Pass variables to AIR app?

Hi,
I want to pass a variable (SWF path) to my AIR app. I will then pass this variable as the source to my SWFLoader component present in the app.
Is there any way of achieving this? I read here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/96965 that passing FlashVars to an AIR app is not possible.
But that was two years ago. Is this still the case?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pradeep.

You can receive command line arguments in your AIR application by handling the InvokeEvent:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappsflex/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118676a5d46-8000. html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7e1a
Hope this helps.
Chris Thilgen
AIR Engineering

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Passing Variable to air app when launch using Badger

Hi all,
I am going to desperately to develop my application. Hope someone can help me........
I am using badger for air which I get it here http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/badger_for_air_apps.html and it launch my app correctly, but I can't pass any variable into my app when launch.
I have read the instruction and adding some code like this :
on index.html(show my badge installer):
    var so = new SWFObject("AIRInstallBadge.swf", "", "215", "180", "9.0.115", "#000000");
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newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront = true;
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newHTMLLoader.stage.nativeWindow.x=0;
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sory, there is mistake here......
the question isn't finish yet.
function onInvoke(e)
//my code
applauncarg = event.arguments;
air.trace("onInvoke : " + event.applauncharg);
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alert ("OK");
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the question isn't finish yet.
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//my code
applauncarg = event.arguments;
air.trace("onInvoke : " + event.applauncharg);
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I have get the answer. If someone need the source code, just Pm me and I'll give you my Source to help you.
The first is to make sure that your action scipt code can handle the argument that passed by javascript.
Make attention between invoke event and browser invoke event! it is almost same but they are different.
If you type browser invoke event, it seems browser invokeevent doesn't recognized, but it works.
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function onInvoke(e)
//my code
applauncarg = .arguments;
alert (applauncarg);
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Flex Builder truncate/drop variables for AIR App

I have built and compiled a Air Application with Local
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http://127.0.0.1:8300/Census.swf
everything is great and data is filled in my Datagrid.
HOWEVER, when I compile/run the AIR App (from flex builder)
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[RPC Fault faultString="Send failed"
faultCode="Client.Error.MessageSend"
faultDetail="Channel.Connect.Failed error
NetConnection.Call.Failed: HTTP: Failed:
url: '
http://ensus.swf/flex2gateway/cfamfpolling'"
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not Census.swf) and the IP/Port number are omitted
Using a cf-polling-amf channel where the Server name and
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class="mx.messaging.channels.AMFChannel">
<endpoint uri="
http://{server.name}:{server.port}{context.root}/flex2gateway/cfamfpolling"
class="flex.messaging.endpoints.AMFEndpoint"/>
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<polling-interval-seconds>8</polling-interval-seconds>
<serialization>
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You can look at here:
http://sherifabdou.com/2008/06/hardcoding-the-endpoint-for-air-and-coldfusion-remoting/
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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",
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<div style="display:none;" id="MyXMLData">
<video>
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if (!loaderInfo.parameters.hasOwnProperty("MyXMLData"))
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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.
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your use case and how to make it work, rather than focusing
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Example working Flex AIR app for Android?

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication 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="*"
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</s:WindowedApplication>
It works fine running on Windows in Flash Builder, obviously it's pretty simple. Here are the commands I use to put it on a Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android 2.2.
C:\Users\Ryan\Adobe Flash Builder 4\Test2\bin-release>adt -package -storetype pkcs12 -keystore C:\Users\Ryan\STG-Android.pfx Test2.air Test2-app.xml Test2.swf
password:
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password:
test
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2286 KB/s (419172 bytes in 0.179s)
         pkg: /data/local/tmp/Test2.apk
Success
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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<?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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Using browser javascript to copy selected text from a pdf file opened in Air app.

