WindowedApplication or Window?

When my application loads, the WindowedApplication part consists of a logon screen. When I login successfully, the WindowedApplication closes using the close() method and a new Window() instance is created and opened containing the full application. Everything that happens from that point forward is taking place inside the Window() instance.
Is there anything wrong doing it this way from a design and best practice point of view?
Should I be running the main application inside the WindowedApplication instance instead or doesn't it matter?

The Spark WindowedApplication does not have scrollbars by default. If you want a vertical scroll bar, then add it to your application content or create a custom version of WindowedApplicationSkin that has a scroll bar.
-Darrell

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[svn:fx-trunk] 5313: Application, WindowedApplication, and Window background color changed to white.

Revision: 5313
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2009-03-13 19:10:24 -0700 (Fri, 13 Mar 2009)
Log Message:
Application, WindowedApplication, and Window background color changed to white.
QE Notes: None
Doc Notes: None
Bugs: sdk-16721
Reviewer: Ryan
tests: checkintests, cyclone build tested
Ticket Links:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/sdk-16721
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/defaults.css
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/framework/defaults.css
flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/tests/checkinapp/checkinapp.css

Hi,
When system is in a sleep mode or hibernate mode, it will save the data ans settings in memory or hard disk, so I suggest you run a memory check and a harddisk check and see if it can detect any errors.
Memory check (instruction is similiar to windows 8\8.1, type "memory" in the search charm bar)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/diagnosing-memory-problems-on-your-computer
Hard disk check
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee872425.aspx
Meanwhile, please check event viewer to find more information, useful path: event viewer\Windows logs or event viewer\Applications and Services Logs\Kernel-power
Yolanda Zhu
TechNet Community Support

Mx.core.Window open() not working on PC / Windows XP

This seems odd to me almost like some sort of popup blocking trouble...which wouldnt make sense in AIR.
I have an app the trys to create a mx.core.Window in the windowComplete event. It works fine on my mac and on linux, but on the pc I have for testing it refuses to open the window. I have verified that the windowComplete event is firing and calling the appropriate function. If I call the same code from a click handler of a button in the main WindowedApplication he window opens fine.
Am I missing something? Is there something special I have to do for the pc?
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Sure, thanks for responding:
<mx:WindowedApplication windowComplete="init()" .........removed excess here
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               import mx.core.Window;
               protected var theWIndow:Window;
               protected function init():void{
                    theWindow = new Window();
                    theWindow.open();
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
In my actual code I have a mxm component that extends Window, so the Window type would be that instead, but since it directly extends it there is no difference. I am actually using the fb.FBConnect code from the facebook-actionscript-api and its open() call also fails on the pc...that is unless I start the process from a flex Button click, then it all works.

[svn:fx-trunk] 8192: Fix resizing a window with the gripper.

Revision: 8192
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-06-24 12:37:55 -0700 (Wed, 24 Jun 2009)
Log Message:
Fix resizing a window with the gripper.
WindowedApplication.as, Window.as
After the click on the gripper is detected and the resized is started just return. The code was falling into the hit testing for the application border.
QE Notes: none.
Doc Notes: none.
Bugs: SDK-21631
Reviewer: Glenn
tests: checkintests
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-21631
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/components/Window.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/components/WindowedApplication. as

