Maximum Dimensions of AIR Application

Hi All,
Can someone advise me if there is a limit to the dimensions that a desktop AIR application can be?
This is specifically related to an an app made from Flash.
I have been able to set larger width and heights in the descriptor file post installation to make the application open any size so far - but I don't have a screen large enough to see if there is a limit.
Thanks,
jkafkaris

4095x4095 (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/NativeWin dow.html#bounds)

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Hi M*A*S*H 4077 thanks agan for your reply sending you the total code i used in my project.As I am a new coder my codes are not in abc please try to understand.please have a look and if u want to see my componentcode then also i can send code.component i only used in the video part.
thank you
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    xmlns:components="components.*"
    verticalAlign="top"
    backgroundColor="white"
    borderStyle="none"
    borderThickness="0"
    creationComplete="init();"
    baseline="0"
    paddingLeft="0" paddingRight="0" paddingTop="0" paddingBottom="0"
    initialize="service.send()"
    applicationComplete="fullscreenmode()"
    backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]"
    backgroundGradientColors="[#CCCCCC, #090909]"
    backgroundImage="@Embed(source='assets/background/background.jpg')"
    >
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import flash.display.Sprite;
            import flash.display.StageAlign;
            import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
            import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
            import mx.effects.Iris;
            import mx.effects.easing.*;
            import flash.utils.Timer;
            [Bindable]
            public var secondsTillDue:int=100;
            import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
            import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
            public var bol:Boolean;
            [Bindable]
            private var images:ArrayCollection;
            [Bindable]
            private var centerpoint:Number;
            [Bindable]
            private var currentIndex : Number = 0;
            public var myTimer:Timer;
            [Bindable]
            private var mainwidth:Number;
            [Bindable]
            private var mainheight:Number;
   private function init():void {
            myTimer=new Timer(1000);
            myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,warnIfClose);
            myTimer.start();
            // Initialize the uldr variable which will be used to load the external
            // playlist XML file.
            uldr = new URLLoader();
            uldr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlCompleteHandler);
            uldr.load(new URLRequest(PLAYLIST_XML_URL));
        /* function setFullScreenDisplayState():void{
             stage.displayState=stageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE;
      public function warnIfClose(event:TimerEvent):void{
        secondsTillDue=secondsTillDue-1;
        if(secondsTillDue==90){
         lab1.setStyle("hideEffect", fade);
         lab1.visible=false;
         clockpan.visible=false;
         clockpan.includeInLayout=false
         clock1.setStyle("hideEffect", fade);
         clock1.visible=false;
        else if(secondsTillDue==88){
            mainbox
            imagePart.setStyle("showEffect",fade);
            imagePart.visible=true;
            imagePart.includeInLayout=false;
         else if(secondsTillDue==83){
             imagePart.visible=false;
             imagePart.setStyle("hideEffect",fade)
             videoContainer.visible=true;
             playVideo();
            private function fullscreenmode():void{
            stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE;
            mainwidth=stage.width;
            mainheight=stage.height;
            centerpoint=stage.height/2;
            private function serviceHandler(event:ResultEvent):void{
                images = event.result.gallery.img;
                var timer:Timer = new Timer(15000);
                timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,nextImage);
                timer.start();
            private function nextImage(event:TimerEvent):void{
                    if (currentIndex < images.length - 1){
                        currentIndex++;
                    else {
                        currentIndex = 0;
        import mx.controls.ProgressBarMode;
             * The amount of time between calls to update the playhead timer, in
             * milliseconds.
            private const PLAYHEAD_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS:uint = 10;
             * The path to the XML file containing the video playlist.
            private const PLAYLIST_XML_URL:String = "playlist.xml";
             * The client object to use for the NetStream object.
            private var client:Object;
             * The index of the currently playing video.
            [Bindable]
            private var idx:uint = 0;
             * A copy of the current video's metadata object.
            private var meta:Object;
