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open a new as3 project

I did that and made a circle, but the sdk is being troublesome.

Is it installed? Try clicking

Tools > Install Software...

then select and install Flex SDK

okay, it's so crazy, it might just work lol =)

It didn't work, it just kept sending me an error message. Once again it might be my wifi

Well, what was the message?

Also, if you are on a laptop have you tried going hardwired until the download is complete?

okay it downloaded, just had to go to a different house. The only problem is now that it says when I F8 that I need to have java runtime environment 1.7 not 1.8

That looks like what Hectichermit stated HERE. Also after a quick google it looks like this is a common issue. The fix is simple just re-install 1.7

Okay, every thing is working okay now, but my square doesn't pop up when I click F8 or F5

I think it has something to do with my flash player now.

I find that if you build the project it doesn't open for testing. Instead I just use Ctrl+enter to test.

You might want to also note the Output panel at the bottom, it display's information. So you can add a trace and see if it appears in the Output panel and better understand what is going on.

Yeah, that's why I thought it might have to do with my flash, it says "No application is associated with the specified file for this operation"

It all finally worked and I now have myself a new square

Now I need a different kind of help, I want to turn my AS3 square the color yellow; ffff00

you can specify the color when you use beginFill

for example:

var my_square:Shape = new Shape();
my_square.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFF00,1);
my_square.graphics.drawRect(10,10,100,100);
addChild(my_square);