Flash Magazine is reporting that Adobe showed a sneak peak of the upcoming version of Flash CS codenamed “Viper” Flash Professional CS5  at the Flash on the Beach conference. Features of this new release include:

• Integration of Flash Builder (i.e. Flex Builder) – Viper will be able to directly open and export Flash Builder.
• Simplified coding methods including ready-made code snippets for quickly adding functionality to Flash projects. For example, it will be possible to drag and drop a code snippet to program an object to move around the stage using the keyboard arrows.
• The ActionScript editor will show auto-completion hints for custom classes.
• Text Layout Framework will be supported through the Text Panel.
• The Deco-Brush will be improved.

You read more about these new features and check screen shots of these new features at the Flash Magazine.

You can down a 180Mb video of the session via this link – courtesy of Jon MacDonald.