Category Archives: AIR

Adobe AIR (formerly Apollo)

Apollo Native Windows Part 3

Posted on April 8, 2007 by

As promised I’m back with more goodies! This time I’ve extended the simple window manager to support document windows as well as application windows. I also included a class that binds to your MenuBar in an empty menu and keeps … Continue reading →

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Apollo Native Windows Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2007 by

Previously, I was trying to manage multiple native windows in an Apollo app. I found that I couldn’t add Flex components to a new window, and was dismayed. But Danny Dura came to the rescue with a sweet workaround. See … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Apollo Features

Posted on April 6, 2007 by

I was just working on a good way to flexibly manage my application’s document windows in Apollo, and when I started trying to throw real windows up, I ran into a wall. The windowing docs clearly showed an example of … Continue reading →

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Apollo Tip: Never See the Flex Loader

Posted on March 22, 2007 by

Here’s a really simple trick you can use to prevent the Flex loader from showing when you start up your application. All you have to do is hide the window, and show it when the Application is ready. In MyApplication-app.xml: … Continue reading →

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Release dates from ApolloCamp

Posted on March 20, 2007 by

I just wanted to pull out a few quick newsworthy items overheard during ApolloCamp. Apollo will be public on labs next week just now! Flex Moxie (Flex 3) on labs this half of the year! so will CS3 Apollo 1.0, … Continue reading →

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