Air.trace()

I've been disgruntled with the need to run my application in
the debugger in Flash CS3 to be able to see trace statements, and
the fact that doing so usually just outright crashes the debugger
over and over.
When looking at the livedocs which now include the AIR api:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/index.html
I'm finding examples using "air.trace()", for instance in
bytesAvailable
I'm wondering, is this a way of invoking the trace() method
differently that might take care of this frustration for me, but
I'd like to understand it by reading about it in the API but I
cannot find it anywhere on the livedocs entity I included above or
in my local help interface in Flash CS3.
Is 'air' like 'stage', an instantiation of an 'Air' class
that I can reference? Moreover, why is the FileStream in this
example being instantiated as new air.FileStream instead of
flash.filesystem.FileStream as flash.filesystem is the base package
for this class?

Thank you.
The prefix is of course a nice shortcut, but if not
documented in such a way as to be easily found, I would argue that
it should not be included in examples. I reached the API from the
link in the 'For Flash' section of this page:
http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/air/#flash
If it's documented elsewhere in an AJAX context, that's great, but
that's a perspective that I as a Flash developer would not share.
I've spent considerable time looking for documentation on
debugging via ADL (I assume it's the AIR Debug Launcher? I found
one place in the developers guide where it's spelled out but no
details on what it is, and how to invoke it. I currently test my
program using Control=>Delete ASO files and Test Movie. It gives
me the message "Exporting Flash Movie (progress bar), and then
about 80% of the time it gives me a message telling me that the
"Adobe AIR Debug Launcher" has crashed once it hits the first
function call using the AIR api. Am I already doing as you
suggested? I condition/commented out all of my trace back when AIR
was still BETA as this was what was suggested by the AIR Engineers
on the support boards then.

Similar Messages

Air.trace() not working

Hi all,
Someone had a similar problem here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/750219?tstart=0 They managed to solve it, I started adding to post but thought it best to start a brand new post.
I've tried what they've suggested and made a file called mm.cfg in my %HomeDrive%%HomePath% directory (c:\users\james) the contents of which are:
     ErrorReportingEnable=1
     TraceOutputFileEnable=1
     TraceOutputFileName=c:\logs\flashlogs.txt
     MaxWarnings=50
but I still don't get a log file from air.trace(). Though in C:\Users\James\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player there's a file flashlog.txt with:
     Warning: Not a known player download type, app:/HelloWorld.html
I'm running Vista and I'm using AIRSDK 2.5. I call my hello world application from the command prompt with " adl HelloWorld-app.xml " I get a window of correct dimensions with " Hello World! " as expected, but no console message. What am I doing wrong please? I've been looking for about a day now at how to get the air.trace messages but neither those nor the introspector statements work.
Thank you!!
James
The 4 files are in:
C:\AIRHelloWorld
The 4 files are:
HelloWorld-app.xml
HelloWorld.html
AIRAliases.js
AIRIntrospector.js
My code for HelloWorld-app.xml and HelloWorld.html is below.   AIRAliases.js and AIRIntrospector.js are copied straight from AIRSDK
HelloWorld-app.xml

<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.5">
    <id>examples.html.HelloWorld</id>
    <versionNumber>0.1</versionNumber>
    <filename>HelloWorld</filename>
    <initialWindow>
        <content>HelloWorld.html</content>
        <visible>true</visible>
        <width>240</width>
        <height>320</height>
    </initialWindow>
</application>

HelloWorld.html
<html>
<head>
    <title>Hello World</title>
    
    <script src="AIRAliases.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="AIRIntrospector.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript">
    function appLoad(){
        air.trace("Hello World - debug comment"); /*The appLoad() function simply calls
           the air.trace() function. The trace message print to the command
           console when you run the application using ADL. Trace statements
           can be very useful for debugging.*/
        air.Introspector.Console.log("Hello World - Introspector debug comment");
    </script>
</head>
<body on load="appLoad()">
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
</body>
</html>

Hi Chris, on sdk 2.5, actually, also the Introspector doesn't seem to work. Tried:
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Source Viewer Sample</title>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/AIRAliases.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/AIRIntrospector.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function logBtn()
                var button1 = document.getElementById("btn1");
                air.Introspector.Console.log(button1);
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Click to view the button object in the Console.</p>
        <input type="button" id="btn1"
            onclick="logBtn()"
            value="Log" />
    </body>
</html>
UPDATE: I didn't realize it was a different window that appears behind. It works then!

