AIR 1.5.3 colorTransform problem

Question

When I run this code in in Flex 3 it works fine:
private function setDigitsColor( t:Text, iHex:int ):void
var ct:ColorTransform = t.transform.colorTransform;
ct.color = iHex;
t.transform.colorTransform = ct;
(It changes the font color in a Text comp)
When running the resulting Air program it doesnt work - the fontcolor doesnt change.
Likewise, when running it in Flash Builder it doesnt work.
I can get the same effect by using setStyle instead.
But I wonder if this is a bug.
Any idea ?

Answer 1

JL,
Have you updated your SDK to 1.5.3? You need to do download it and replace your existing AIR SDK 1.5 directory with the downloaded AIR 1.5.3 SDK donwload. I have no idea where this would be stored on a MAC. You then need to modify your application XML file, change the names space to Adobe AIR 1.5.3 and add a new node called PublisherID and it needs the value of your orginal private key (again I am not sure where you find this on a mac, it usually shows as part of the path for your sol files. A big numeric value usually ending with .1). This kind of half solves the problem. You are then meant to run the new ADT utility with the -migrate option from the command line (the java adt.js and adt.bat files are in the SDK). This kind of works butyou end up with a new generated AIR file which is at least twice as big as the original, however, I also get some things that don't work propeperly in the migrated AIR program so I have deiced not to go down that route but just re-install everybody instead which is a rubbish outcome.
In short this is an Adobe screw up of moumental proprtions. I flagged this up some time ago with Adobe but to no avail. At least with version 1.5.3 the publisherID is now independant of the digital certificate private key value so publisc key renewals are no longer a headache. I am justglad we did not do a major product launch with th eprior versions or we would be in a serious mess. Unable to do any application updates automatically and with the location of the flash file lost for future versions. I would be even more stuffed if I had encrypted the sol files.
I have been working with AIR since beta over two years ago. I found serious bugs (especially memory leaks) with it all along the way and I have learned the hard way to program around them. Their technical support is practically non existant. Adobe put me on their developer forums and I was getting more questions than answers from the Adobe techs. Best of luck....
Steve