Fireworks or AIR?

Question

Hi All,

I need to write a desktop application that can run on Mac (Windows and Linux soon) that can get data from MySQL and allow users to transfer files from their desktop to the server.

I know I can write a desktop app in AIR, how would Fireworks play into this?

Can AIR connect to MySQL?

Can one FTP files with AIR?

On a second note, can one write such applications as a ring-tone maker, a disk repair/partitioning utility in AIR? I know AIR uses web technology, but what other thigns are possible?

-Jason

Answer 1

Do you mean Adobe Fireworks? I would use Fireworks for the interface design. It also has some customizable assets.

Here is the product page where they have a lot more info on what it's capable of.

http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/features/?view=topnew

Answer 2

An AIR application is a desktop version of a Flash Application. So anything you can do in a Flash Application you can do in an AIR application. Flash Apps work with MySQL so you should be able to get an AIR app to work with MySQL.

AIR apps can also access the local file system. For instance you can write an AIR file loader application.