            private var nc:NetConnection;
            private var ns:NetStream;
            private var playlist:XML;
            private var t:Timer;
            private var uldr:URLLoader;
            private var vid:Video;
            private var videosXML:XMLList;
             * The SoundTransform object used to set the volume for the NetStream.
            private var volumeTransform:SoundTransform;
             * Constructor
            private function initApp():void {
                // Initialize the uldr variable which will be used to load the external
                // playlist XML file.
                uldr = new URLLoader();
                uldr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlCompleteHandler);
                uldr.load(new URLRequest(PLAYLIST_XML_URL));
             * Once the XML file has loaded, parse the file contents into an XML object,
             * and create an XMList for the video nodes in the XML.
            private function xmlCompleteHandler(event:Event):void {
                playlist = XML(event.target.data);
                videosXML = playlist.video;
                main();
             * The main application.
            private function main():void {
                volumeTransform = new SoundTransform();
                // Create the client object for the NetStream, and set up a callback
                // handler for the onMetaData event.
                client = new Object();
                client.onMetaData = metadataHandler;
                nc = new NetConnection();
                nc.connect(null);
                // Initialize the NetSteam object, add a listener for the netStatus
                // event, and set the client for the NetStream.
                ns = new NetStream(nc);
                ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
                ns.client = client;
                // Initialize the Video object, attach the NetStram, and add the Video
                // object to the display list.
                vid = new Video();
                vid.x = 0;
                vid.y = 0;
                vid.attachNetStream(ns);
                videoContainer.addChild(vid);
                // Begin playback of the first video.
                //playVideo();
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                // Initialize the Timer object and set the delay to
                // PLAYHEAD_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS milliseconds.
                t = new Timer(PLAYHEAD_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS);
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                // Configure the positionBar ProgressBar instance and set the mode to
                // MANUAL. Progress bar values will be explicitly set using the
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                // value is set to 1 because the volume in the SoundTransform object
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                // properties are set to 0.1 which allows users to set the volume to
                // 0, 0.1 - 0.9, 1.0 which allows users to increment or decrement the
                // volume by 10%.
                //volumeSlider.value = volumeTransform.volume;
                //volumeSlider.minimum = 0;
                //volumeSlider.maximum = 1;
                //volumeSlider.snapInterval = 0.1;
                //volumeSlider.tickInterval = volumeSlider.snapInterval;
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                // moved, rather than when the user releases the slider thumb.
                //volumeSlider.liveDragging = true;
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                // the same click handler.
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                //pauseButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
                //stopButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
                //backButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
                //forwardButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClickHandler);
             * Event listener for the volumeSlider instance. Called when the user
             * changes the value of the volume slider.
            private function volumeChangeHandler():void {
                // Set the volumeTransform's volume property to the current value of the
                // Slider and set the NetStream object's soundTransform property.
                //volumeTransform.volume = volumeSlider.value;
                ns.soundTransform = volumeTransform;
             * Event listener for the ns object. Called when the net stream's status
             * changes.
            private function netStatusHandler(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
                try {
                    switch (event.info.code) {
                        case "NetStream.Play.Start" :
                            // If the current code is Start, start the timer object.
                            t.start();
                            break;
                        case "NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound" :
                        case "NetStream.Play.Stop" :
