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ArgumentError: Error #1508: The value specified for argument font is invalid.

I have an air application that loads an external swf when prompted by the user. In the external swf, I have a class that loads all the necessary fonts for that particular swf. When my air application attempts to load the swf I get ArgumentError: Error #1508: The value specified for argument font is invalid. Any ideas? Thanks. ...

AIR: NativeWindow startMove only vertical?

Hi guys, is it possible to use the startMove Method in AS3 and limit the movement only to the y-axis? I want my window only to be dragable vertically. Thank you for your tips. ...

need help in choosing a pc to run my flash-kiosk-app on - what cpu factors affect flash performance?

hey all i am a self-taught actionscript 3 programmer and i have written a gaming-app to run on an all-in-one touchscreen pc in fullscreen kiosk mode. this project is a "garage business" meaning i learn as i go and i dont have any of the resources of a full company ("only" a great idea and a great app). my question regards flash/air cpu...

AIR: considering the MacOSX menubar?

Hello, i wonder how i can set the screenBounds of my App to regard the MacOSX Menubar on top of the screen and the Dock. If i'm using the normal screenBounds method in AS3, the screenBounds values always get the REAL screenBounds (0,0 and total width of the screen)...however i would like to just get the available space on the desktop ...

how to block http requests to some web-pages from adobe air.

Is it any way to prevent user to go to specific web-pages using Adobe AIR framework. I want this software to run at startup and not allowing user to surf some web parts. I want to use Adobe AIR beacause of its crossplatform capabilities. ...

Shutdown a computer from AIR/Flex

I need to figure out how to shut down the computer from an Adobe AIR application. I have been trying to figure out how to do this, and without success. ...

Capturing system information in AIR apps

Hi, could you tell me plz - is it possible (and how if yes) to capture following information in AIR application: Operation System Laptop model and vendor (if laptop) Installed applications with versions thanks a lot!! ...

How do I record video to a local disk in AIR?

I'm trying to record a webcam's video and audio to a FLV file stored on the users local hard disk. I have a version of this code working which uses NetConnection and NetStream to stream the video over a network to a FMS (Red5) server, but I'd like to be able to store the video locally for low bandwidth/flaky network situations. I'm usi...

AIR application talking to Java

I have situation when I need to communicate with Java process somehow. Java handling all DB works AIR just UI. It would be very nice to have AFM protocol implementation over sockets. Ideally approach with RemoteObject already existing in framework but working over other medium that HTTP wiuld be the best! Does anybody knows if such thing...

Adobe Air - packaging an air installation file with ant

I’m having problems packaging an air application with ant. Adobe references taken from: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/develop/air/building_apps/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7f66.html I run ant using java classes inherited from org.apache.tools.ant.Task. This builds up the argument list for the adt tool e.g. Java ...

Get list of running processes, get active process (and it's application) Flex/AIR

Hello, just a quickie (or maybe not:] ): Is it possible to get somehow list of running applications/processes and, while running in background, check which process is active? Additionally - if somehow, the answer was yes, is it possible to react for change of active window / application react just as if it was Event, or bind to it cust...

update facebook status using flex

Want to find out if facebook status can be updated through flex or air. ...

[AIR/FLEX] Images in custom itemRenderer don't scale to fill height of HorizontalList container

I'm new at this and I've been trying to dynamically load images/swf files into a HorizontalList. As the user scales the application, the HorizontalList scales, but the images don't. I've been able to get images to scale within a Canvas object, but I've had no luck with the HorizontalList. Note, I'm using ObjectProxy to get rid of weird...

check for application update with flash builder

i just changed from using flex builder 3 to the new flash builder 4 and the code to check for update when my app runs is not working with flash builder 4. How do i get it to run. Thanks in advance. ...

Developing new rich internet application

We are about to start developing a RWA(rich web application) for advanced data management on our web server using PHP/MYSQL/JavaScript. I just came across AIR, which as well as I can tell, allows you to run Flash applications on your desktop instead of in the browser. Do I have this right or am I way off base? Are there any other option...

listening for viewstack change event

I have a piece of software I'm working on that is using a viewstack with 3 canvases. With the change event I need to look for index 2 which is the last canvas when it changes to this canvas I need it to grab data from inputs from the previous two canvases. Within the viewstack events I've assigned the function change() to the event chil...

Is there a way to disable antialiasing for text in HTML components (Windows)?

I have an AIR application that uses the HTML component to display a significant portion of content (I set the html myself, it is not loaded remotely). The text displays normally on Mac (I think Mac antialiases all text by default). However, on windows, the text displays anti-aliased regardless of the OS settings. It ends up giving eve...

how to work with air adobe

Hi friends, I have aptana studio and install the air adobe 2.0 beta version. I have export a sample program with the extension of air.. But i dont know how to instal it to show as a windows application.. My requirement is :: I want to show up a html page as a windows application. Am i going in the right path. Please help me how to proc...

Is it possible to replace the User's keyboard input with another string in Adobe AIR + Flex application?

Hi, One of our application is implemented in flex and adobe air. We want to have the user press combination of keys, say 'ABC', and have the keyboard return a different character, 'FOG', to whatever app is in focus. This should work even if app has no focus. Will it possible in Adobe Air/Flex? If yes, provide me some examples? Thanks i...

How do I ping from Flex - AIR?

I'm bored cause my development server is down and I'm running the command prompt to ping the server indefinitely so that I'll see when they stop timing out and know that I can work again. In the meantime I wanted to make an Air app that will do this for me, so I can have it chirp or alarm or do something when it starts to be able to conn...