How to get errors and/or air.trace() from installed air app?

I'm trying to debug an installed air app that behaves
differently once installed than when run with adl. However, i can't
figure out any way to get errors or air.trace() information. I am
on OS X (10.5.6). Any tips?
I imagine this should be easy since debugging an installed
app is pretty much a necessity for development.

You can enable logging to a text file using settings in the
mm.cfg file. See
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19323
Note that ALL trace output will go to the log.
Other things you can do are:
1. Run the installed app with adl -- just pass the installed
app descriptor to adl on the command line
2. Supply a publisher id to adl. This removes one difference
between installed/ not installed apps and may be enough if the
behavior issue has to do with local connections or other matters
involving the publisher id.
3. Use the adl -nodebug flag. This removes another difference
between installed/uninstalled apps. You won't see uncaught
exceptions, but trace statements are still reported.

2.5 SDK getting started: air.trace() not working

I don't know where to turn. I´ve followed the steps on this tutorial and air.trace doesn't work.
I'm using Windows Vista and the command prompt to run the debugger. It starts the app but air.trace sends nothing to the command window.
I've tried running cmd with admin privileges with no results. If I make a javascript alert {{ alert(air.trace) }} it correctly says it's a function and testing a basic send-something-to-clipboard snippet works fine.
Here's my code:
<html>
<head>
    <title>Hello World</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="air/AIRAliases.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function init(){
          // this works
       var copy = "A string to copy to the system clipboard.";
       air.Clipboard.generalClipboard.clear();
       air.Clipboard.generalClipboard.setData(air.ClipboardFormats.TEXT_FORMAT, copy);
          // this doesn't
          air.trace("anybody there?");
    </script>
</head>
<body onLoad="init()">
    <h1>hello world?</h1>
</body>
</html>
Any ideas?

Hi all,
I'm running Vista, and using the command prompt but don't get any messages from air.trace(). I'm using AIRSDK 2.5 and call my hello world application from the command prompt with " adl HelloWorld-app.xml " I get a window of correct dimensions with " Hello World " as expected, but no console message. What am I doing wrong please? I've been looking for about 2 hours now at how to get the air.trace messages but neither those nor the introspector statements work.
Thank you,
James
The 4 files are in:
C:\AIRHelloWorld
The 4 files are:
HelloWorld-app.xml
HelloWorld.html
AIRAliases.js
AIRIntrospector.js
My code for HelloWorld-app.xml and HelloWorld.html is below. AIRAliases.js and AIRIntrospector.js are copied straight from AIRSDK
HelloWorld-app.xml

<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.5">
    <id>examples.html.HelloWorld</id>
    <versionNumber>0.1</versionNumber>
    <filename>HelloWorld</filename>
    <initialWindow>
        <content>HelloWorld.html</content>
        <visible>true</visible>
        <width>240</width>
        <height>320</height>
    </initialWindow>
</application>

HelloWorld.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World</title>

<script src="AIRAliases.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="AIRIntrospector.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
function appLoad(){
air.trace("Hello World - debug comment"); /*The appLoad() function simply calls
    the air.trace() function. The trace message print to the command
    console when you run the application using ADL. Trace statements
    can be very useful for debugging.*/
air.Introspector.Console.log("Hello World - Introspector debug comment");
</script>
</head>
<body on load="appLoad()">
<h1>Hello World</h1>
</body>
</html>

Air.trace not tracing anything (HTML/JS)?

i am starting flash and learning from a tutorial. so i have my HTML like:
<html>
<head>
<script src="AIRAliases.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function loadHandler() {
air.trace("Message");
</script>
</head>
<body onload="loadHandler()">
<p>Hello World</p>
</body>
</html>
the program runs but nothing is traced in the cmd. AIRAliases.js exists btw. i ran
adl HelloWorld.xml
my descriptor file

It works in my end.
What if you use window.runtime.trace directly, instead of air? Does it work?

