adobe-air

Flex: Caching images in list item renderer?

I have a List and the item renderer displays an image. Whenever you scroll the list, and the item renderer refreshes, it redownloads the image. Causing there to always be a delay. Is there some way of caching it so it doesn't have to redownload every time causing a delay in showing the image every time you scroll the list? Thanks! ...

Adobe Air windows that don't show up on taskbar (I dont mean UTILITY or LIGHTWEIGHT)

I want to create a new Adobe AIR window from my application. I want the new window to be a normal new window but not to re-size, minimize, or maximize but I also don't want it to show up on the task bar. In other words, I want it to be like a browser's alert window. Look carefully when you look at one of those, the type of window is not ...

Can you check available hard disk space with Adobe Air?

We have an Adobe Air app that downloads a large amount of images into application storage. I've scanned the docs and found no sign of this, but I thought I'd double check: anyone know if it's possible to see how much available storage space the user has on their HD so we can warn them they don't have enough room? ...

Text search in an AIR HTML Control

What are the different options available for implementing a text search in an AIR HTML control? I could think of the following two: Implement by injecting a custom javascript - the downside is the script may interfere with ones already loaded with page Implement an HTML scrapper and then parse this text in Actionscript, and then using ...

Flex httpservice faults

Hi, I've been given a Flex application which made use of a RESTFUL service. I've managed to create a SQLite DB which stored data from the service and now I would like the application to be able to run offline and make use of the data existing in it's local DB. This works fine the only problem is that the httpService object throws a fau...

Adobe AIR+AJAX ftp library

Hi, I have just started creating an Adobe AIR+AJAX app which will need to upload and download files from the server using ftp functionality. Right now what is happening is I need to use sockets for this which is way to confusing and difficult to maintain. So, I was wondering if anybody has developed a javascript library or functionality...

Javascript Split Array and assign values to variables from NZBMatrix API

Not sure if any of you guys/girls out there that uses the NZBMatrix website API.. In short what I'm trying to do is build an Adobe Air Application, using JavaScript, AJAX to connect to the API with a search query, this is all good. When i receive the "request.responseText" back from the API with the 5 results (can only be 5) I'm havi...

finding the IP address inAdobe AIR

how to know the P address of the system in which the AIR application is currently running? or how to restrict the usage of AIR application for a particular country? ...

GZIP-Encoded HTTP Response in adobe air and flash builder 4 data centric web service

Hello, I am using data centric service in flash builder 4 (beta 2) to call betfair web service. I need to set the encoding to gzip when requesting the web service. I have found a nice tutorial at http://blog.dannypatterson.com/?p=133 to use GZIP encoded http response using WebService class in Flex. But I need it in new data centric fo...

xmlHttpRequest and returned url

With help of xmlHttpRequest I make a server query. After that the server is redirecting to another page (e.g. "http://site.com/index.html;var=123") The question is - how can I get full url(side.com/index.html;var...)? The code is executed with Adobe Air. thanks ...

Is there a stand-alone database for Adobe AIR that supports large amounts of data?

I have considered SQLite, but from what I've read, it is very unstable at sizes bigger than 2 GB. I need a database that in theory can grow up to 10 GB. It would be best if it was stand-alone since it is easier to implement for non-techie users, instead of having the extra step of installing something like MySQL which most likely will r...

Ajax Adobe AIR and Facebook Connect

Hi guys, Is anyone aware of any Facebook Connect implementation for Adobe AIR Ajax. I know there is an Action Script (written by facebook guys) but it seems that Facebook has forgotten about AJAX version for Adobe AIR. Since Adobe AIR can't make calls via xd_receiver.htm would be quite usefull to have version written for Adobe AIR AJAX...

Write once, run anywhere languages & Unrar for AIR

I wanted to ask if there are any other Write Once, run anywhere languages like Java or AIR. I have mostly been a Java developer up till now, and a bit of Python and recently AIR has peaked my interest as I just found out about it. Also I wanted to know if there are any unrar libraries for AIR or someway to read RAR archives with AIR, ki...

DataEvent.UPLOAD_COMPLETE_DATA wont wait for transferring entire response?

I am implementing a multiple file upload using Adobe AIR which loops through a text file and uploads all file listed in the text. I am using file.upload() since I need to post some parameters along with the file. I am doing the next file upload at DataEvent.UPLOAD_COMPLETE_DATA listener of fileupload(). At a random time in the loop, the...

Accessing a local access database from Flash (or AIR)

Is it possible for Flash or possibly Adobe AIR to have access to a local Access database? I will have either a Flash EXE or AIR application running on a local PC (WinXP). The PC will also have a local Access database. I need my Flash application to get the data from this Access database. How would I do this? I doubt it can be done with...

Adobe AIR: detect en_GB locale

Is there a way to detect if the user is running the AIR application under en_GB locale on Windows? Capabilities.language returns only "en" and Capabilities.languages[0] returns "en_US" :( ...

Dektop audio app - suggestions for how to build for Win/Mac/Linux?

I am a web developer well-versed in XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, and XML/XSL. I would like to write a desktop application for music teachers that manipulates audio files. The app will: Input one or more audio files Let the user pick in and out points of several clips Play those clips at the touch of a button with fade-in and -out ...

Authenticating and tracking users in a JSON webservice

Hi All, I have contact management / CRM application used in-house by our company, It is a web based app and thus uses a lot of Ajax. Most of the data is JSON, and the backend server uses PHP with MySQL as the database... I would like to build a mini Adobe Air version of that, mostly because I can use Drag and Drop file uploads, client...

Is it possible to combine Air and ASP.Net in one app?

I would love know if i could combine Air, and ASP.Net in one application and what design strategy would suit this type of application. Please. ...

Best way to create GOOD LOOKING, multi-platform, desktop Ruby apps?

Hi everyone, I've got an idea for an idiotically simple application, one that converts HAML and SASS into HTML & CSS files for the user by watching directory changes (like Compass). Almost all the components are already available in the community, I just need to figure out what to use for the front-end. The catch: It must be: a stand...