After using Flash Builder for a log time I think everyone has a lot of custom settings for the workspace they use so whenever you put a fresh OS or just reinstall Flash Builder first think you do is setting up the workspace and I think everyone has his own special thinks to setup. Me for example I install subclipse, setup some custom key shorcuts, edit some perspectives and much more but I think the most useful plugin and a plugin that all of my colleagues use is Flex Formatter, this plugin it’s a must and I install this all the time, again and again and they do the same.

So because of this, most of the time people ask me: From where to download Flex Formatter ? How do I install Flex Formatter ? Can I share my format settings ? so I decided to write the answer to all this questions in a blog article.

From where to download Flex Formatter ?

Answer: You can download a .zip of Flex Formatter from : http://sourceforge.net/projects/flexformatter/

How do I install Flex Formatter ?

Answer: After you have download the .zip  archive all you have to do is to copy all the three .jar files from the archive in the Adobe Flash Builder plugins directory. For example in my case I had to copy the three files here “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4\plugins\“.

Can I share my format settings ?

Answer: Yes
The formatting settings I use is :  format.properties