Launch desktop AIR app from swf button

Question

I have a very simple task. I have an AIR app installed. All I want to be able to do is launch it from a swf button. I am building the swf button in Flash CS6. How do I do this? All it has to do is launch the app. No fancy stuff, no installs, no validation. Just launch the darn app. I can't seem to find a simple solution. Thanks!

Answer 1

Not sure exactly why yet, but I finally found something that worked!!!! Hope this saves someone else hours of research:
myCustomBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, versionDetectCallback);
var _air:Object;
var _loader:Loader;
var appID:String = "thenameofmyapp";
var pubID:String = " "; 
function loadAir() : void
_loader = new Loader();
var loaderContext:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();
loaderContext.applicationDomain = ApplicationDomain.currentDomain;
_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT,onInit);
_loader.load(new   URLRequest("http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/browserapi/air.swf"),loaderContext);
function onInit(event:Event) : void
_air = event.target.content;
        //the pubID argument resolves to and empty string ""  
        _air.getApplicationVersion(appID, pubID, versionDetectCallback);
function versionDetectCallback(event:MouseEvent) : void
       _air.launchApplication(appID,pubID);
loadAir();