Adobe Air For Dummies

Spine: .72” Programming/Software Development Build full-fledged Web apps with JavaScript, Flex, or HTML — it’s a breath of fresh AIR • Secrets for creating Internet-savvy apps • How to set the environment path in Vista, Windows® XP, or Mac OS® X • Tips for using HTML and CSS as building blocks • Ways to use Webkit extensions • How to handle events in the HTML DOM • Play in the sandbox — understand the AIR security model and how application sandboxes protect your code and data • Ten terrific RIAs to check out • Connect — learn about the database connectivity of Adobe AIR and how to work with SQL when building database applications • How to add drag-and-drop capability in Flex, Flash, and HTML apps ™ R I A e Adob ® ™ • Banish bugs — see how to use the AIR Debug Launcher, the alert command, and the AIR HTML Introspector to debug your apps ™ ® • Get out in the AIR — find out how to create AIR apps using Flex®, Flash®, and HTML with Ajax Open the book and find: Adobe AIR With Adobe AIR, you can create rich Internet applications using Web technologies. They run on desktops and across multiple operating systems, and they’re more than mere wimpy widgets. This book gives you the scoop on AIR, working with local file systems and databases, setting up security, and all the stuff you need to know to create cool AIR apps. g Easier! Making Everythin • Advice for instant downloading and auto-updating • Surf the AIRwaves — create apps for network connectivity, monitor remote network services, and work with audio files Learn to: Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/adobeairfd to find all the code used in this book Go to dummies.com® for more! • Build rich Internet applications (RIAs) that run on the desktop and access Web services • Create cross-platform apps that run on both Windows and Mac • Use AIR to access XML and RSS data • Develop apps that run seamlessly online and offline $29.99 US / $32.99 CN / £19.99 UK Richard Wagner is an experienced Web designer and developer who has written more than a dozen Web-related books. Previously, he was vice president of product development for NetObjects, where he was the inventor and chief architect of the award-winning JavaScript tool called NetObjects ScriptBuilder. ISBN 978-0-470-39044-3 Richard Wagner Wagner Inventor and chief architect of the JavaScript tool NetObjects ScriptBuilder 01_196113-ffirs.qxp 12/12/08 10:46 PM Page ii Adobe AIR ® ™ FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Richard Wagner Adobe® AIR™ For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A