No Chrome still having issues, help please.

Question

Hey guys,
I am trying to learn how to do NO CHROME windows. I have a
small AIR Application which would like to make it without chrome
and have tried the online tutorials but not having much. I am able
to get the window to appear without chrome but with my original
window, i have another window with systems setting pops in as well.
Can anyone help me, please.
Here is my code:

Answer 1

To make an AIR app without chrome, you don't have to create a
child window. The app itself can have no chrome. Here are the
requirements for a no-chrome app:
FIRST, in <mx:WindowedApplication> set the attribute
showFlexChrome="false".
SECOND, create an Application Descriptor XML File in the src
folder named with your app's name, and with "-app" appended, as
follows:
my app startup file is src/nochrome.mxml
my descriptor file is src/nochrome-app.xml
(Note that this is an XML file, not an MXML file.)
This Application Descriptor File "ADF" is normally created
for you automatically when you use the Flex Builder wizard to
create your AIR app. If it's not already there, then you'll need to
get the contents just right. For now, I'll assume you have that
file already but haven't used it; if you're not using Flex Builder,
then let me know and I can post the contents of a default
Application Descriptor File. But I highly recommend using the Flex
Builder new file wizard to create your app.
In the ADF, there are two settings to change; here are the
values they should be set to:
<systemChrome>none</systemChrome>
<transparent>true</transparent> (this is
OPTIONAL)
If you're editing the automatic ADF created by Flex Builder,
be sure to remove the comment prefixes and suffixes, or your edited
settings will remain comments and therefore be ignored.
Now your app will have no chrome and (if you set the
transparent property) will also be transparent. So you'll want to
drop at least an EXIT button on the Design page, so there will be
some way to close it! You can use Debug Mode in Flex Builder to
stop the app if there's no visible way to end it.
If you are using transparency too, then the app itself (the
WindowedApplication object) is transparent, so you would typically
add a canvas component to the app's window, and use that for the
app background. For irregular shaped apps, you might use an image
component with a PNG image containing transparency. Or, you could
use code to draw directly on the invisible window. Whatever other
components are dropped on the invisible app window will be visible,
and will appear to float over the desktop.
If you don't set transparent to True, then the app will be
visible, but will still have no chrome. But I suspect that if
you're experimenting with no chrome, you'll very soon be
experimenting with irregular shapes or other forms of transparency.
hope this helps,
Allen