Comments on: Native API coming to Adobe AIR 2.0 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Surge http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html/comment-page-1#comment-163686 Surge Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:07:36 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html#comment-163686 Will Air 2.0 allow burning CD/DVD from within the Air application? In other words, does Air have API for using CD/DVD burner? Will Air 2.0 allow burning CD/DVD from within the Air application? In other words, does Air have API for using CD/DVD burner?

]]> By: bpds http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html/comment-page-1#comment-146287 bpds Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:02:48 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html#comment-146287 Will compc and mxmlc be invokable and distribuable (technically, and according to adobe licensing) ? Will compc and mxmlc be invokable and distribuable (technically, and according to adobe licensing) ?

]]> By: Helge Betzinger http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html/comment-page-1#comment-145221 Helge Betzinger Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:27:34 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html#comment-145221 Another question. If an Air application is packaged as a native application, will this include the Air Run-Time too or has the Run-Time to be installed in advance on the machine? In the first case the applications might become quite large ... Another question. If an Air application is packaged as a native application, will this include the Air Run-Time too or has the Run-Time to be installed in advance on the machine? In the first case the applications might become quite large …

]]> By: Rob Christensen http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html/comment-page-1#comment-144000 Rob Christensen Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:17:04 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html#comment-144000 One point of clarification -- invoking native applications requires a native installer not for security reasons but to maintain the cross operating nature of the .air fie format. Since native code is generally not portable, you will need to package and deploy your application as a native installer if you want to invoke a native process. AIR applications, whether deployed as an .air file or as a native installer, run with the same user privileges as native applications. BTW, the open document API does not specify the path of the application that should be used to open a document; instead, it asks the operating system to use the default application associated with the file format of the document you wish to open. Because of that, this is an API that works well across operating systems. For example, an .mp3 file, when invoking this API, might open in iTunes on a Mac, Windows Media Player on Windows and Song Bird on a Linux machine. We'll be sharing more details about AIR soon beginning at Adobe MAX in less than two weeks. Thanks, Rob Christensen Product Manager, Adobe AIR One point of clarification — invoking native applications requires a native installer not for security reasons but to maintain the cross operating nature of the .air fie format. Since native code is generally not portable, you will need to package and deploy your application as a native installer if you want to invoke a native process. AIR applications, whether deployed as an .air file or as a native installer, run with the same user privileges as native applications.

BTW, the open document API does not specify the path of the application that should be used to open a document; instead, it asks the operating system to use the default application associated with the file format of the document you wish to open. Because of that, this is an API that works well across operating systems. For example, an .mp3 file, when invoking this API, might open in iTunes on a Mac, Windows Media Player on Windows and Song Bird on a Linux machine.

We’ll be sharing more details about AIR soon beginning at Adobe MAX in less than two weeks.

Thanks,

Rob Christensen
Product Manager, Adobe AIR

]]> By: Stefan Richter http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html/comment-page-1#comment-143916 Stefan Richter Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:49:43 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1811-native-api-coming-to-adobe-air-2-0.html#comment-143916 This is huge. As for security implications - well it's a native desktop app and users should (by now) be aware of associated risks and only install programs from trusted sources. This is huge. As for security implications – well it’s a native desktop app and users should (by now) be aware of associated risks and only install programs from trusted sources.

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