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'Flash for Android' vs 'AIR for Android' - differences?

Froyo and Flash Player are coming to our phones. In the Adobe PreRelease programs we can find AIR beta for Froyo and Eclair. With that, I can develop a Flash app and export it to my phone. So, is AIR player the Flash player? o_O I can't understand what differences are between AIR and Flash on Android. Can you help me? Thank you! ...

How to know if a software is installed using ActionScript

I'm doing a application using actionScript(Air 2). I want to know if a software is installed on user's pc, for example, I want to know if the user installed "Adobe Digital Editions", so I can open ebooks by that. How to do that? First I want read from the registry, but Air cannot read registry, and my boss said it's better not to run ano...

Adobe AIR 2.0 read and play midi format?

I wonder since I am interested in developing an interactive musicial application to read and play midi or even midi keyboard through VST interface, can I do that or do I have to develop a command line application to handle it? ...

Suppressing the EULA dialog the first time AIR 2.0 is run.

In AIR 1.5, I accomplished this by putting a 'eulaAccepted' file in Application Data\Adobe\AIR. This doesn't seem to be working in AIR 2.0. Has anyone figured out how to suppress the EULA dialog in AIR 2.0.2? Thanks. ...

How can I display a gird of data in an AIR application?

I want to display a 20x20 grid of integer numbers in an AIR application. I am new to ActionScript and AIR, so I am not sure how I could go about doing this. ...

How to specify swc when building a swf?

Hi, I have implemented some utility classes in Flex that I want to use in multiple AIR projects. I have created a swc which contain these classes. I am working on a Linux machine and do not have FlashBuilder. So I am using the compc and mxmlc command line SDK tools. My problem is that I have not been able to find a way to specify the swc...

Flex open window behind active window

In Flex Air app, how do you open a window behind an active one? I tried following and i can't seem to get it to work <s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" ...

How to build an eBook reader that supports adobe Content Server ?

I'm looking into a way of building eBook reader that will support adobe content server DRM. The only solution find was Adobe Digital Editions Which is an off the shelf product and I'm looking for some sort of SDK. any advice will help. 10x d. btw i don't have enough rep to post additional links adobe digital editions url == www.adobe....

Flex 4/Air setting bounds for WindowedApplication

for some reason this flex 4 code gives me an error but I can't figure out why. In my WindowedApplication I have: var prefs:Object = fs.readObject(); fs.close(); var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(); rect = prefs.bounds as Rectangle; this.bounds = rect; // error here Error message: ArgumentError: Error #2007: Parameter rect must...

How to build a desktop apps using flex ?

can anyone help me in building a desktop app that can compile java, c, c++ files and display the results using the flex app ...

flex + AIR nativewindow minimize

Hi, In my Flex AIR desktop application I am opening a nativewindow(a window component). On a button click I am explicitly minimizing the nativeWindow using: nativeWindow.minimize(); It minimizes the window that is fine but after that if I traces the nativeWindow.x & nativeWindow.y, they comes as -3200, -3200. due to this I am unable t...

flex AIR NativeWindowDisplayStateEvent

Hi, In my Flex AIR desktop application I have a nativewindow. I am using nativeWindow.minize() to minimize the nativeWindow. As I know that the sequence of NativeWindowDisplayStateEvent's is 1. displayStateChanging 2. displayStateChange But in my native window on nativeWindow.minize() the sequence goes like 1, 2, 2 i.e displayState...

Is there a way to force PDFs to open in Adobe Reader rather than in plugins?

Hi, We have an Air and Flash application that opens a pdf, but many computers by default open pdfs in browser plugins rather than through reader itself. Is there a way to force the alternate behavior in Flash/Air? This is needed since we have slightly writable pdfs. Thanks! ...

DiVX Decoder for AIR

Hi all I am building a video player using Flex for my desktop. With AIR, is it possible to write a decoder to play AVI and .MOV on my system or do such solutions exist? ...

Ampersands in AIR system tray tooltip

I have an AIR app that I have developed for a client. It has a system tray icon with the company name, app name etc, displayed in a tooltip. This all works very simply except that the client in question has a & in their name. No matter how I encode this, it never seems to get displayed. Anyone come across this before, or have any wor...

Flex Air, static main window reference?

As I can get a reference to the main window of an Air Flex application within a component? (The component is not in the main MXML) ...

Can a Flex Air Window (NativeWindow) be modal? how?

Can a Flax Air Window (NativeWindow) be modal? how? ...

Compiling AIR application with Ant Task (WindowedApplication could not be found)

I'm trying to compile my AIR application with Ant, using the mxmlc Ant Task. It seems to compile fine, and I get a .swf, but when I try to run it with ADL, I get the message "Class mx.core::WindowedApplication could not be found." It looks like the AIR libraries aren't being included properly. Here's my mxmlc task: <mxmlc file="${...

Loading a local filesystem module from an AIR application

Hi chaps, I'm trying to load a module from an air application. Using ModuleManager. My loading code looks rather like: public function loadModule(lib:String):void { //lib = "file:///path/to/my.swf" var moduleInfo:IModuleInfo = ModuleManager.getModule(lib); moduleInfo.addEventListener(ModuleEvent.READY, moduleLoaded); moduleInfo.addE...

How do I get GPU acceleration for H264 in an Adobe Air fullscreen app?

I'm toying with an Adobe Air app that plays quite large movies. I want to run it on a 1920x1080 display connected to a Mac. Unfortunately, the movies tend to stutter and I'm betting that happens because I'm not using HW GPU acceleration for H264 playback. Most of the player code is ported (aka copied) from a web player I built and which...