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Displaying Flash content in a C# WinForms application

What is the best way to display Flash content in a C# WinForms application? I would like to create a user control (similar to the current PictureBox) that will be able to display images and flash content. It would be great to be able to load the flash content from a stream of sorts rather than a file on disk....

Not showing Dialog when opening file in Acrobat Pro using Applescript

When opening Adobe Acrobat Pro, whether it be through Applescript or finder, the introductory dialog is shown. Is there a way to not show this dialog without already having checked the "Don't Show Again" option when opening a document using Applescript? Photoshop and Illustrator Applescript libraries have ways of setting interaction ...

How can I improve performance when adding InDesign XMLElements via AppleScript?

I have an AppleScript program which creates XML tags and elements within an Adobe InDesign document. The data is in tables, and tagging each cell takes .5 seconds. The entire script takes several hours to complete. I can post the inner loop code, but I'm not sure if SO is supposed to be generic or specific. I'll let the mob decide. [ed...

Any recommendations for in-depth Flex training?

I have several months experience creating Flex applications, but I'm interested in diving in a little deeper. My projects so far have involved web services and graphing work to create RIAs. In particular, I'm probably most interested in training related to: BlazeDS & LiveCycle Data Services Custom (visual) components / graphing I'm...

Add a shortcut to Startup folder with parameters in Adobe AIR

I am trying to include a link to my application in the Startup folder with a parameter passed to the program. I think it would work if I created the shortcut locally and then added it to my source. After that I could copy it to the Startup folder on first run. File.userDirectory.resolvePath("Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\startup.lnk"...

Is there some way to show HTML content inside Flash?

I want to show HTML content inside FLASH. Is there some way to do this? I am talking about full blown HTML (with JavaScript if possible) ...

How do I display a PDF in Adobe Flex?

Looking for a way to display a PDF in Flex. I'm sure there are several ways. Looking for the easiest to maintain / integrate / most user friendly. I'm guessing it's possible to display a browser window in the app and render it, but if it goes off of IE / FireFox it's not acceptable for this project. Thanks... ...

Any way to have an ActionScript 3 (Flex/AIR) project print to standard output?

Is there any way to have a binary compiled from an ActionScript 3 project print stuff to stdout when executed? From what I've gathered, people have been going around this limitation by writing hacks that rely on local socket connections and AIR apps that write to files in the local filesystem, but that's pretty much it -- it's obviously...

Does Adobe Flash support databases?

Which databases does Adobe Flash support, if any? ...

Can the same Adobe AIR app run more than once?

As the title says, is there a way to run the same Adobe AIR app more than once? I have a little widget I wrote that shows thumbnails from a couple of photo streams, and I'd like to fix it so I can look at more than one stream at a time. Thanks! ...

File format for generating dynamic reports in applications

We generate dynamic reports in all of our business web applications written for .Net and J2EE. On the server side we use ActiveReports.Net and JasperReports to generate the reports. We then export them to PDF to send down to the browser. Our clients all use Adobe Reader. We have endless problems with the different versions of Adobe ...

AxAcroPDF - Vista64 Class Not Registered Error

We have a WinForms application written in C# that uses the AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF component to load and print a PDF file. Has been working without any problems in Windows XP. I have moved my development environment to Vista 64 bit and now the application will not run (on Vista 64) unless I remove the AxAcroPDF component. I get the follow...

Can I generate a Flex web and Air desktop app from the same source code?

I'm new to Air. I've got an existing Flex 2 application which I'm considering bringing into Flexbuilder 3. My question is can I use the same base application (and source code) to make the Air version, or would I have to maintain to separate code trees: one for the Air version and one for the Flex/SWF version? ...

Adobe ExtendScript development - How different than regular JavaScript?

Question I'm wondering how different ExtendScript is from JavaScript? Could I theoretically hire a web developer who has JavaScript savvy to develop it without demanding an excessive amount of learning on their part? Overview I'm working on a media database (or a so-called "multimedia library") project and it is based on XMP (the eXte...

Adobe Captivate 3 Typing Sound viewing a recording

I am using Adobe Captivate 3 and am having trouble disabling the typing noise when using a recording. Sometimes when I have this 'feature' disabled and make a recording, it doesn't make the typing sound, but when I publish the project, the typing sound returns. Also, I have other projects I am working on where the typing sound wasn't i...

How do I unload a externally loaded SWF file from a SWFLoader component in Adobe Flex?

I have an application that loads external SWF files and plays them inside a Adobe Flex / Air application via the SWFLoader Flex component. I have been trying to find a way to unload them from a button click event. I have Google'd far and wide and no one seems to have been able to do it without a hack. The combination of code I see people...

How can I detect and invoke a user's local installation of the AIR runtime on a particular AIR application?

I am writing a program that has an AIR front-end, but a back-end written in another language (Python, in this case). Since AIR can't invoke other executables, the relationship has to be the other way around, with Python running an AIR subprocess. How can I locate the user's AIR runtime? I'd like to be able to do this on Mac, Windows, ...

What are the print functions in Adobe AIR ?

I've been trying to figure out how to print in Adobe AIR. I know the standard javascript functions don't work. The AIRforJSDev guide says: "The window.print() method is not supported within Adobe AIR 1.0. There are other methods available via the exposed AIRAPIs that give you access to printing within the runtime" But I can't find thos...

Is it possible to link to a bookmark within a PDF using URL parameters?

When providing a link to a PDF file on a website, is it possible to include information in the URL (request parameters) which will make the PDF browser plugin (if used) jump to a particular bookmark instead of just opening at the beginning? Something like: http://www.somehost.com/user-guide.pdf?bookmark=chapter3 ? If not a bookmark, wo...

Just how free is Adobe Flex exactly?

I hear conflicting comments about Flex being 'free'. What is the straight story on Flex? Is it proprietary? ...