                            // If the current code is Stop or StreamNotFound, stop
                            // the timer object and play the next video in the playlist.
                            t.stop();
                            playNextVideo();
                            break;
                } catch (error:TypeError) {
                    // Ignore any errors.
             * Event listener for the ns object's client property. This method is called
             * when the net stream object receives metadata information for a video.
            private function metadataHandler(metadataObj:Object):void {
                // Store the metadata information in the meta object.
                meta = metadataObj;
                // Resize the Video instance on the display list with the video's width
                // and height from the metadata object.
                vid.width = mainwidth;
                vid.height = mainheight;
                // Reposition and resize the positionBar progress bar based on the
                // current video's dimensions.
                //positionBar.move(vid.x, vid.y + vid.height);
                //positionBar.width = vid.width;
             * Retrieve the current video from the playlist XML object.
            private function getVideo():String {
                return videosXML[idx].@url;
             * Play the currently selected video.
            private function playVideo():void {
                var url:String = getVideo();
                ns.play(url);
             * Decrease the current video index and begin playback of the video.
            private function playPreviousVideo():void {
                if (idx > 0) {
                    idx--;
                    playVideo();
                    // Make sure the positionBar progress bar is visible.
                    //positionBar.visible = true;
             * Increase the current video index and begin playback of the video.
             [Bindable]
             private var newTime:Number;
            private function playNextVideo():void{
                if (idx < (videosXML.length() - 1)) {
                    // If this is not the last video in the playlist increase the
                    // video index and play the next video.
                    idx++;
                    playVideo();
                    // Make sure the positionBar progress bar is visible.
                    //positionBar.visible = true;
                } else {
                    // If this is the last video in the playlist increase the video
                    // index, clear the contents of the Video object and hide the
                    // positionBar progress bar. The video index is increased so that
                    // when the video ends, clicking the backButton will play the
                    // correct video.
                    idx++;
                    vid.clear();
                    init();
                    //Alert.show("video end")
                    //positionBar.visible = false;
            private function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void {
                try {
                } catch (error:Error) {
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
<mx:XML id="imagesXML" source="data/images.xml" />
    <mx:Zoom id="zoom" />
    <mx:Fade id="fadein" duration="1000" alphaFrom="100" alphaTo="0" />
    <mx:Fade id="fade" />
    <mx:Rotate id="rotate"
            angleFrom="-180"
            angleTo="0"
            easingFunction="Elastic.easeInOut"
            duration="2000" />
<mx:VBox id="mainbox" horizontalAlign="left" width="100%" height="100%" verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalScrollPolicy="off">
            <mx:Panel borderStyle="none"
           borderAlpha="0"
           cornerRadius= "0"
           headerHeight= "0"
           backgroundAlpha= "0"
           borderThickness="0"
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           top="100"
           height="500"
           paddingLeft="0"
           paddingRight="0"
           paddingBottom="0"
           verticalScrollPolicy="off"
           horizontalScrollPolicy="off"
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           id="clockpan"
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                <components:MyWatch formatString="DD/MM/YYYY KK:NN:SS " themeColor="#0D424C" id="clock1"/>
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           borderAlpha="0"
           cornerRadius= "0"
           headerHeight= "0"
           borderThickness="0"
           verticalScrollPolicy="off"
           paddingLeft="0" paddingBottom="0" paddingRight="0" paddingTop="0"
           horizontalScrollPolicy="off"
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    <mx:Panel borderStyle="none"
           borderAlpha="0"
           cornerRadius= "0"
           borderThickness="0"
           headerHeight= "0" top="0" left="0"
           backgroundAlpha= "0" verticalAlign="middle"
           verticalScrollPolicy="off"
           horizontalScrollPolicy="off"
           x="0"
           >
         <mx:VideoDisplay borderStyle="none" borderThickness="0" visible="false" id="videoContainer"
              maintainAspectRatio="false"
              />
    </mx:Panel>
    