Adobe Air Crash when try to load video

Hi,
Recently, I am trying to do an very simple application using Adobe Air that plays video when certain key pressed on keyboard. However, the adobe air crash frequently when it try to load the video. The problem seems to be Adobe Air/ Flash player bug, because when I tried to do the debug, the debug launcher crash. I have tried with both f4v and mp4 format, but the situation is still the same.
I am using up to date Flash builder 4.5 and Adobe Air 2.7.1. Tested on both WinXP and Win7 Home Premium 32bit. Hopes to get your respond as soon as possible. If the problem cannot be solved soon, maybe I have to search for alternative solution to do the project. Thanks.
Here is my working code:
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               private var intervalId:uint;
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               private var playing:Number = 0;
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Window xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
            xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
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     <fx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               import mx.core.FlexGlobals;
               import org.osmf.events.TimeEvent;
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                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
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                    stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.NORMAL;
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Hi Pierre,
Would you mind adding this as a new bug report over at bugbase.adobe.com? I went to look to see if there was an existing bug already in place but couldn't find one. If you can, note this thread url in the bug and post back with the bug URL and I'll follow up internally.
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          <![CDATA[
               import com.adobe.csxs.types.CSXSWindowType;
               import mx.core.Window;
               protected function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void
                    var w:Window = new TestDialog();
                    if (w) {
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                         w.resizable = false;
                         w.open();
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
     <mx:Button x="10" y="10" label="Open Popup" click="onClick(event)"/>
</mx:WindowedApplication>
The Window itself is more or less copied from the "MakeSideHeads" sample project:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Window xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
             title="Test"
             titleAlignment="center"
             layout="absolute"
             width="300"
             height="100"
             showStatusBar="false">
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               private function myCloseWindow():void{
                    this.close();
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
     <mx:Canvas width="100%" height="100%" id="TestPanel" backgroundColor="#D2D2D2">
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                    <mx:Text width="100%" height="100%" text="Some Text"/>
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               <mx:HBox height = "10%" horizontalAlign="center">
                    <mx:Button id="CloseButton" label="Close" click="myCloseWindow()" />
               </mx:HBox>
          </mx:VBox>
     </mx:Canvas>
</mx:Window>
This seems like quite a significant bug. Or am I missing something?

Hello,
I've tested this one and it works.
main.mxml
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<csxs:CSXSWindowedApplication xmlns:csxs="com.adobe.csxs.core.*"
     xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
     historyManagementEnabled="false">
     <mx:Script>
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               import mx.core.Window;
               import ModalDialog;
               public function showModal():void
                    var window:Window = new ModalDialog;
                    window.type = CSXSWindowType.MODAL_DIALOG;
                    window.resizable = false;
                    window.open();
          ]]>
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</csxs:CSXSWindowedApplication>
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     layout="absolute"
     width="300"
     height="200"
     creationComplete="onCreationComplete()"
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               <mx:Label text = "This is an example of a modal dialog box."/>
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               <mx:Button label = "Close" click="close()"/>
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Flex Architecture

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I'd like to be able to refer to the CFML website's
application variables in the CFC's used by the Flex app. For
example, one variable I am storing in the CFML website application
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Thanks for that.
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WindowedApplication/ Drag and drop in Windows OS

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I have AIR application which is running on Mac OS and Windows. This application is standard desktop application (WindowedApplication). I use there drag&drop for moving preview of images. My problem is if preview image is large (width > 200 or height > 200) then drag preview is not correctly visible. The dragged preview on left top corner is correct but in right bottom corrner is not visible. There is some transient.
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[svn:fx-trunk] 7204: Tweaks to appearance of Halo skins for WindowedApplication/ Window to match Spark appearance.

Revision: 7204
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-05-21 16:30:20 -0700 (Thu, 21 May 2009)
Log Message:
Tweaks to appearance of Halo skins for WindowedApplication/Window to match Spark appearance.
Bug: SDK-19653
QA Notes: Baseline images of Halo WindowedApplication/Window need to be updated.
Doc Notes: none
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-19653
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/defaults.css

I had downloaded it for test, and requested for evaluation license...
But I haven't got license, and also I am not able to find Flash Builder Plugins from HFCD site....
I think those plugins are removed from site....
Please help me, if anyone have those plugins...

[svn:fx-3.x] 11842: Submit Window/ WindowedApplication patch from Beau Scott to the 3.x branch.

