Client based Flex Viewer?

[MathewSuran]

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]

Matthew,

   I am not 100% sure I understand your question but it sounds like you are looking for something like Application Builder

As far as a list of custom widgets... Sort of...

http://www.arcgis.com/home/search.html?q=flex widgets

[MathewSuran]

Awesome resource for the widgets, thanks.  Didn't even think to do a simple search. 

To clarify the first question, I have installed Appbuilder on our IIS Server.  Since the server is not my primary machine, I have to remote in to use the program.  This would be fine for the occasional maintenance/config but to actually build the applications through remote is an inconvenience.  Maybe I missed something, but is there a way to allow me to build apps on my machine (not the server) and then transfer them over to the Viewer on the server?

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

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.

[MathewSuran]

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]

Mat,

  In GeoNet if you are still looking for an answer but found that some of the reply are helpful than you can mark them as helpful. Here is how: on each reply there is an actions menu link, click that and you will see an "Mark As Helpful" option. Thanks