Tag Archives: Adobe AIR
Preventing scrolling and mouse events on out of focus AIR application
This has been a little bit of annoyance for me for some time. When an AIR application (like any Twitter application) is out of focus and you click on the application activate it, you inadvertently click a link or button within the application. You are also able to scroll the application when the application has [...]
Spark TextFlow LinkElement Rollover in Flex 4
This is a little example of how to create a skinned rollover popup on a LinkElement object in Flash Builder 4 (Flex 4) within a TextFlow object. This is something I have been waiting for since 2001. The old way to create a rollover action on an HTML link was to create an invisible MovieClip [...]
Posted in AIR, Flash Builder 4, Flex 4, Spark Skins Also tagged Flash Builder, linkActiveFormat, linkHoverFormat, linkNormalFormat, RichEditableText, SkinnableContainer, Spark Skins, TextFlow 2 Comments
AIR :: TextField bug when resetting HTML text.
I ran into a really strange issue that only occurs within AIR applications (AIR 1.5.1/1.5.2). When I create a TextField control, set it's style, and then assign it HTML text it appears fine. However, if I wish to reset that TextField content and the original content has links, the entire replaced content becomes one HTML link. I think the issue can be better explained with some images and some code samples.
Adding Mac OS X Close Behavior to AIR 1.5 Application
Just a quick post because I have seen this done on other sites but it no longer is valid in AIR 1.5. Most Mac OS X applications minimize to system tray on closing the application using the “x” close button on the app. To achieve this in AIR 1.5 you will need to do the [...]
PhoneSeek :: Adobe AIR application
PhoneSeek is an application to track any device that uses InstaMapper. InstaMapper is free real-time GPS tracking service. To use InstaMapper you need a GPS enabled device with the free InstaMapper tracking software installed along with a API Key from InstaMapper’s web site for each device you own. You can track mobile phones (iPhone, G1, [...]
Storing an ArrayCollection in the EncryptedLocalStore
On one of my side AIR projects I got the idea to store an ArrayCollection (AC) object into the EncryptedLocalStore (ELS) to have a sort of mini data structure. I thought it would be no problem since you can basically throw anything you want into the EncryptedLocalStore as long as its not over 10MB where [...]
Posted in AIR, Flex Also tagged Adobe Integrated Runtime, AIR, ArrayCollection, describeType, EncryptedLocalStore, Flex 3 Comments
Screen Capture with AIR 2 NativeProcess