     
     </mx:VBox>
    <mx:HTTPService id="service" url="data.xml" result="serviceHandler(event)"/>
</mx:WindowedApplication>

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Our AIR application by itself is not large - about 5MB. However, it relies upon about 600MB of external assets. These include various forms of media: images, audio clips, SWFs etc. If I try to bundle all of this into a single AIR file using FlashBuilder 4, FlashBuilder dies due to lack of memory to the JVM. I have tried to increase memory to the JVM, but even given the maximum it still does not work. I then attempted to package and sign the AIR file using the command line tools. That appears to work, however that operation results in a bloated AIR file that is over 1GB in size, almost double the size of the content packaged into it. If I attempt to use the sidecar installer provided by Adobe to install this AIR file the installer dies. Further investigation shows that others have hit this same size limitation with AIR files, but there is no resolution in site to this problem.
Since it seemed impossible to package the entire application into a single AIR file my next attempt was to keep the content separate from the AIR application. I have experimented with Installshield, but have found no way to chain together the sidecar installer MSI with another MSI that installs the content to the same location. I could install the AIR application, and then let the application itself finish the installation by copying the content to app-storage://, but then the application is only usable by the user who installed it. In a lab environment in a school this doesn't work, because typically the person who is installing the application is an administrator, not the end user. app-storage:// resides under a user's directory, not in a shared location. The application is unable to copy files to the app:// location due to the security model of AIR.
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; HM NIS Edit Wizard helper defines
!define PRODUCT_NAME "My Product Install Kit"
!define PRODUCT_VERSION "2.0"
!define PRODUCT_PUBLISHER "mycompany"
!define PRODUCT_WEB_SITE "http://www.mycompany.com"
!define PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe"
!define PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
!define PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY "HKLM"
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!include "MUI.nsh"
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!define MUI_ABORTWARNING
!define MUI_ICON "..\..\..\..\..\__staging\InstallerResources\TT.ico"
!define MUI_UNICON "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Icons\modern-uninstall.ico"
; Welcome page
; License page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_LICENSE "..\..\..\..\..\__staging\InstallerResources\License.txt"
; Directory page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
; Instfiles page
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES
; Finish page
; NOTE: This provides an option to run the AIR application. This depends upon the Client.air file creating this executable. It doesn't get created by this installer.
;       Also, The directory 'My Product 2.0' shown anywhere in this script must match the installation directory created by Client.air or nothing will be in the right spot.
!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\My Product 2.0\My Product 2.0.exe"
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_FINISH
; Uninstaller pages
!insertmacro MUI_UNPAGE_INSTFILES
; Language files
!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"
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Name "${PRODUCT_NAME} ${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
OutFile "Setup.exe"
InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\mycompany"
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" ""
ShowInstDetails show
ShowUnInstDetails show
var removePreviousInstall
Section "MainSection" SEC01
StrCpy $removePreviousInstall "A previously installed version of My Product 2.0 has been detected at $INSTDIR\My Product 2.0 that must be un-installed before proceeding. Please go to Control Panel --> Programs and Features and fully un-install any mycompany components. Also, make sure that this folder is deleted. Then, you may attempt to re-install. The installer will quit now."
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SetOverwrite try
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ReadRegStr $0 HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe AIR" "DisplayVersion"
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SectionEnd
Section -AdditionalIcons
SetOutPath $INSTDIR
; WriteIniStr "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "${PRODUCT_WEB_SITE}"
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SectionEnd
Section -Post
WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\Uninstall My Product 2.0.exe"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" "" "$APPDATA\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayName" "$(^Name)"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayIcon" "$APPDATA\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayVersion" "${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "URLInfoAbout" "${PRODUCT_WEB_SITE}"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "Publisher" "${PRODUCT_PUBLISHER}"
SectionEnd
Function un.onUninstSuccess
HideWindow
MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "My Product 2.0 Install Kit was successfully removed from your computer."
FunctionEnd
Function un.onInit
MessageBox MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_YESNO|MB_DEFBUTTON2 "Are you sure you want to completely remove My Product 2.0?" IDYES +2
Abort
FunctionEnd
Section Uninstall
RMDir /r "$INSTDIR\My Product 2.0\*.*"
RMDir /r "$APPDATA\mycompanyAIRInstaller\*.*"
;Deletes the link put there by the AIR app installer.
Delete "$SMPROGRAMS\mycompany\My Product 2.0.lnk"
DeleteRegKey ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}"
DeleteRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}"
SetAutoClose true
SectionEnd

Unable to export AIR application in FlashBuilder 4

Hi,
I have just finished an AIR application created in Flash Builder 4 / SDK 4.1.
But I have systematically a problem while exporting the application with the Flash Builder wizard / button Export to a validated version.
When I double click on the generated .air file, I've got the error :
'This application cannot be installed because the installation program has not be configured correctly'.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sophie

Hi,
First of all, thanks for your answer.
I am working on a Windows XP server - Version 2002 - SP2.
To avoid the following error message, Could not generate timestamp: Connection timed out: connect
I set java.net.useSystemProxies=true in [Adobe Flash Builder 4 folder]\jre\lib\net.properties
Here's my Application-app.xml file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.0">

    
    <id>com.akka.dgac.ClientLourdNA</id>
    
    <filename>ClientLourdNA</filename>
    
    <name>Client Lourd NA</name>
    
    <version>1.0</version>
    
    
    
    <copyright>Copyright 2011, Akka Technologies</copyright>
    
    
    
    <initialWindow>
        
        
        <content>ClientLourdNA.swf</content>
        
        <title>Outil de rédaction d'un rapport d'audit Navigation Aérienne</title>
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    </initialWindow>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    <installFolder>bin-release</installFolder>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
        
    
</application>
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sophie

Center Air Application

Hi all,
I have an AIR application built from flex components; I want
it so that when I run the AIR application, it starts in the center
of the user's screen. Do I do this in xxx-app.xml, or in the main
Application window that starts up? Could someone show me how to do
either of these? Thanks!

