1. RIA meets Desktop Introduction to the AIR API's
2. Who is this guy? Freelance Flash Platform Consultant Adobe
Community Expert Adobe Certied Instructor Author of
quot;Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0quot; and several other Flash
Platform books
3. What is AIR? Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime
that allows web application developers to use their existing web
development skills (HTML, Javascript, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex,
Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the
desktop. Adobe AIR brings your Rich Internet Applications to the
Desktop Flash, HTML/AJAX and PDF running as a native
application.
4. Why AIR? www.30onAIR.com
5. What will we talk about? Network monitoring Windowing API
HTML support FileSystem access SQLite database Drag 'n drop support
Clipboard access Update API
6. How do you build it? Flex Builder Flash CS3 Dreamweaver CS3
your favorite text editor The AIR runtime is free of charge,
authoring applications is free!
7. Network monitoring air.net.URLMonitor air.net.SocketMonitor
monitor network status changes check if URL is available check if
specic socket is available 001_Network
8. Windowing API ash.display.NativeWindow create new
application windows NativeWindowInitOptions subclass for Flex
002_Windowing 002_Windowing Flex
9. HTML support mx.controls.HTML WebKit HTML engine embedded
Rendered as part of the Flash display list Script bridging 003_HTML
003_HTML displaylist
10. FileSystem access ash.lesystem.File read, write, create les
and folders resolves correct path regardless of OS no ability to
launch applications 004_FileSystem
11. SQLite database ash.data.SQLConnection SQL database saved a
single le Run queries using SQLStatement class Prevent SQL
injection using parameters 005_SQLite
12. Drag 'n drop support ash.desktop.NativeDragManager drag
between AIR and native apps accepts different formats dene a drag
out image 006_DragDrop
13. Clipboard access Clipboard.generalClipboard
generalClipboard is system wide clipboard takes text, le, bitmap
formats ability to supply multiple formats 007_Clipboard
14. Update API ash.desktop.Updater AIR runtime handles updates
Updater class allows self-updating Requires an online resource to
check 008_Update
15. Wanna learn more? on AIR tour coming to Europe April 4th -
Amsterdam April 7th - Brussels onair.adobe.com
www.adobe.com/devnet/air
16. Q&A What do you think? What features are you most
excited about? What is still missing?
17. Thanks! Peter Elst [email protected] www.peterelst.com
www.linkedin.com/in/peterelst www.twitter.com/peterelst