Html App: air.trace() not outputting to console... are Adobe still supporting html apps in AIR?

Hi
Just getting up and running
Mac OS X 10.9. Adoe AIR 3.9. All working fine except air.trace() not outputting anything to the console.
Bit of googling meant I created a mm.config in ~ with the line:
ErrorReportingEnable=1
but still no joy.
Any other tips for getting this to work or is it just now broken and/or unsupported?
Are HTML apps wrapped in AIR now legacy technology?

I have the same question... I've been trying to get an Adobe AIR HTML app going, but there appears to be no IDE that supports debugging an HTML/JS AIR App, and fdb, which is supposed to be able to debug HTML/JS AIR apps, does not.
Is HTML/JS still a supported way of developing Adobe AIR apps? If so, then why aren't issues like this getting some attention?
-Josh

Trace not working in air / as3

Hi, this may be something obvious but after installing adobe
air, trace no longer works to my output window.
I've checked the publish settings and 'omit traces' is
unchecked.
thanks

Hi Trigon_15
Same thing happend to me, suddenly trace stopt working, some sort of bug i believe
how it occured i don't know, if added a new SDK, all worked perfect, 2 days later, it just
stopped tracing.
How i solved it?
i've added the compiler argument (-compiler.debug=true) to the Compiler options of the project.
In my case it's tracing again
Hopes it will help you to!
Regards,
Marc
ps. i'm using Flash Builder 4 with Flex SDK 4.1

How can I run a .bat file from an html/javascript adobe air installation package?

I write an html/javascript code which works completely true
but when I made the installation package by air-sdk
it dosent work properly
my code is:
<html>
<head>
    <title>Hello World</title>
          <script type="text/javascript">
        function appLoad() {
            air.trace("Hello World");
    </script>
</head>
<body onLoad="appLoad()">
    <h1>Hello World</h1>
          <br />
<button onclick="window.open('file:///C:/Windows/notepad.exe')"> Launch notepad </button>
<button onclick="window.open('file:///D:/opennotepad.bat')"> Launch batnote </button>
</body>
</html>
Chapter 5: Creating your first HTML-based AIR application with the AIR SDK

Seems to be security violation. You can't execute bat or cmd

Sqlite SELECT query in AIR

Hi All,
I have problem with the order in which i get the fetched
data. I have a database with table "tblPersonalDetails" with
fields: id, first name, last name, status(married/single), address,
state. I am trying to fetch following fields: first name, last
name, status, address, state using the query: "SELECT first name,
last name, status, address, state FROM tblPersonalDetails"
The Code snippet is as follows:
function getPersonalDetails()
// Create a File object that points to the test.db file
var database =
air.File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("test.db");
// Instantiate the Class
var connection= new air.SQLConnection();
// Create a File object that points to the contacts.db file
connection.openAsync( database );
alert("open");
// Event Listener that will tell us when the DB is opened
connection.addEventListener(air.SQLEvent.OPEN, openSuccess);
// Event Listener that will tell us if an error occurs
connection.addEventListener(air.SQLErrorEvent.ERROR,
openFailure);
// Create New Instance
var query = new air.SQLStatement();
// Add the Connection Reference
query.sqlConnection = connection;
// SQL Query
query.text = "SELECT first name, last name, status, address,
state FROM tblPersonalDetails;";
air.trace(query.text);
// Execute the Query
query.execute();
// Add Event Listeners
query.addEventListener( air.SQLEvent.RESULT, onResult );
query.addEventListener( air.SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, onError );
//connection.clean();
//connection.close();
function openSuccess()
air.trace("Success");
function openFailure()
air.trace("Failure");
function onResult(event)
var sqlStmt = event.target;
var sFinalOutput = "";
var result = sqlStmt.getResult();
if( result.data == null ) {
air.trace( "Query did not return results." );
else{
var numRows = result.data.length;
var output = "";
for ( colName in result.data[0] ) {
output += colName + "|";
output += "<br>";
for ( i = 0; i < numRows; i++ ) {
for ( colName in result.data
output += result.data[colName] + "|";
sFinalOutput = sFinalOutput + "<br>" + output;
output = "";
air.trace( sFinalOutput );
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML=sFinalOutput; //
result is id of div on my html page
air.trace( numRows + " rows returned." );
function onError(event)
air.trace(event.error.message);
Now I am getting the result as:
last name|state|status|first name|address
Jain|Delhi|Single|Ashish|Kalkaji
Sharma|UP|Married|Vivek|Noida
Means, the order in which I am writing in query, I should get
the result in that order. But I am not getting so.
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.