You would need to do this in the applicationComplete event
handler for the WindowedApplication.
You can use the Screen class to get the dimensions of the
screen and use those to compute the x and y for the window.
private function center():void{
this.nativeWindow.x = (Screen.mainScreen.bounds.width -
this.nativeWindow.width)/2;
this.nativeWindow.y = (Screen.mainScreen.bounds.height -
this.nativeWindow.height)/2;

Deployment of an Adobe AIR application in an enterprise environment

Dear Team members,
first of all my apologies for posting this thread in more than one forum (see Installations Issues) but the argument is very important to us and I don't know where discuss it.
I would like to post a question to you regarding deployment doubts that we are trying to address.
My company is working on the new version of our primary application previously built as a J2EE application with some reporting functions with Flex, and we want to use AIR in order to leverage its possibilities:
Seamless integration with existing application functionalities (implemented as standard JEE web application pages) thanks to the integrated HTML capabilities
Improved integration of the user interface with the desktop
Native processes to provide additional functionalities
Our application is targeted to pharmaceutical industry, subject to FDA regulations, and it affects more than 5000 users for each customer, so we have some specific requirements affecting the deployment and distribution of the software:
Allow to run multiple versions of the software on the same client machine (to support test and acceptance activities in addition to the production environment)
Minimize the effort of the initial setup on each client
Manage the version upgrades without manual activities on each client
Keep the test/acceptance and production environments strictly aligned to improve effectiveness of formal validation (ideally, an application once validated should be transported in production without any source code modification, recompilation or repackaging)
The current browser-based strategy is perfectly fit to these requirements, and in the shift towards a desktop-based strategy we need to continue satisfying them as much as possible. We evaluated the standard distribution strategy of Adobe AIR applications, and noticed several attention points in this scenario.
The first issue we encountered is the back-end services endpoint discovery problem. Simply hardcoding a server URL in the packaged application could be a viable solution for public internet-accessible applications, but we need to support multiple customers in their intranet, and each one typically requires multiple environments for the application (acceptance, production, etc.). Maintaining dozens of different packages of the AIR application to support all these customer environments clearly is not the solution. Neither we want to force thousands of different users to enter and maintain the correct server location in their local preferences.
So, we thought to use a badge hosted in the back-end application to run the local AIR application: using the underlying API, we could activate the application specifying also the network location of the back-end services. We could also rely on the badge to install the application (and the AIR runtime if necessary)… however, application packaged as native installers cannot be installed, upgraded, or launched by the badge API (and we need to package ours as native to use native processes).
We also noticed that multiple versions of an AIR application cannot be installed side-by-side in a client machine, and that the installation and upgrade of the application can be performed only when the local user has administrative rights on the machine (using standard or native packages), forcing us to rely on external software distribution systems in some customer scenarios (introducing additional complexities in the release cycle).
At this point, in our opinion the standard deployment strategies of Adobe AIR applications are unfit for enterprise environments. In the enterprise world, many of the applications have migrated to a completely browser-based solution, while others enhanced their client layer to comply with the requirements, for example installing only a thin portion of the client code and allowing to connect to multiple server versions/environments with it (e.g. the SAP GUI universal client). Without smarter deployment and distribution tools, AIR applications currently are a step back compared to web applications in terms of manageability.
So, we are trying to develop a solution to address these problems, with some concepts similar to JStart: install on the client machine a launcher application capable of being activated from a web page, dynamically locate, download and run the actual client bytecode, transparently enforce client software updates, and supporting multiple applications (and multiple versions of the same application). However, we are facing many technical problems due to internal architecture of AIR and we already spent a considerable amount of effort trying to find a solution. We are now thinking to return on the choice of AIR, going back to Flex.
What is the position of Adobe on this argument? Is Adobe aware of these issues and are there any plans on this topic? Any advice?
Thank you in advance

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Communication problem between air application from swf at browser

Hi,
I am trying to communicate adobe air native application from brwser using swf, I check for native application installed or not. If installed then launch and if not then install and launch.
I am facing problem when browser crashes and communication get lost with adobe air native application. And when user restart web browser and try to make local connection for communication with native application, some times it get failed. so, how to handle this state please help.
Thanks
Nitesh Kumar

