ECMAScript 4.0 Gone, My Reaction

08/19/2008 11:11 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Well, I just got back from a nice weekend reunion with some College friends and I am greeted with the news that ECMAScript 4 has been officially killed in favor of ECMAScript 3.1. Adobe has included many things in ActionScript 3 (like packages, namespaces, bindings, etc) that were all proposed for ECMAScript 4 and will [...]

URLTestr - AIR Application for MAX 2008 Presentation

08/14/2008 01:30 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

As promised, here is a preview of the application that will be the basis of my presentation at Adobe MAX 2008 presentation in San Francisco Tuesday November 18 at 1:30pm. What is URLTestr? It is an AIR application that will monitor websites and trigger alerts when it detects that a URL is offline. Simply install, add some [...]

AIR Update Framework

08/01/2008 03:58 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have been using the new AIR Update Framework in all of my new AIR applications in place of my UpdateManager that was originally written to handle application updates before the Adobe version was released. The simplest way integrate this framework into your application is to setup your local configuration file with the checkForUpdate property set [...]

AIR Export Bug?

07/24/2008 01:58 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Here is the setup: You have a simple air application that embeds a single png in an Image component from an icons folder (see Flex Builder navigator view below). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" title="AIR Export Bug?"> <mx:Image source="@Embed('icons/AIRApp_128.png')" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"/> </mx:WindowedApplication> So far so good and the applications runs. Now here [...]

My MAX Session - Introduction to Adobe AIR

07/16/2008 01:56 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

When creating your schedule for MAX 2008 in San Francisco, please be sure to select my session titled Introduction to Adobe AIR: Building Your First Application. It will be on Tuesday November 18 at 1:30pm. Here is a brief outline of what you can expect, I will post a copy of the application that we [...]

toString.org

06/24/2008 02:15 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Mike Chambers has launched a new site called toString.org. This site is a community effort to translate books to additional languages. As I know from looking over my analytics, I have a large international audience. So, I am posting this with the hope that you will take the initiative to translate one of Mike Chambers [...]

Top 10 AIR apps worth Installing

06/19/2008 11:17 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Lifehacker has put together a top 10 list of Adobe AIR applications worth installing. Their list includes: Pandora ebay Desktop snackr DiggTop Doomi Twhirl Klok DestroyFlickr ReadAIR Google Analytics Suite To see their full reviews of each of these applications, you can read the full article here.

AIR 1.1 now in the wild

06/17/2008 11:12 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

AIR 1.1 has been released! http://get.adobe.com/air/ The major change in tis version is support for localized and internationalized applications. The AIR runtime itself now supports multiple languages (Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish), as well as support for building internationalized applications (including keyboard input for double-byte languages).

Adobe AIR Update Framework

06/17/2008 11:02 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have been using my UpdateManager that was originally built during the Apollo alpha and updated along the way for all of my AIR projects. Now, there is finally an official solution provided by Adobe. The new Adobe AIR Update Framework uses the same techniques as my UpdateManager as it uses a remote XML descriptor [...]

Write for the AIR Cookbook

06/17/2008 10:48 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I mentioned last week that I would be a contributing author on the new AIR Cookbook from O’Reilly. Now here is your chance to get your recipe’s published in the book or simply share your knowledge with the world. Here is how it works. Simply post your recipe at the AIR Cookbook site and if it is [...]

Flex/AIR Training in Silicon Valley

06/12/2008 11:04 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

Chuck Freedman (Chuckstar) has started a new Flex/AIR training company in Silicon Valley named “for those about to code”. For those about to code will be holding the first training weekend July 19-20, 2008 at The Domain Hotel, Sunnyvale, CA. This intense 2 day training class will target the Beginner/Intermediate developer looking to rapidly increase [...]

O’Reilly AIR Cookbook

06/11/2008 04:34 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have officially accepted an invitation from O’Reilly to join the team of authors working on the new AIR cookbook. My fellow authors include David Tucker, Marco Casario, and Koen De Weggheleire. What does this mean to you? Well as with the Flex Cookbook, the AIR Cookbook will include community contributions so you can have some of [...]

Merapi Project Alpha Register Now!

05/22/2008 03:00 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

The MerapiProject which I am currently a team member of will begin its official alpha on May 24th. Sign up for the alpha and you will be able to run my screen capture sample as soon as the jars are available. To register for the alpha just Click Here

Free AIR Signed Certificate

05/21/2008 01:45 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

A few weeks back Adobe gave me a free Thawte certificate for doing signed AIR applications. They did this because I was an early adopter of Adobe AIR. If you have downloaded any of my applications posted on the AIR Marketplace, you will see that they are now classified with the yellow caution rather than [...]

360|Flex San Jose Schedule is Up

05/15/2008 04:02 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

The next 360|Flex is scheduled for August 18-20, 2008. They now have the final scheduled posted and are taking registrations. The 360|Flex conferences are always excellent and have top notch speakers. Just visit the 360|Flex site to see the schedule and register.

Flash on the iPhone followup

05/09/2008 01:37 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

This is a folllow up to last weeks post on Open Screen and the lack of interest from Apple. I was watching Kevin Lynch’s presentation on the goals of Adobe for future deployments of AIR and he demonstrated the desired path for Adobe. He talked about the new Open Screen alliance and the goals of a [...]

ImageDropr Public Beta

04/30/2008 02:50 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

The ImageDropr public beta has begun. To try the beta please install here. Here are some new screen shots: The application on load after dropping a few images. The global image tags that will be applied to all image uploads unless overridden within individual image. Notice the group settings, these will be applied to all images within the upload [...]

Do a Screen Capture with Adobe AIR

04/24/2008 05:03 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have created a sample AIR application that takes screen shots and saves them to disc. Impossible? Well yes it would be impossible if I were only using AIR. However, thanks to the Merapi Java bridge, we have new functionality exposed to AIR. Yes, it is true that currently there is no shell execute functionality [...]

Adobe AIR: Create - Modify - Reuse

04/16/2008 10:42 am by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

My publisher was nice enough to send me a copy of the Wrox companion book titled Adobe AIR: Create - Modify - Reuse to my book Beginning AIR: Building Applications for the Adobe Integrated Runtime. I would like to offer my congratulations to the authors Marc Leuchner, Todd Anderson, and Matt Wright for completing this excellent [...]

fotobooth re-released

04/15/2008 09:52 pm by EverythingFlex in Adobe AIR (Apollo)

I have re-released the AIR application called fotobooth that I originally built with Flex 2, and then Apollo, and then a few different AIR betas, and now finally AIR 1.0. This newest version has fixed some of the issues that were causing difficulties with uploads to flickr. It can also be downloaded from the Adobe AIR marketplace. [...]

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