Hi gauravgr8,
The SQLResult has a data property. The data is an array of
rows in a specific order (if ORDER BY is used, etc.). Each row is
an object. (
http://livedocs.adobe.com/air/1/jslr/flash/data/SQLResult.html)
Objects are name value pairs, but in ActionScript, order is
not guaranteed. If you want a specific order of the object, you
will need to enforce that yourself.
for ( i = 0; i < numRows; i++ ) {
output += result.data
.firstname + "|";
output += result.data.lastname + "|";
output += result.data
.status + "|";
output += result.data.address + "|";
output += result.data
.date + "|";
I hope that helps!
-Erica

Adobe AIR installation questions

Hi all,
I'm looking into the possibility of distributing an application with Adobe AIR and I've a few questions about the Adobe AIR installation process. Just to give you some background on the situation I'm in - if a user wants to use the service I'm working on, they need to install a binary application on their computer. We've a web site which communicates with this binary application. As the user as to install the binary application to begin with, we're beginning to look at AIR as a possible alternative to distributing the web content through a browser.
1. Adobe AIR installation requests that the user enters their computer password. Is there any way to retrieve this password from a separate installer? The binary application that we ask our users to install asks the user for their password and it would be nice to not ask the user to enter their password twice. Are there any possibilities for sharing this password between our binary application and the Adobe AIR installer?
2. If I sign up as a re-distributer of AIR, is the Adobe EULA which is displayed at the start of installation still necessary? I'm already displaying one EULA (with the binary application) and I'd prefer not to have to display two.
3. I'm assuming that there is no way to specify the directory into which I'd like the Adobe AIR runtime to be placed - can you confirm that Adobe AIR is always installed in the /Applications folder on mac and c:/Program Files on Windows?
This question goes out to Adobe AIR developers - If you have distributed your application with Adobe AIR, have you ever stumbled across the situation where a user has uninstalled the Adobe AIR runtime (either intentionally or unintentionally) and you are now left in a situation where a user cannot access your services because Adobe AIR is not installed on their computer. If so, are you aware of any usable fallbacks other than to tell customers that they have to have Adobe AIR installed to run the application?
Thanks
Sean

1: We are working on a method to use a local socket to communicate with an installed c# application on the users machine. The situation is very similar, however we store credentials encrypted and accessible to the installed binary. If those credentials do not exist the AIR app requests the user to input them and they are sent to the binary. These credentials are stored either per session, daily or forever per the user's preferences. We use this method to let AIR be the front end it was designed to be and leave all the heavy lifting OS / processor wise to the binary. Unsure if this would help but you can read a bit more on using local sockets here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7caf. html
2: The EULA is still required as the End User has to accept it. If there's a way around that, I'm not aware.
3: The installation directory can be changed by the user unless you are performing silent installs (available when you sign a redistribution agreement). I don't recommend relying on the installation directory never changing.
Try using nativePath to determine where your program location is: (javascript)
//application directory
var file = air.File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("testfile.html");
air.trace(file.nativePath);
//application storage directory
var file = air.File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("testfile.html");
air.trace(file.nativePath);
4: I've faced the problem where the AIR runtime is not available, but we always fall back on the badge there. For what it's worth it's pretty handy at detecting requirements and getting them to the user.
hope that helps