Hi sinious,
How could I clean up connection when browser is aborted or lost?
below you can find the code snippet to check for air application and connection
airSWFLoader = new Loader();
                              loaderContext = new LoaderContext();
                              loaderContext.applicationDomain = ApplicationDomain.currentDomain;
                              airSWFLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, onInit);
                              airSWFLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/browserapi/air.swf"),loaderContext);
function onInit(e:Event):void
                              airSWF = e.target.content;
                              switch(airSWF.getStatus().toString())
                                        case "available" : AirLoaderStatus = 1;
                                        break;
                                        case "unavailable" : AirLoaderStatus = 2;
                                        break;
                                        case "installed" : AirLoaderStatus = 3;
                                        break;
private function getAppStatus():void
                              clearInterval(intervalIdentifier);
                              if(AirLoaderStatus == 0){intervalIdentifier = setInterval(getAppStatus,1000);return;}
                              m_launchInstallBtn.visible = true;
                              var statusInfo:String = airSWF.getStatus();
                              airSWF.getApplicationVersion(m_installerFileName, m_pubID, versionDetectCallback);
function versionDetectCallback(version:String):void
                              if (version == null)
                                        trace("Not Installed");
                                        // Take appropriate actions. For instance, present the user with
                                        // an option to install the application.
                              else
                                        m_isPluginsInstalled = true;
                                        // Take appropriate actions. For instance, enable the
                                        // user interface to launch the application.
private function onlickMouse(event:MouseEvent):void
                              m_text.text += "\nm_isPluginsInstalled:"+m_isPluginsInstalled+":::AirLoaderStatus:"+AirLoaderStatus;
                              trace("\nm_isPluginsInstalled:"+m_isPluginsInstalled+":::AirLoaderStatus:" +AirLoaderStatus);
                              switch(event.currentTarget)
                                        case m_launchInstallBtn:
                                                     if(AirLoaderStatus == 1)
       installAirsetup();
                                                  else
                                                            if(!m_isPluginsInstalled)
                                                                      airSWF.installApplication(m_url, m_runtimeVersion, m_argsToPass);
                                                                      airSWF.launchApplication(m_installerFileName, m_pubID, m_argsToPass);
                                                            else
                                                                      airSWF.launchApplication(m_installerFileName, m_pubID, m_argsToPass);
                                        break;
in the above code snippet I pass localConnection for send and recieve as an argument in m_argsToPass.
the connection names strarts with "_".
In the air application I I split the event arguments like given below
argsArray = event.arguments.toString().split(",");
and then try to establish connection.
Please suggest, how could I clean the connection on lost/ abort of browser, since then swf object embeded in browser also get lost.

Problem with Expose and Adobe AIR application -can't click on app in Expose

I just installed a new Adobe AIR application called TwitterLocal. The app was working fine until I accidently hit some keyboard shortcut and the application window disappeared. I figured I accidently assigned the window to some other "space," however I do not have SPACES turned on. Furthermore, when I select EXPOSE, I can now see the content of the application's window, however if I click on the app (which takes on that grey-highlight appearance when you mouse over it) the desktop returns to its normal position. I can see via the top status bar that the app is currently selected, but I cannot access the app window.
Is there any way to send an app that was "sent" to expose back to the normal desktop? I've tried rebooting and even uninstalling/reinstalling the app but it is still lost in expose.
Any thoughts on this would greatly be appreciated.

Solution was to change display to lower resolution, then the Adobe AIR app TwitterLocal became visible on the standard desktop and I was able to click on and move the app window towards the left of the desktop. Once I switched the resolution back, everything was ok.

How to open and show a word, excel, ppt file in Adobe AIR application?

Dear All,
I have a requirement to open a MS- word/ Excel file in the AIR application.
On click of a brows button a file reference box opens...on any file
selection...it should open in the application itself...
so plz let me know the solutions u have...

Here is your basic issue: setting a classpath (and presumably compiling and executing a program) is one of the most basic, fundamental concepts in Java. I would advise you to follow JVerd and Annie's links and get started on a tutorial. Try writing a simple HelloWorld application before delving into POI. When you are more comfortable writing and compiling programs, and post a specific question, it will be much easier to help you.
- Saish

How to get the data from mysql database which is being accessed by a PHP application and process the data locally in adobe air application and finally commit the changes back in to mysql database through the PHP application.

