Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
Chapter 1. Introducing Adobe AIR
1.1. Anatomy of Adobe AIR
1.1.1. Developing for a runtime environment
1.1.2. Why build desktop applications?
1.1.3. Exploring AIR possibilities
1.2. Running AIR applications
1.3. AIR application security and authenticity
1.3.1. Understanding AIR application security
1.3.2. Ensuring application authenticity
1.4. Building AIR applications
1.5. Introducing AIR application descriptors
1.5.1. The application element
1.5.2. The id element
1.5.3. The version element
1.5.4. The filename element
1.5.5. The initialWindow element
1.5.6. The name element
1.5.7. The title and description elements
1.5.8. The installFolder element
1.5.9. The programMenuFolder element
1.5.10. The icon element
1.5.11. The customUpdateUI element
1.5.12. The fileTypes element
1.6. Building AIR applications using Flex Builder
1.6.1. Configuring a new AIR project
1.6.2. Creating AIR project files
1.6.3. Testing the AIR application
1.6.4. Creating an installer
1.7. Building AIR applications using Flash
1.7.1. Configuring a new AIR project
1.7.2. Creating AIR project files
1.7.3. Testing the AIR application
1.7.4. Creating an installer
1.8. Building AIR applications using the Flex SDK
1.8.1. Configuring a new AIR project
1.8.2. Creating AIR project files
1.8.3. Testing the AIR application
1.8.4. Creating an installer
1.9. Quick-start AIR application for Flex