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Running a desktiop application inside an AIR application

Is it possible to run a desktop application inside an Adobe AIR application and also whether it is able to detect events on screen over desktop application in AIR application. For example, Flex Builder or eclipse IDE should run inside an AIR application and whatever mouse detects or key stroke events should be noted by the AIR applicati...

BaileySansITCStd-Book and UniversLT-CondensedLight Fonts, these are default with what?

Osx or adobe fonts? I have some ai files and im trying to run them on another computer. I need to locate these font files. ...

Adobe Acrobat API - How to skip opening password protected PDFs?

Hi all, I've been using Delphi and the Adobe Acrobat 9 API. I'm simply opening a PDF and printing it, followed by closing it without saving anything. I'm having an issue while opening some PDFs though. If the PDF is password protected the Open method displays Adobe's "Input password" prompt. My application is running in an automated fa...

How to design desktop app ? (from web app dev)

I have only worked on web apps for my whole career. I'm starting a new desktop (Adobe AIR) app project but I found myself having difficulties with: stuck with thinking about overall UI design in the traditional page model not sure how to handle the navigation part in the UI not taking advantage of states deciding what should be implem...

how can i download a set of variable images in flex/as3 and display them?

hi guys.... suppose i have 10 image variables like this var image1:String = http://somewhere.com/image1.jpg var image2:string = .....image2.jpg var image3:string = .....image3.jpg and so forth......... i have a timer that displays each variable as an image one a time .... how do i "buffer" the image and display them instead of goin...

Can't find my bug: Group flat data in Advanced Datagrid w'ont work

Hi, i've got an ArrayCollection which is properly displayed in this Advanced Datagrid: <mx:AdvancedDataGrid id="drawingDataDG" editable="true" sortableColumns="true" headerWordWrap="true" sortExpertMode="true" rowCount="8" y="10" right="10" left="10" dataProvider="{model.drawingsData}"> <mx:columns> <mx:Advanced...

[Adobe Flash] Best approach to creating a flipbook

Hello, I am developing an application that is essentially a document presented as a flipbook (very much like zmags: http://www.zmags.com ), but I need to be able to put interactive content in it (popups, animations, etc). What is the best approach? Should I do this from scratch, or should I try to use a plugin? Are there any libraries...

drawing tick marks in grid line in flex

Hi All, I am drawing a line chart with 4 line series. Two of them have negative values and goes under the 0 line. I want only the grid line across 0 to be displayed. hence i used like this : <mx:GridLines direction="horizontal" horizontalOriginStroke="{originStroke}" horizontalShowOrigin="true" ...

How to update Native Air Appilication?

I created native air 2.0 app. (exe file) how to implement auto update for it? ...

Help me stabilize this jRun configuration (CF9/Win2k3/IIS6)

Not sure if this would be better suited for ServerFault, but since I am not an admin but a developer I figured I would try SO. We've been struggling to keep our multi-server configuration stable for quite some time now. At the end of last month we were running under CF 7.0.2 on a two servers setup (one instance each). At that point we...

How to determine if application is ran on 64 bit OS? (Adobe AIR )

How to determine if an application (e.g. Adobe AIR) is running on a 64-bit OS? What function could one use to check this? (Code sample, please.) I found one simple solution... Are there any others? ...

Adobe Air how to check if folder exists?

Adobe Air (2.0) how to check if folder exists? (like folder C:\Program Files (x86) on windows) (code example needed, please) ...

Dog ear effect in flex?

I've used the graphics package before, but not sure if this can be done. I'm trying to create a dog ear effect programmatically with flex. Can it be done? If not possible, what other options or libraries do I have. ...

I'm looking for a better solution on importing catalog data into Adobe InDesign

The last time I produced a catalog I used a software called EasyCatalog that worked with Adobe InDesign to merge data from a spreadsheet with graphics. I wouldn’t say it was completely successful. I know of one other catalog building software called Catalog Builder by Computer Pundits. I'm just looking for any suggestions from someone ...

Converting a string into a CheckBox

I have a string which is ultimately the id of a CheckBox. What I need to be able to do is to access the CheckBox's properties from the string var myCheckBox:Object; var myString:String; myString = "checkbox_1" myCheckBox = Object(myString); ?!?! ... and then I'd need to get to myCheckBox.selected, and myCheckBox.label etc ...

Opening a password protected PDF Document

How do I programmatically open a password protected PDF. I want to use ruby to open a password protected PDF and read its content. I would like to know whether its possible and if it is possible guidance on the right way to do it ...

Flex chart axis title blinking on resize

I am having a chart with titles for horizontal and vertical axis. the verticalAxisTitleAlignment property of the vertical axis renderer is set to vertical. The application is a portal sort of thing and this chart is placed inside a small window. on click of the window am resizing the parent of the chart. but at that time the title of the...

How can I programmatically read a Adobe DRM'd Epub?

I am writing an ebook reader that supports the epub format (i have the parsing of open epub working), but I would like to support the reading of Adobe DRM locked epubs. I have read through the Adobe digital editions site (faq and support pages) and googled, but alas as yet I have not found any docs on the API to: authorise the PC usin...

Styling buttons of Flex TabNavigator

I created a TabNavigator with a bunch of NavigatorContent inside it, and want to skin just the buttons of the tabs themselves. So I added a skinClass, but looks like in the documentation, there's no skin part to target the button specifically. Do I have to style the mx:TabNavigator itself to accomplish this?...

Can I view a list of public variables of some Adobe Air app or web flash file from another app?

I was thinking about creating making AIM pluggin that checks pandora one (desktop) or pandora website periodically to see what is currently playing and update a user's status. I suppose the main question is there a clever way to access a "public" variable from some open Adobe Air process? I KNOW this sounds like some crazy security fla...