AIR in Flash CS3

I'm having difficulty getting the option for New>Flash File (Adobe AIR). I've installed the Adobe AIR update for Flash CS3 Professional but the AIR file type doesn't appear. The update notes say "Be sure to follow the instructions in Installing Adobe Air 1.1 Update for Flash CS3 Professional to ensure you use the latest update" but if I follow this link the update doesn't download as it says I already have the latest version installed. In fact Adobe AIR reports version 1.5.1.8210 so do I have to uninstall the latest version of AIR and then install AIR 1.1? Rather puzzlingly, if I create a new AS3.0 file in Flash the publish options only allow me to target AIR 1.0.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

Hi David,
Thanks for the feedback. It's never too late because we can
change this in the next release of Flash (that also includes AIR
support). However, I'm unable to reproduce the problem on Vista
with 1024x768 screen resolution. The dialog still fits in the
screen at this resolution. We'll shrink it down for the next
release. Please let me know if you're using the Flash build that is
not English.
Thanks,
San

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On the Adobe Air Flash CS3 wiki page
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Flash_CS3_Professional_Update:Getting_Started_wit h_AIR_for_Flash_CS3_Professional)
I found a simlpe tutorial "Creating an Adobe AIR application
in Flash"
I thought well this can't be hard can it?
However when I use the Publish Air File button in the 'AIR -
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following error:
"namespace is invalid in the application descriptor file"
Now I have tried to look into the XML file but I cannot see
any problems.
I also tried to use the descriptor-template.xml which came
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Has anyone got an idea why I get this error?

Hi FragFood!
I received the same error "Namespace is invalid in the
application descriptor file" repeatedly on many computers
(XP/Vista) and here is how i repeatedly worked around it.
I made a step-by-step sheet explaining exactly how to install
Flash CS3 (9.0) with the Latest Flash Player (v9.0.124), and with
Adobe AIR (1.0) as of today (3/May/2008).
If you have already installed Flash CS3
Uninstall Flash CS3
Goto all the "Program Data" folders, RENAME/DELETE the "en"
folder
Goto "Program Files" folder, RENAME/DELETE the "en" folder
Now to get the latest version of Flash CS3 installed!
Please follow these steps exactly; each one is extremely
important.
Installing Adobe Flash CS3
#1. Install Flash CS3
#2. Open Flash, Close it
Installing Adobe AIR Runtime
#3. Download & Install "AdobeAIRInstaller.exe"
--->
Adobe AIR Download Center
Installing Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional
(9.0.2) -- 12/12/2007
#4. Download & Install "flash9-en_US_9_0_2_Update.exe"
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English/Windows,
English/Macintosh,
Other
Languages
Installing Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Professional --
2/25/2008
#5. Download & Install "flash9-en_US_9_0_3_Update.exe"
--->
English/Windows,
English/Macintosh,
Other
Languages
Installing Adobe AIR update beta 3 for Flash CS3 Professional
– Updated 12/14/07
#6. Download & Install
"flashcs3_air_extension_p3_en_121407.exe"
--->
Multi-lingual/Windows,
Multi-lingual/Macintosh,
Other
Languages
#7. Open Flash, Close it
Installing Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Professional --
2/25/2008
#8. Install "flash9-en_US_9_0_3_Update.exe" again
---> see #5
#9. Open Flash, Close it
Installing Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional
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#10. Browse to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3",
DELETE the "Players" folder
#11. Download "flash_player_update6_flash9.zip"
--->
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"flash_player_update6_flash9.zip"
#13. Paste into "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3"
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Open Flash
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File > Publish Settings
Checkmark "Windows Projector .exe", OK
File > Save, Save it someplace with any name
File > Publish
Now browse to the folder you saved the FLA File
Look at your EXE File
You should see a "Red colored square" icon instead of the
usual "Blue colored circle" one
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Open Flash
Create New > Flash File (AIR)
Click OK on the message that appears
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Certificate:
Press Create...
Type some info, and a password, and save it into the same
folder you saved the FLA File
Now type the same password again, Press OK
If you see an error "Unable to contact timestamping server",
press "Continue without timestamping"
You should see a message "AIR File has been created" !!!
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with Adobe AIR (1.0) !!
Faithfully,
Robin.

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whatever you
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also
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class
(shown next) as the main Document class in the Flash IDE.
Again, this is
entirely up to you. If you have another type of class that
will extend
this one, you can have this one extend Sprite, Math, or
whatever else
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doing much
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This particular method is static so you don't need an
instance. If you
do (such as when Flash tells you the property isn't static),
simply
create an instance like this:
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fileInstance.someMethod('abc'); //just an example...read the
reference
for actual function calls
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reference,
it allows you to perform all of these actions directly as
though the
File class is part of the built in class structure (which in
the
runtime, it is!).
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reference,
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associated with it
so you don't need reams of code to define each and every
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