Flex, Air and FileSystemTree

Hi,
Here's what I want to do: create a FileSystemTree that
automatically opens all branches towards the user's desktop folder.
I also want that folder selected and furthermore, I want it visible
in the FileSystemTree. (cause a selected folder can be so far down
the tree that is isn't visible in a narrow FileSystemTree).
Any ideas? :)

You do not need to specify any server to use any of the RPC
protocols.
Have you looked at an example?
You have not said what problems you are having.
Be aware of crossdomain security issues.
Tracy

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Hello Community,
Sometime ago i started the project located at: : http://code.google.com/p/gwt4air/ , wich primary goal was to bring another approach on writing AIR application by providing a Java API for the AIR API. On top of that i added support for PDF and Excel generation using Java.
I m glad to announce that the project will now add support for the Flex Framework
I wrote a post about it on the main page.
The Idea behind it is to give Java Developers a more simple way to write Flex Application by leaveraing a swing like API.
I hope this project will be a good alternative to the MXML+ ActionScript approach and looking for people willing to join the project.
Regards,
Alain

Good question, I'd like to know this myself. 4.5 has a huge number of changes since 4.0.

NEWBIE: Flex/AIR and databses

Hi all,
I'm a Director(lingo) user and use flash with actionscript
for UI in app.
I'm now playing with Flex3 to see how it compares etc.
OK, one of the things I think i'm getting confused with and
need some clarity (in not too technical terms!), is the ability to
connect to a database online(with flex) and offline(with AIR).
For example, if I have a simple database with 'name', 'age'
and 'sex', with Director I could use a simple ADO Xtra to connect
to the database and add/ammend the records. - In this example,
Director would be running as an .exe on the users PC with the
database either local or on a network. The database could be a
simple mdb (access) or sql etc.
So, is it possible to have an AIR application connecting to a
local database? and does that database have to be a specificv type?
or can it be an mdb? If so, how is this implemented?
When it's web based with flex, am i right in thinking that
flex does not actually connect to a database, but instead uses a
'third party' such as php, asp etc to do this?
As you can see, im confused!! Can someone explain in simple
terms?
Thanks everyone,
Tim

The AIR player has a built-in version of SQLList. There is a
set of SQL classes in the AIR player you can use. Check out this
article on my blog:
Using
SQL with AIR - you can download the code and check out the
database classes.

Flex/Air and Web Services/Remote Objects

If I'm calling a web service operation, either through the
mx:webservice or mx:remoteobject tags, do I need to configure my
Flex or Air project (I'm using the latest Flex Builder IDE) with
the "use remote object access service" when creating the project?
When do I need to configure services-config.xml or
remoting-config.xml?
Can't I simply call a web service operation by specifying the
endpoint (if using mx:remoteobject) or the wsdl location for the
service and then invoking one of its methods? I'm having a very
difficult time consuming a web service through either method (even
on my own local ColdFusion 8 developer instance) and need some
assistance. I've looked all over the internet for help, but, so
far, without success.
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-Jose

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Be aware of crossdomain security issues.
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Set of Adobe Flex, AIR, and ActionScript API Posters

Do any of the moderators know if this poster is updated for 4.5? If not I will wait a month or so before placig my order. Thanks!
http://registrationbenefits.adobe.com/benefits/?&PRID=423&VERS=4%2E0&PLAT=2&LANG=en%5FUS

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Flex SDK and AIR runtime version in mobile

