navigate to this Web page in any browser that you think has the Flash Player installed go tn_19245 As shown in Figure you should see a .