Revision: 11842
Revision: 11842
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-11-16 08:45:39 -0800 (Mon, 16 Nov 2009)
Log Message:
Submit Window/WindowedApplication patch from Beau Scott to the 3.x branch.
Instead of using rawChildren.addChildAt() to add a non-content child, use rawChildren.addChild() and then set the child's index using rawChildren.setChildIndex().
QE notes: None.
Doc notes: None.
Bugs: SDK-16464
Reviewer:
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16464
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/branches/3.x/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/Window.as
    flex/sdk/branches/3.x/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/WindowedApplication.as

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[svn:fx-trunk] 7879: WindowedApplication/Window P-ARB changes.

Revision: 7879
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-06-16 07:08:15 -0700 (Tue, 16 Jun 2009)
Log Message:
WindowedApplication/Window P-ARB changes.
WindowedApplication/Window
?\226?\128?\162             Rename resizeAffordance to resizeAffordanceWidth
?\226?\128?\162             Change resizeAffordanceWidth from a property to a style
?\226?\128?\162             Remove showGripper property
?\226?\128?\162             Remove showTitleBar property
?\226?\128?\162             Make override functions @private
?\226?\128?\162             SkinState metadata: rename normalActive to normalAndInactive
?\226?\128?\162             SkinState metadata: rename disabledInactive to disabledAndInactive
TitleBar
?\226?\128?\162             SkinState metadata: rename maximized to normalAndMaximized
?\226?\128?\162             SkinState metadata: rename disabledMaximized to disabledAndMaximized
QE Notes: Expect testing failures do to the changes.
Doc Notes: none.
Bugs: none
Reviewer: Glenn
tests: checkintests
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/defaults.css
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/Window.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/WindowedApplication.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/components/Window.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/components/WindowedApplication. as
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    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/skins/spark/FlexChromeSkin.mxml
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/skins/spark/MacTitleBarSkin.mxm l
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[svn:fx-trunk] 9077: Submit Window/ WindowedApplication patch from Beau Scott.

Revision: 9077
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-08-04 14:32:29 -0700 (Tue, 04 Aug 2009)
Log Message:
Submit Window/WindowedApplication patch from Beau Scott.
Instead of using rawChildren.addChildAt() to add a non-content child, use rawChildren.addChild() and then set the child's index using rawChildren.setChildIndex().
QE notes: None.
Doc notes: None.
Bugs: SDK-16464
Reviewer:
Tests run: checkintests
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-16464
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/Window.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/WindowedApplication.as

[svn:fx-trunk] 13276: Min/ Max size fixes for AIR Window and WindowedApplication.

Revision: 13276
Revision: 13276
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-01-05 07:18:31 -0800 (Tue, 05 Jan 2010)
Log Message:
Min/Max size fixes for AIR Window and WindowedApplication.
AIR won?\226?\128?\153t allow you to set the min width greater than the current max width (same is true for height). You also can?\226?\128?\153t set the max width less than the current min width (same is true for height). The code that sets nativeWindow.minSize and nativeWindow.maxSize has been modified to take this into account.
QE notes: None.
Doc notes: None.
Bugs: SDK-24566
Reviewer: Corey
Tests run: checkintests, apollo/spark/components/Window.as, apollo/spark/components/WindowedApplication.as, apollo/Window, apollo/WindowedApplication
Is noteworthy for integration: no
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-24566
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/Window.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/WindowedApplication.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airspark/src/spark/components/Window.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airspark/src/spark/components/WindowedApplication.as

THank you , Nancy. Appreciate the input.
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Hi,
I have a Flex Desktop Application with a Splash screen that
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It then loads and opens up a Window where people login and
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window it opens is again 400 x 300 and centred on the screen.
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maximised so I have a script inside it that does this
(NativeWindow.maximise). The login window also needs to close and
this is where my problem lies. I keep getting a problem when I use
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and run the NativeWindow.maximise.
Any suggestions or ideas on how I can do this better? This is
my first Flex application and I'm just a beginner.
I can send the Flex archive if required.

Hi,
Please check out the URLs below.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/creating_transparent_window.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/launching_windows.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/
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