How to get the data from mysql database which is being accessed by a PHP application and process the data locally in adobe air application and finally commit the changes back in to mysql database through the PHP application.

If the data is on a remote server (for example, PHP running on a web server, talking to a MySQL server) then you do this in an AIR application the same way you would do it with any Flex application (or ajax application, if you're building your AIR app in HTML/JS).
That's a broad answer, but in fact there are lots of ways to communicate between Flex and PHP. The most common and best in most cases is to use AMFPHP (http://amfphp.org/) or the new ZEND AMF support in the Zend Framework.
This page is a good starting point for learning about Flex and PHP communication:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_php.html
Also, in Flash Builder 4 they've added a lot of remote-data-connection functionality, including a lot that's designed for PHP. Take a look at the Flash Builder 4 public beta for more on that: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder4/

How to Call a AIR application from Flex Application

Hi,
    I have Used AIR (Desktop application) in Flex Builder to Upload a File from a local path and save it it a server path.
I need to Call this AIR(Desktop application) from my Flex Application.... i.e
I am using a link button to send a event using Script and Forward that Desktop application from Flex Screen
But it doesnot load that (Desktop application) in Screen. Only Balnk screen is loaded from path
Here is the code
AIR(Desktop application)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:WindowedApplication
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="openBrowseWindow();">
<mx:HTTPService id="urlpath" showBusyCursor="true" useProxy="false" method="
POST" url="http://localhost:8080/nat/FlexAction.do?method=UrlPath"result="pathresult(event)"
fault="faultHandler(event)"
>
</mx:HTTPService>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FileEvent;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
import mx.controls.Alert;
private
var openFile:File = new File()
private
function openBrowseWindow():void{openFile.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onOpenFileComplete);
openFile.addEventListener(Event.OPEN, load);
openFile.browse();
private
function load():void{Alert.show(
"load");
var imageTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Images (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png)", "*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.png");
//var textTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Text Files (*.txt, *.rtf)", "*.txt; *.rtf");
var allTypes:Array = new Array(imageTypes);openFile.browse(allTypes);
private
function faultHandler(event:FaultEvent):void {
//Alert.show("Fault")Alert.show(ObjectUtil.toString(event.fault));
private
function pathresult(event:ResultEvent):void{Alert.show(
"res")
//Alert.show(ObjectUtil.toString(event.result));}private
function onOpenFileComplete(event:Event):void{
//mx.controls.Alert.show("event: "+event.target.nativePath +"UR!!!");
var pPath = event.target.nativePath;
var parameters:Object = {FlexActionType:"PATH",path:pPath};
// Alert.show("Image Selected from Path : "+pPath); urlpath.send(parameters);
//Alert.show("Passed.."+parameters);}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Button click="openBrowseWindow();onOpenFileComplete(event)" name="Upload" label="Upload" x="120.5" y="10"/>
Here is Mxml Code for Flex Application
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:Application
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.0.M4" >
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
private function Upload():void{
// CursorManager.setBusyCursor();
//var url:String = "HomeAction.do?method=onLoad";
//var url:String = "assets/Air.swf";
var url1:URLRequest = new URLRequest("assets/Air.swf");navigateToURL(url1,
"_self");
// CursorManager.removeBusyCursor(); }
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:LinkButton id="up" click="Upload()" x="295" y="215" label="UpLoad"/>
In this code i forward using s url to Open tat Desktop application but a blank screen appears with out the proper output...
Please Help me in this to forward AIR from Flex Screen..
Thanks in Advance
With Regards
Gopinath.A
Software Developer
First Internet Systems Pvt. Ltd.,
Chennai

try this
http://www.leonardofranca.com/index.php/2009/09/17/launching-an-installed-air-application- from-the-browser/
regards
Leonardo França
Adobe Certified Expert Flex 3 with AIR
Adobe Certified Expert Rich Internet Application Specialist v1.0
Adobe Certified Expert Flash CS3 Professional
Certified Professional Adobe Flex 2 Developer
Adobe Certified Professional Flash MX 2004 Developer
http://www.leonardofranca.com
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