Hi, guys.
I'm trying to make my first Flex mobile app.
I'm a little confused about the relationship between Flex SDK and AIR runtime versions for mobile development.
In the "Developing Mobile Applications with ADOBE FLEX 4.6 and ADOBE FLASH BUILDER 4.6" pdf document, it says:
"AIR requirements
Flex mobile projects and ActionScript mobile projects require AIR 2.6 or a higher version. You can run mobile projects on physical devices that support AIR 2.6 or a higher version of AIR.
You can install AIR 2.6 or a higher version only on supported Android devices that run Android 2.2 or a higher version. For the complete list of supported Android devices, see Certified Devices. Also, review the minimum system requirements to run Adobe AIR on Android devices at Mobile System Requirements.
Note: If you do not have a device that supports AIR 2.6 or a higher version of AIR, you can use Flash Builder to launch and debug mobile applications on the desktop."
So, I go and check the Certified devices in http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/flashruntimes/certified-devices.html and find that the minimun FLASH PLAYER version accepted by ALL devices is FP 10.1
1. Does this mean that if I want to release an app to target ALL mobile devices, then I can only use Flex 4.5?
2. Do support for Flash Player mean the same than support for Adobe AIR? Or the application will prompt the user to install whatever version of the AIR runtime and all of them would be supported by the device, even in the FLASH PLAYER support is for a lesser version?
Thanks!

Thanks for your help, Flex harUI,
The first impression that comes to mind is that FP version is indeed only for the web browser plugin. Then, why does the official Flex 4.6 mobile development documentation have a link to that page that only speaks about the supported FP version in mobiles under the title "AIR requirements"??
This makes it way too confusing.
Do you know whether there is something like an equivalent matrix/list of mobile devices with their supported AIR runtime versions? I went a great deal in trying to keep my original app under 400kb... I didn't know that in the end it would end up weighing 9.5Mb... :S
Thanks again,

Interactive medical report with Flex/AIR, XML, U3D and PDF

Hello,
I am computer science student and during my master thesis I want to program an interactive medical report which should include some 3D models (U3D) and which should provide the following options:
Interactive manipulation of the 3D models
Typing in a structured medical report
Loading of a XML file with additional information
Loading of medical image data (jpg images)
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And: A nice user interface (I like the interface elements of Flex...)
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BUT again: If I have a swf flash file with the nice user interface (generated with the Flash Builder), how can I access the U3D model in the final pdf document? Imagine: I click on a "rotate" button in the swf and then the U3D-Model in the pdf should rotate...
Ok, as you can see, it is a complex szenario.
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What, in your opinion, is the best technology for my task? Flex? AIR?
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Is there a way to save user inputs directly in the pdf file, or as new pdf file or as xml file?
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Steven

Thanks for making my point - perfect is the enemy of good. We tolerate less capable, less perfect system that are in place now, because of the false expectation that it should be perfect. Incremental improvements are rejected, because they are not perfect. Even an imperfect algorithm can find 'Broken' as a common thread in your example, and highlight them for the clinician to evaluate their impact on the current treatment. This no less likely to miss the connection than a clinician trying to scan through handwritten notes, in the 5 - 10 minutes he/she has to interact with the patient and determine what to do.
Because of legal concerns, incremental but imperfect improvements don't get implemented, so nothing ever moves forward. Imagine if after the Wright Brothers first flight, no improvements were considered acceptable unless they completely eliminated the risk of failure - there wouldn't be any airlines to go bankrupt today!
For the most part, IT has focused on activities where 'perfect' is achievable. Accounting in its various forms have been the primary focus of most IT systems. In that area, the vocabulary is very limited, well defined, and consistent. A debit is always a debit, and a credit is always a credit. Medicine is completely different. It is much larger in scope, poorly defined, the vocabularies are mostly non-existent, and where they exist are incomplete and inconsistent. Despite the huge leaps forward in the last century, there is still more unknown than known about how and why the body works. This environment makes most individuals trained in IT uncomfortable. Until we learn how to deal with 'fuzzy', Healthcare IT is going to be limited to the billing and collection functions that it mostly accomplishes today.
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It is an interesting problem.
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Hi Richard,
First of all, welcome to the AIR / Flex community.
Secondly, learning Flex is easy. Start off with the "Flex in
a week" video training (
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/).
In general,
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/
and
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/
are great resources.
If you have any issues, use
http://community.adobe.com/ion/search.html
to search for material. Still no luck, post here and we'll
definitely help you out.
P.S: You can even build AIR apps from Flash (
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flash/)