I have posted this question on reader forum as well, but I think it is more suited here...
I am trying to create a note-taking application in air. I want to extract selected text from pdf file as a string object or to the clipboard.
Obviously, all pdfs in my local storage will not be scripted to recieve postMessages and act accordingly, and that is not practical either. So, my problem is, how can I copy the selected text in the pdf file (opened as an object in htmlloader within my Air app) to clipboard or directly in another control by say clicking a button in air application? I suppose, this is possible using javascript, however, I don't know which reader methods are exposed to the wrapper htmlloader control. In short, I want to execute app.execMenuItem("Copy") command through htmlloader javascript. Any alternate solutions are also welcome.
This is similar to passing inbuilt commands/methods/functions (of adobe reader) to pdf-reader plugin embedded in a webpage via javascript. This is possible in IE where the pdf is rendered as activex object, and hence JSObject interface of pdf document/reader is accessible to the browser javascript. I have also read that this same JSObject is accessible to VB as interface for IAC, so as the Air is Adobe's own product, I was wondering if equivalent of JSObject is accessible to htmlloader control as well.
Thanks in advance...
Mits

Thank you Thom for your reply...
from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html
...Through JavaScript extensions, the viewer application and its plug-ins expose much of their functionality to document authors, form designers, and plug-in developers...
As it is explicitly mentioned, that the functionality of adobe reader are exposed for plugin development, I thought someone here might have used external javascript to execute some safe methods in adobe reader. The functionality (i.e. external javascript interface-JSObject) is already available for VB programmers to develop IAC. Further, the Acrobat SDK example called "AcroPDFinHML" shows how one can embed a pdf-reader in a html page and execute some safe methods (like gotonextpage(), zooming etc.) in IE as ActiveX plugin. I have checked it myself for adobe reader 9, and it works perfectly, so there is no security issue as such to implement the same for another browser (like in my case, the htmlloader control in flex/air app).
I intend to create a note taking application in air, where it is very much required that I should be able to copy selected text from various pdf documents, that are open in my app, and subsequently paste/collect/save the collected notes and process them afterwords (offcourse, from the pdfs that allow me copying text). However, it is not happening for me here. As the pdfs are opened through adobe reader plugin, it does not register the copy command executed by my air app. It registers the system level copy command (by keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C), but my air app has no way to execute the system level copy command programmatically. So I am kind of stuck here...
Thanks again for your reply. Having known what am I intend to accomplish, any other (may be alternative) solutions will be appreciated nonetheless...
Mits

AIR apps developed using HTML+Javascript

Hi…
I am working on Adobe AIR.
And now I have 3 options to develop AIR applications 1)Flex
2) Flash 3) HTML+javascript.
But can you please explain me when do I exactly use Flex Or
HTML+JS Or Flash.
One of the reason I know is Flex used for Rich UI
applications
Is there any list of requirements for which one of the 3
option is most suitable to use.
And I have some more questions.
1) Can AIR applications(developed using HTML+Js) invoke a web
service running on a different server
2) Can AIR application(developed using HTML+Js) detect the
connectivity of USB drive (I have developed 1 application that can
detect the Network connectivity and periodically reports the status
I want the same in case of USB(plug & play) connectivity)
3) I have one AIR application that has one HTML form on click
of button I am posting the form Data to Java Servlet using
“air.sendToURL()” as shown
<script src="AIRAliases.js" />
<script>
function sendURL()
var url = "
http://localhost:8080/InvokingServlet/Registration";
var variables = new air.URLVariables();
variables.username = document.f1.username.value;
variables.password = document.f1.password.value;
var request = new air.URLRequest(url);
request.data = variables;
air.sendToURL(request);
alert("Data has been added to Remote DB...");
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The data goes to Servlet and then Servlet thru Jdbc
Connectivity adds the data to database “MySQL” database
named “user”
If I read the data from database and print in Servlet it
displays that to “tomcat server window(log)” But I want
the data from Servlet to send back to HTML page where I can display
it on the same HTML page where user entered his details. So even if
I put the result into some Scope like session or request, but Can I
read that it in HTML+Javascript page .
[email protected]

