WHERE'S THE FRENCH LOCALIZATION FILE IN 4D...

“Any beginner Flex user with a fresh FB3 install wil not have a fr_fr locale and will not be able to compile/run the demos.”

 

Adobe does not provide the "fr_FR" locale (only English & Japanese locales are provided by default).  You will have to create your own locale by using the "copylocale" tool provided by Adobe.

 

Using the "Adobe Flex 3 SDK Command prompt", just type: copylocale en_US fr_FR

Of course, your locale will not be automatically translated but you now have a proper "fr_FR" locale, and you should be able to compile your examples...

Note: Adobe will provide translations for more languages in the future. For the time being, for French and Spanish you can use the following:

http://ttfx.org/Tontons_Flexeurs/BabelFlex.html