Flex 4 and air 2beta

hii
I have an air application using flex 4 and air 2.0beta version,
when i am trying to run the project its showing an error :
VerifyError: Error #1014: Class flash.display::Shader could not be found... ,
did get what it indicatess....
have made all the cofigurations..,,changed the namespace 2.0beta2..n all
please give me any solution ..
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Saritha

Sounds like airglobal.swc is missing in your library path. I have some tips here http://blogs.adobe.com/jasonsj/2010/03/using_the_air_2_sdk_in_flash_builder_4.html, but you might want to double check your SDK overlay: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Release_Notes#AIR_2_SDK.
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Example working Flex AIR app for Android?

I'm having trouble getting even the most basic AIR app working on Android. Here is the code:
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password:
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A Test2 app icon shows up on my Galaxy Tab under Applications but when I run the app I just see a plain white screen, I don't see the words "Hello World". Any ideas? Does anyone have an example Flex AIR app that works on Android and can post the code so I can try it on my Galaxy Tab? I know AIR is installed correctly on my Galaxy because I installed an AIR app called South Park Avatar Creator that I got from the market and it works fine.
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Ryan
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" xmlns:local="*"
                        width="600" height="600">
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     </fx:Declarations>
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Adobe Flex/AIR Photo Booth Software

Hi,
I hope everyone is doing well.
Is it possible to build a Photo Booth software like
http://www.photoboof.com/
http://sparkbooth.com/features/
etc. using Adobe Flex/AIR ?
I know that we can build desktop applications using Flex/AIR. But I have a very little experience in building desktop applications. Most of the times I had worked on web applications. The Photo Booth software demands to detect digital camera connected to computer/Laptop and then work on the basis of what camera captures. It is like creating a web application that works with media server and
use computer/laptop webcam. Please guide me how can I start or plan for this software.
Regards
Varun

From What I've found.. it seems 3ivx or Perian could cause this problem. A friend had this issue and deleted 3ivx and it fixed his crashes. Alternatively, some folks are reporting that turning off 32-bit mode (Get Info) for Photobooth has also fixed, although this was already turned off in my friend's case. Or if you have iGlasses installed.

How to include different Character Sets in Flex AIR project

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Flex, AIR(Desktop) Project.
PROBLEM Scenario:
My Application needs a path from Windows registry, So I am launching a .cmd file using Native Process API.
As a result I get a text file with the path.
So, everything works fine(reading/writing), but if the path contains different languages like Korean, Chinese then the READING OPERATION IS FAILED only when I install the application. It works fine while debugging.
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I am using readMultibyte & writeMultibyte APIs, and I am assiging the character set dynamically as per the OS language. (Which is Enslish in current scenario)
FINDING:
I installed Windows with Korean Language on a system, so now if I build the .exe on this machine then it works fine. So, i guess its not able to get the Korean Character set from the English OS, thats why it failed in earlier case.
Is there any way to include different character sets in a Flex project?
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Some loaded SWFs may not be compatible with Flex. Try making a simpler SWF (like one that just draws a circle where you click) and see if it can be loaded and interacted with.
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Hi,
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Hello,
I have to build and RIA for a Companys Intranet and i am not sure, if it is legal or possible to do so for free with the Flex SDK?
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Thanks for your help, Flex harUI,
The first impression that comes to mind is that FP version is indeed only for the web browser plugin. Then, why does the official Flex 4.6 mobile development documentation have a link to that page that only speaks about the supported FP version in mobiles under the title "AIR requirements"??
This makes it way too confusing.
Do you know whether there is something like an equivalent matrix/list of mobile devices with their supported AIR runtime versions? I went a great deal in trying to keep my original app under 400kb... I didn't know that in the end it would end up weighing 9.5Mb... :S
Thanks again,

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