Passing Variable to air app when launch using Badger

Hi all,
I am going to desperately to develop my application. Hope someone can help me........
I am using badger for air which I get it here http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/badger_for_air_apps.html and it launch my app correctly, but I can't pass any variable into my app when launch.
I have read the instruction and adding some code like this :
on index.html(show my badge installer):
    var so = new SWFObject("AIRInstallBadge.swf", "", "215", "180", "9.0.115", "#000000");
        so.addVariable("airversion", "1.5");
        so.addVariable("appname", "Secure%205");
        so.addVariable("appurl", "http://localhost/testing/source/secure5.air");
        so.addVariable("appid", "examples.html.HelloWorld");
        so.addVariable("pubid", "B71ED76ECC937067D72BB9A0CDB516D1A8F43A9E.1");
        so.addVariable("arguments", "launch from browser");// this is my code
        so.addVariable("appversion", "0.1");
        so.write("flashcontent");
on index.html(my initial content) :
var urlMonitor;
var urlReq;
var invokeEvent;
var applicationID = "myappid";
var publisherID = "mypubid";
var applauncarg;
//var admin="admin";
function doWindow()
var options = new air.NativeWindowInitOptions();
options.transparent = false;
options.systemChrome = air.NativeWindowSystemChrome.STANDARD;
options.minimizable = false;
options.maximizable = false;
options.resizable=false;
var windowBounds = new air.Rectangle(0,0,air.Capabilities.screenResolutionX,air.Capabilities.screenResolutionY);
var urlreq="http://www.example.com";
var newHTMLLoader = air.HTMLLoader.createRootWindow(true, options, true, windowBounds);
newHTMLLoader.load(new air.URLRequest(applauncharg));
newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront = true;
newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.addEventListener(air.NativeWindowBoundsEvent.MOVE,handlem ove);
newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.addEventListener(air.Event.CLOSE,onCloseCommand);
urlMonitor = new air.URLMonitor(new air.URLRequest("http://www.example.com"));
urlMonitor.addEventListener(air.StatusEvent.STATUS, onStatusChange);
urlMonitor.start();
air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.addEventListener(air.InvokeEvent.INVOKE, onInvoke);
//urlReq=new air.URLRequestDefaults.manageCookies = true;
function handlemove()
newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.x=0;
newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.y=0;
function onCloseCommand(exitingEvent) {
var winClosingEvent;
for (var i = 0; i < air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.openedWindows.length; i++) {
var win = air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.openedWindows[i];
winClosingEvent = new air.Event(air.Event.CLOSING,false,true);
win.dispatchEvent(winClosingEvent);
if (!winClosingEvent.isDefaultPrevented()) {
win.close();
} else {
exitingEvent.preventDefault();
if (!exitingEvent.isDefaultPrevented()) {
//perform cleanup
function onInvoke(e)
//apparg=event.applauncharg.toString();
//alert ('oK'+apparg);
applauncarg = event.arguments;
air.trace("onInvoke : " + event.applauncharg);
//air.Introspector.Console.log( applauncarg );
alert (applauncarg);

sory, there is mistake here......
the question isn't finish yet.
function onInvoke(e)
//my code
applauncarg = event.arguments;
air.trace("onInvoke : " + event.applauncharg);
alert (applauncarg);//just to make sure the variable had been sent correctly
My application running smoothly but there is no alert that show applauncharg variable.
then I am trying to know if invoke event run correctly or not by adding code
alert ("OK");
and it works, so there is no problem with the event listener.
does any one know if I missing something or any thing wrong with my code?
sory, there is mistake here......
the question isn't finish yet.
function onInvoke(e)
//my code
applauncarg = event.arguments;
air.trace("onInvoke : " + event.applauncharg);
alert (applauncarg);//just to make sure the variable had been sent correctly
I have get the answer. If someone need the source code, just Pm me and I'll give you my Source to help you.
The first is to make sure that your action scipt code can handle the argument that passed by javascript.
Make attention between invoke event and browser invoke event! it is almost same but they are different.
If you type browser invoke event, it seems browser invokeevent doesn't recognized, but it works.
The second is my mistake on source code. onInvokeevent shold be like this :
function onInvoke(e)
//my code
applauncarg = .arguments;
alert (applauncarg);
-closed-

TypeError : air has no properties

Hi guy!
I tried to use trace function of air object
My html file is :
<html>
<head>
<title>Sandbox Bridge Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="AIRAliases.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
            function doLoad() {
            try {
              air.trace("Coucou");
             catch (e)
             {alert(e)}
        </script>
</head>
<body onload="doLoad();">
<h3>Application Sandbox Content</h3>
<hr />
</body>
</html>
But the eval function prints "TypeError : air has no properties", what's wrong ?