quote:
Originally posted by:
pravinpatil23
But can you please explain me when do I exactly use Flex Or
HTML+JS Or Flash.
This question gets asked about once a week. You
can find my latest answer
here
and a little searching will dig up more opinions.
quote:
Can AIR applications(developed using HTML+Js) invoke a web
service running on a different server
An AIR application isn't hosted on a server, so all web
servers are "foreign" to your AIR application. An AIR app does get
downloaded from a server, most of the time, but it doesn't maintain
some kind of special connection to that server.
Because of this, there are no cross-domain restrictions in
AIR like you have in a regular web browser.
quote:
Can AIR application(developed using HTML+Js) detect the
connectivity of USB drive
AIR does not allow low-level system access, and has very
little in the way of platform-specific capabilities. So, you'd have
to use a high-level, platform-agnostic way of checking for the
drive, such as by looking around to see what files are available.
Things like USB insert notifications are way outside the scope of
AIR.
quote:
I want the data from Servlet to send back to HTML page where
I can display it on the same HTML page where user entered his
details.
That question isn't on-topic here. Ask on a forum dealing
with JSP servlets.

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                    d:userLabel="kaft"
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                                      scaleX="585.975"
                                      rotation="-0">
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                                         ratio="0.466667"/>
                        <s:GradientEntry color="{gradient2}"
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        </s:Group>
    </s:Group>
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             right="20"
             top="10"
             bottom="20">
        <s:layout>
            <s:BasicLayout/>
        </s:layout>
    </s:Group>
</s:Skin>

ou can also define custom CSS styles:
MySkinnableContainer.as
    [Style(name="gradientA", type="uint", format="Color", inherit="no")]
    [Style(name="gradientB", type="uint", format="Color", inherit="no")]
    public class MySkinnableContainer extends SkinnableContainer
        public function MySkinnableContainer()
            super();
MySkinnableContainerSkin.mxml
<s:SparkSkin xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo"
             xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
    <fx:Metadata>
        <![CDATA[
        [HostComponent("MySkinnableContainer")]
        ]]>
    </fx:Metadata>
    <s:states>
        <s:State name="normal" />
        <s:State name="disabled" />
    </s:states>
    <s:Group bottom="0" left="-11" right="0" top="0">
        <s:Group id="kaft" x="15" bottom="0" top="0">
            <s:Rect width="586" bottom="0" top="0">
                <s:fill>
                    <s:LinearGradient y="82.3125" scaleX="585.975" rotation="-0">
                        <s:GradientEntry color="{getStyle('gradientA')}" ratio="0.466667" />
                        <s:GradientEntry color="{getStyle('gradientB')}" ratio="1" />
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        </s:Group>
    </s:Group>
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How to pass variable to SQLPLUS in a ksh script?

Hi,
I am writing a ksh script which will use sqlplus to run a sql and pass 2 variables as the SQL request. In the ksh script, I have 2 variables which are $min_snap and $max_snap holding 2 different numbers.
Inside the same script, I am using SQLPLUS to run an Oracle SQL script, which request to enter 2 set of numbers, one at a time. Normally running situation, I can enter the number from the keyboard, but since I am writing a script, I want to pass those numbers by passing variables in the script? How can I do it?
Please help!
here is my ksh script,
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if [ "$1" = "" ]
then
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fi
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export ORACLE_PATH=.:/oracle1/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/tune
export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle1/app/oracle/product/8.1.7
export ORACLE_RDBMS=$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
export ORACLE_SID=$1
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#echo $log_file
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$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -S perfstat/perf$ORACLE_SID@$ORACLE_SID << EOF > $min_snap
@min_snapid.sql
exit;
EOF
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -S perfstat/perf$ORACLE_SID@$ORACLE_SID << EOF > $max_snap
@max_snapid.sql
exit;
EOF
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$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -S perfstat/perf$ORACLE_SID@$ORACLE_SID << !
@sppurge
$min_snap
$max_snap
exit;
#EOF
Thanks in advance!
Robert
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Thank you for response, Paul.
Have you ever used statspack? or sppurge.sql?
When you run $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/sppurge.sql, it waits for user to enter losnapid and hisnapid manually from the keyboard.
My trouble is to have a script to delete old snapshot which are 3 weeks old. So I create min_snapid.sql and max_snapid.sql to hold two variables.
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~~~~~~~
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