Pass flashvars to an AIR app?

I'm converting a Flex app to an AIR app.
The current flex app uses the SWFObject inthe html template
to pass in flashvars...
var so = new SWFObject("myappp.swf", "myappp", "${width}",
"${height}", "9.0.115");
so.addVariable("XMLData",
getXML(document.getElementById("MyXMLData")));
so.write();
...where MyXmlData is defined in the html template as
follows....
<div style="display:none;" id="MyXMLData">
<video>
<clip url="rtmp://cpxxx.edgefcs.net/500k/myflv"
hideSkin="false">
</clip>
</video>
</div>
In my ActionScript I get the flashvars as follows...
if (!loaderInfo.parameters.hasOwnProperty("MyXMLData"))
throw("Error: Missing XML Data");
How would I do this with AIR? Is there a way to pass the XML
to the loader when the AIR app is starting up? To put it another
way... How would I pass flashvars to an AIR app?
Thanks!
Chris

It depends on how your application is being launched. If it's
being launched from a web page via the browser API, you can pass
arguments to the launch call. That's not really appropriate for an
entire XML file, but you could pass e.g. a URL to one.
However, if your application is being launched directly by a
user on the desktop, then there's no way to pass arguments to it.
Stepping back a bit, it might be more useful to think about
your use case and how to make it work, rather than focusing
immediately on Flashvars, which is just a feature.
Oliver Goldman | Adobe AIR Engineering

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from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html
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<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5">
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When I switch my AIR .xml file to point to the GMapsController.swf file instead of the gmaps2.html file, it works perfectly - this gives me the impression that there's either:
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Brandon,
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<content>DragAndDropExample.swf</content>
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So, this has started me thinking that you cannot include a .swf file which has a base tag of WindowedApplication in a HTML based application? Can anyone confirm that this thinking is correct?
Has anyone here managed to load .swf content in a HTML based application using the code outlined at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS4B441C24-BAE3-4110-91FD-A4E5EEFB2467.htm l?
Thanks
Sean

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- Dev machine running OS X 10.9.5 (with Xcode 6.0.1).
- Built with AIR 15.0.0.258 Beta.
- The certificate is a certificate from comodo.com guaranteed to work with AIR and OS X Digital Code Signing, Code Signing Certificates - COMODO
- Tried compiling/packing with IntelliJ IDEA 14 beta and adt command line, both with same fail results.
- Manual packaging method used: Adobe AIR * Packaging a captive runtime bundle for desktop computers
The adt command fires without a hitch, the command asks for the p12 password, I can see the certificate authorities get pinged as the packaging progresses. The resulting app seems fine and runs well with GateKeeper disabled. However, GateKeeper does not like the resulting app. I need this app to launch flawlessly on all user's systems (that's why I bought a certificate).
Here's the disappointing results from Terminal:
spctl -a -t exec -vv myPrettyPony.app
rejected
source=no usable signature

I would suggest that those interested take a look at thread Tutorial on publishing Flex/Air app for Mac App Store or just using Developer ID for general distribution
However, since that thread is marked as answered, I want to leave this thread open until I find an answer to my particular question: What are the exact steps to properly package and codesign an OS X AIR app for independent distribution to OS X 10.9.5?

Two part AIR apps

Im relitivley new to using AIR.
Currently using the latest Free SDK and our HTML/JS app.
Primary use for our app is to allow multi download/uploads into our web editor.
The profile is 'extendedDesktop' as we need to execute a desktop app from within.
The issue that we have is because we are going to use this app within our company we needed to package it as EXE due to the 'extendedDesktop' profile, users dont have admin privs so they cant install it. This can cause an issue when trying to roll our an update in realtime without having to MSI and roll it out with GPO or an admin person go around and install it.
I have thought of a diffrent way around this but dont know if it is possable.
Can one AIR app speak to another and pass params?
My idea behind this is we would create two AIR apps:
- a 'Desktop Enabler' which is kept very very simple and installed by an admin, this would not realy change and only handles tasks that need the 'extendedDesktop' profile, this could take params from the main app and execute as required the desktop apps
- the second would be the main app package, this would handle all the other tasks that dont need 'extendedDesktop', we could then install this as a .air package without admin privs localy in the user profile and update it as required.

Of course with different icons and interface, the new interface has a sliding separator style to show difference between edited and original photos. I meant I have the same issue as you.
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Command line arguments to Captive Runtime Air App

I am having problems passing command line arguments to my Captive Runtime Air App on Mac OS X. Argument handling occurs perfectly when running in ADL, via the InvokeEvent.INVOKE event. However, when running the native executable, it seems that no command line arguments are getting passed through.
How do I pass command line arguments into my Captive Runtime Air App?

See:
http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-24993
"Native packaging: native launcher should pass command line parameters to the app"
fixed for jdk7u10
jdk7u10 is downloadable from here:
http://jdk7.java.net/download.html
It may take a week or two for the fix to propagate into there.

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I'm building an AIR app with Ajax using an API that is
identical to flickr's API, with a shared secret key. The problem is
that the air installation package contains all the source and I
don't want to give away my shared secret. Is there any way to hide
the secret? Can I hide any of the source, or put the key in the
encrypted local store pre-installation, or somehow include this
shared secret within the app without giving it away?
I thought I had it figured out when I included it as a passed
param in the application descriptor (e.g.
<content>index.html?key=xxxxxx-secret=xxxxxxx</content>),
but then I see that even the application descriptor source is
included in the .air build! Is there anything I can do????
Thanks very much for any help!

thanks Jason - yes it does return an authentication token
after the user authorizes the application. The shared secret is
really just a way for the server to recognize the program using the
API. It is used to sign each transaction between the server and the
client through the API calls. By giving out the shared secret, I
would be giving anyone access to disguise themselves as our client
program. So if they do something wrong with it, our key would be
revoked, and our client program would no longer work.

AIR App, load externally hosted SWF which loads XML

I am wondering if this is even possible, because I am getting error 2148.
I am loading in SWF files that are externally hosted into an AIR app. Everything works great!
Is it possible to have one of these child SWFs load in some type of XML data or access an XML file on the desktop/tmp?
Or if need be, should I have the AIR app do all the loading (including the other XML) and pass that to the child SWF?
Thanks in advance!
In detail:
AIR app -> Loads SWFs
SWFS -> Load XML
SWF -> displays something or does something RAD!!!
Stuff I have tried:
Ive added an mms.cfg file in the proper places, as well as, changed my adobe security settings to allow access to a "tmp" folder on desktop. The loaded SWF from an external domain loads fine however it still shows an error 2148 when trying to access an XML file within the "tmp" folder on desktop. The SWF when published is also set to "access local files"

I was able to find a workaround of the security sandbox using Loader.loadBytes();
Aleksandar Andreev's Loader class really helped:
http://blog.aleksandarandreev.com/?p=42

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