Have you included the AIRAliases.js file in the same directory as the HTML file? They should both be in the main application directory (or a subdirectory).

Microphone record, playback in AIR html js desktop app

hi,
I want to record, save and playback the microphone audio in an HTML/JS AIR desktop app.
I can't find any examples so my code is based on AS3.
But the app crashes almost right away when the SampleDataEvent handler function is called.
Should it be in a while loop sames as AS3?
$(function(){
    var mic;
    var soundBytes = new air.ByteArray();
    $("#btnRecord").click(function(){
        mic = air.Microphone.getMicrophone();
        mic.rate = 44;
        mic.addEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, sampleEvent);
    function sampleEvent(e){
        while (e.data.bytesAvailable) {
            var sample = e.data.readFloat();
            soundBytes.writeFloat(sample);
    $("#btnStop").click(function(){
        mic.removeEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, sampleEvent);
        $("#txtActivity").val("");
    $("#btnPlay").click(function(){;
        for (var i = 0; i < 8192 && soundBytes.bytesAvailable > 0; i++) {
            var sample = soundBytes.readFloat();
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);
            //we write the data twice because there are 2 channels (stereo)
thanks,
Jeff.

this works on my macbook. But on my Windows 8.1 machine the audio gets played back twice as slow as normal.
Not a lower pitch, just twice as slow. Any idea why this is?
$(function(){
    var s;
    var sc;
    var nowRecording = false;
    var nowPlaying = false;
    var recordedBytes = new air.ByteArray();
//   air.SoundMixer.audioPlaybackMode = window.runtime.flash.media.AudioPlaybackMode.VOICE
    var mic = air.Microphone.getMicrophone();
    mic.rate = 44;
    mic.gain = 70;
    mic.setSilenceLevel(0);
    $("#btnRecord").click(function(){
        if (!nowRecording) {
            air.trace("recording");
            recordedBytes.clear();
            mic.addEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, getMicAudio);
            nowRecording = true;
            $(this).val("Click me to stop")
        else {
            air.trace("recording stopped");
            mic.removeEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, getMicAudio);
            nowRecording = false;
            $(this).val("Click me to record")
    function getMicAudio(e){
        recordedBytes.writeBytes(e.data);
    $("#btnPlay").click(function(){
        if (!nowPlaying) {
            air.trace("playing");
            recordedBytes.position = 0;
s = new air.Sound();
            s.addEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, playAudio);
sc = new air.SoundChannel
            s.play();
           sc.addEventListener(air.Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, stopPlayback, false, 0, true);
            nowPlaying = true;
          // $(this).val("Click me to stop playing")
        else {
            sc.stop();
            stopPlayback();
    function stopPlayback(e){
        air.trace("playing stopped");
        s.removeEventListener(air.SampleDataEvent.SAMPLE_DATA, playAudio);
        nowPlaying = false;
    function playAudio(e){
if(!recordedBytes.bytesAvailable > 0)
return;
        for (var i = 0; i < 8192; i++) {
            var sample = 0;
if(recordedBytes.bytesAvailable > 0) sample = recordedBytes.readFloat()
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);
            e.data.writeFloat(sample);

How to run commands like "ipconfig" and get the output in adobe AIR in windows?

import flash.desktop.NativeProcess;
import flash.desktop.NativeProcessStartupInfo;
if (NativeProcess.isSupported) {
     var npsi:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
     var processpath:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("MyApplication.whatever");
     var process:NativeProcess = new NativeProcess();
     npsi.executable = processpath;
     process.start(npsi);
The above can only run a sub-application, but how to run an independent application(command) like ipconfig and get the result?

