Installing JavaFX 1.3 Production Suite

Production Suite needs to be installed if you plan to export graphics from Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop or SVG graphics. Production Suite contains the following tools and aids:

Production Suite Component	Description
JavaFX Plugin for Adobe Illustrator	An Adobe Illustrator plugin, which enables export to JavaFX format. There are plugins for Adobe Illustrator CS3 and CS4.
JavaFX Plugin for Adobe Photoshop	An Adobe Photoshop plugin, which enables export to JavaFX format. There are plugins for Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4.
JavaFX Media Factory	Media Factory contains two tools: JavaFX Graphics Viewer: Displays any JavaFX-format graphic SVG Converter: Converts files from SVG format to JavaFX format
Production Suite Help	Online help for all of the Production Suite tools. To access the help, open index.html in the /Help folder in the Production Suite installation directory.
Samples	Sample applications that you can try. Each sample contains Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop artwork, a project file that you can open in the NetBeans IDE for JavaFX, and all other source files required to compile and run the application. To access a list of the samples and descriptions, open index.html in the /Samples folder in the Production Suite installation directory.

The libraries, Javadoc tools, and API documentation for Production Suite are included with the JavaFX SDK.

Note: You must uninstall any previous version of Production Suite and Project Nile before installing a new version. See the instructions for uninstalling at the end of this document.

1. Download the JavaFX Production Suite installer file for Microsoft Windows (an EXE extension) or Macintosh OS X (a DMG extension).
   
   
2. Double-click the EXE or DMG file to run the installer. For Mac OS X, double-click the open-box icon that appears after you start the installer.
   
   
3. Complete the steps in the installation wizard.
   
   
4. Note the default installation location:
   
   
   • For Windows - C:\Program Files\JavaFX\Production Suite
   • For Mac OS X - Macintosh HD/Applications/JavaFX Production Suite

If you already have Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop CS3 or CS4 installed when you install JavaFX Production Suite, the plugins are installed automatically. Use the following procedure only if you install or reinstall an Adobe product after Production Suite has been installed.

Note: Plugins are only installed automatically for CS3 and CS4 versions of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The CS4 plugins can be installed manually into the Adobe CS5 products and might work, but that configuration is not supported.

1. Navigate to the JavaFX Production Suite installation directory:
   
   
   • For Windows - C:\Program Files\JavaFX\Production Suite
   • For Mac OS X - Macintosh HD/Applications/JavaFX Production Suite
2. Open the JavaFX Plugin folder that corresponds to the Adobe product and version you have installed. Manually copy the plugin file or folder from the JavaFX plugin directory to the correct Adobe installation subdirectory, as described in the following table.

To uninstall Production Suite on a Windows operating system:

1. Open Control Panel
   
   
2. Select Add or Remove Programs.
   
   
3. Select JavaFX Production Suite or Project NIle.
   
   
4. Click Remove.

To uninstall Production Suite on a Mac OS X operating system:

1. Navigate to the JavaFX Production Suite installation folder.
   
   By default the path is Macintosh HD/Applications/JavaFX Production Suite.
   
   
2. Drag the JavaFX Production Suite icon to the Trash.
   
   
3. Manually delete the plugins for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, if they are installed, by dragging them to the Trash.
   
   
   • In the Adobe Illustrator installation folder, the path is Plug-Ins/Illustrator Formats/AI2JavaFX.aip
   • In the Adobe Photoshop installation folder, there are two files: Plug-ins/Import-Export/PS2JavaFX.plugin and Plug-ins/Automate/PS2JavaFXA.plugin.
   
   Note: If you have both CS3 and CS4 installed for Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop, check both versions for the plugin.
   
   
4. Manually delete one of the following folders, depending on the version you are uninstalling:
   
   
   • Macintosh HD/Library/Frameworks/JavaFXProductionSuite.framework (versions 1.3 and 1.2)
   • Macintosh HD/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaFXProductionSuite.framework (versions 1.1 and earlier)

• Release Notes for JavaFX 1.3 Production Suite
• Getting Started with JavaFX Production Suite
• JavaFX.com