AIR 2 Package Assistant “public alpha”

Posted by on Dec 23, 2009 in AIR, projects | 7 comments

Update: A brand new version of Package Assistant is available. Check out this page for more info.

I already sneaked this application last week but in case you missed that: I am building an application that makes it easier to package native installers for AIR 2.0. Instead of having to fiddle around with the command line to create installers, this wizard style application makes it very easy and straightforward.

Now before you go and install this application, there are a couple of things you should know.

  1. This is an early version of the application. It may not do what you thought it would do and it may even explode ;-). If that is the case, please let me know. I’m releasing it now to get some feedback and to improve version 2 ;-) The application should be considered alpha quality.
  2. It is currently OSX only. I ran in to a little snag with the Windows version but will try to get around that ASAP.
  3. It currently only supports PKCS12 code signing certificates.
  4. It’s not yet very user friendly if you make a mistake… If you for instance mess up your cert passcode, you’ll have to start over again. I’m also not saving the path to ADT.. These things are “on the list”.
  5. Additional files are supported but are always relative to the folder that holds the main SWF… This is one that needs a lot of testing. If your setup does not work, please let me know.
  6. If you have feature requests or you find a bug or something weird, please let me know. Just leave a comment to this post, send me an email or use the contact form on my blog.
  7. Did I already mention that this should be considered alpha quality?
  8. I think it’s fairly obvious but just in case: This application requires the AIR 2.0 runtime.

So… You’re still here. That must mean that you’re a geek like me and you don’t mind testing early builds of applications ;-). Good… Go ahead and download the application.

7 Comments

  1. chris
    January 12, 2010

    After going through all steps I get invalid input.

  2. Serge Jespers
    January 12, 2010

    @Chris: Would love to hear some details… Did you get it once or every time? Did you add additional files from different directories?

  3. chris
    January 12, 2010

    Hey Serge,

    Yes, I got the message every time. And yes, I was adding the SPL lib file to package up with it.

    I’ll give it another go now and report back.

  4. chris
    January 12, 2010

    Just tried it without the addition of the extra SPL file and got same error.

    I’m fairly sure I’ve added ADT and all other paths correctly too.

    Trying on OSX snow lep.

  5. Lavon
    January 13, 2010

    didn’t see this before I posted my comment in your previous post thanks for this, I will try it out

  6. Bear
    January 30, 2010

    I get invalid input too (on 10.6.2).
    Another thing that might be useful is the ability to add whole folders when adding additional files.
    Also tried without any additional files and got same error.
    Thanks for making this it’s a great idea. :)

  7. Serge Jespers
    January 30, 2010

    @Bear & Chris: Would you mind sending me the filepaths of all the files you’re adding in the packager? I’m guessing I may have missed something there. You can post ‘em here or send me an email at [email protected]

    Thanks!

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