Hi,
here is an example of running a net Use command line from AIR, unig the new NativeProcess. Hope it will help !
function launchProcess()
var file = air.File.applicationDirectory;
// set command path
file = file.resolvePath("C:/Windows/system32/net.exe");
var nativeProcessStartupInfo = new air.NativeProcessStartupInfo();
nativeProcessStartupInfo.executable = file;
// prepare command parameters
var args = new runtime.Vector["<String>"]();
args.push('USE');
args.push('W:');
args.push('/delete');
args.push('/y');
// set arguments
nativeProcessStartupInfo.arguments = args;
// add listeners to catch command outputs
process.addEventListener(air.ProgressEvent.STANDARD_OUTPUT_DATA, onOutputData);
process.addEventListener(air.ProgressEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_DATA, onErrorData);
process.addEventListener(air.NativeProcessExitEvent.EXIT, onExit);
// create and run Native process
process = new air.NativeProcess();
process.start(nativeProcessStartupInfo);
function onOutputData(ProgressEvent)
var processResults = process.standardOutput.readUTFBytes(process.standardOutput.bytesAvailable);
air.trace("Results: \n" + processResults);
function onErrorData(ProgressEvent)
var processResults = process.standardError.readUTFBytes(process.standardError.bytesAvailable);
if(processResults.search('password') > -1){
    window.alert('Bad password');
air.trace("Errors: \n" + processResults);
function onExit(NativeProcessExitEvent)
air.trace("Process ended with code: " + NativeProcessExitEvent.exitCode);

Desktop AIR 2.5 application with transparency and embedded Flash with wmode transparency error

I'm working on a desktop AIR project using the 2.5 SDK (ADT) to create an application that combines html and flash content. My application is using systemChrome none and transparent true. I have an swf element in my html file that I have set to wmode transparent. Instead of the swf rendering with a transparent background and showing the desktop like the html content does, I'm seeing a black box that fills the area where the Flash element is embedded.
Can someone please assist me in removing this black square so that my flash content is rendered within the html file with a transparent background instead of a black background?
When the AIR application is set to transparent, the Flash content must have it's wmode set to either transparent or opaque. Opaque gives it a white background (the stage background color), but transparent seems to just give it a black background.
Thanks!

Ok fellas,
It appears that I have indeed answered my own question. So thanks... uh, me As I've now figured out, the entire AIR application is basically still a Flash based Display Object, one that can render html using webkit. That means that even though my main application is written in HTML I can still load swf files into the display list of the root applications native window using the Loader class.
I had mentioned earlier that this didn't work, but actually it did work I was just having an error. In my flash file I had a reference error because I was referencing stage.stageWidth in actionscript. This produces a typeError in the AIR runtime when I add this to the root display list. I was able to finally see this error by add the -nodebug command to my adl testing script (adl app.xml -nodebug). For whatever reason my AIR 2.5 adl would not produce air.trace calls to the cmd console without that -nodebug command, which is extremely ironic. So adding in the -nodebug command actually gave me my debug traces! Welcome to the world we live in folks... I also found out that my traces in the swf also trace out to the console when you add this command in there.
In addition, the reason I was not able to get the Loader class to work from javascript was because I was not using the correct addEventListener call. If you are familiar with Actionscript 3.0 (which luckily I am) you will recall that you have to add the event listener to the "contentLoaderInfo" object of the Loader variable you instanciate.
Here's a snippet of how I was able to do this as well as another link that is buried in the documentation that's useful:
var loader;
loader = new air.Loader();
var file = air.File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("test.swf");
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(air.Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
loader.load( new air.URLRequest(file.url) );
function swfLoaded(evt) {
     air.trace(" SWF LOADED! Woohoo! ");
     air.trace( loader.numChildren );
     loader.width = 1000;
     loader.height = 800;
     loader.x = 0;
     loader.y = 0;
     window.nativeWindow.stage.addChild(loader);
This is a very useful article on creating nativeWindows and other things, such as creating Flash based display objects and adding them to the stage:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/html/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7e0a.html
Woohoo!

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