Client based Flex Viewer?

Question

Is there a way to build applications using Flex Viewer outside of the installation on our server? For example, a client based version that can connect and update the program that is installed on the server?

Also, is there a repository of available custom/standard widgets, other than what comes in the Flex package?

Thanks,

Mat

RobertScheitlin__GISP · Answer

Mat,

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MathewSuran · Answer

Bummer, something like an IDE (Eclipse) would be great.  That's what I use for web development and building Javascript apps.  Since Flex is a out-of-box program that requires little to no programming, I don't know how this would work to get up and running.

Does anyone else use or know of a different method?  I find it hard to believe that in today's day and age, someone hasn't come up with a better way to do this.

RobertScheitlin__GISP · Answer

Mat,

Sure that is the workflow that I use all the time. I build an app on my development laptop that has IIS (sometimes using App Builder most of the time compiling the viewers source in Flash Builder) then when I am happy with the app I take all the files and move them to my deployment machine (Manually though). There is not a means that I can think of to automatically deploy to your production server.