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Introducing: Package Assistant (AIR 2 package utility built with AIR 2)

by Serge Jespers on 17. Dec, 2009 in AIR

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

Two of the most requested features for AIR were the ability to create native installers and to launch/talk to native applications. Among other new features, AIR 2 allows you to do that. To build these native installers you have to use the command line compiler.

A while back I was thinking if it would be possible to write an AIR application that would talk to ADT (the command line compiler) and that would make it easier to compile a native installer. And here it is… Well… It’s not quite finished yet but it’s very close. I just couldn’t wait sharing this screencap with you guys because I think it’s a great example of how powerful AIR has become.

The wizard style application allows you to easily identify the files it needs and after just 4 steps you simply
hit the compile button. A lot easier than fiddling around with the command line ;-)

I should have this finished before the holidays so stay tuned!

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Building Flash applications for Facebook just became a whole lot easier

by Serge Jespers on 31. Mar, 2009 in ActionScript, Flash, api

facebook.jpgFacebook and Adobe have just released an ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for the Facebook Platform API. This will make it a whole lot easier for Flash developers to build applications for the Facebook Platform using Flash, Flex and AIR.

If you have already built a Flash based application for Facebook in the past, you’re probably wondering what is so new about this release. While there are some unofficial libraries out there, many of these struggle to stay up to date with the rapidly evolving Facebook Platform. Today’s release makes ActionScript one of three officially supported languages of the Facebook Platform. The new AS3.0 Client Library is fully supported by Facebook and Adobe. Both Facebook and Adobe are committed to making sure that this library is kept up to date and provides the best experience for developers building on both platforms.

Danny Dura published a quick start video tutorial that will get you building Flash apps for the Facebook Platform in no time. We’ve also created a dedicated area on the Adobe Developer Connection that has everything you need to get inspired and get started.

Flash on!

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Weekly blend is back: The Photoshop-AJAX-Analytics-iPhone-AIR edition

by Serge Jespers on 25. Oct, 2008 in Weekly blend

A couple of weeks ago at Flash On The Beach, someone Paras Sheth asked why I dropped the “Weekly blend” posts. I promised him that I would pick them back up and so here’s the first one. Instead of going for a weekly theme, I decided to just post links to cool sites or articles that I come across every week. Hope you enjoy it.

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Buzzword out in the open on newly released Acrobat.com

by Serge Jespers on 02. Jun, 2008 in News


One of the apps we have been demoing a lot is Buzzword. Buzzword is a web-based word processor that can be used to co-author and share documents for comment and review–but you could just as easily create high-quality print results with it. It’s not because I work for Adobe, but I really think this is the best online word processor to date and I can’t wait for the AIR version to become available. But that’s not all we’re releasing today. Buzzword is now part of Acrobat.com, a set of online services that take advantage of PDF, Flash and AIR. Acrobat.com has everything you need for file sharing and storage, converting files to PDF, online word processing and web conferencing. The cherry on the cake is that Acrobat.com has a full set of developer APIs that you can use in your own Flash/Flex/AIR applications to easily enable real-time collaboration, file sharing and conversion. Go check it out.

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The weekly blend

by Serge Jespers on 17. May, 2008 in Roundup, Weekly blend

“Weekly roundup” didn’t really cover the load of this post so I renamed it to “The weekly blend”.

  • Snackr: An RSS ticker on your desktop completely built with Flex on AIR [link]
  • World Wide Telescope: Excellent use of Flash by Microsoft Research [link]
  • Multitouch Mac OS X: Using Flash, Christian Moore enabled multitouch on a Mac [link]
  • Google Maps API for Flash [link]
  • Snippets in Flex Builder: Neil Webb wrote a guide on how to get snippets to work in Flex Builder [link]
  • FlexExamples.com: If you don’t know about this site, bookmark it now. Fellow Adobean Peter deHaan posts new examples and code-snippets every week. [link]
  • FastMac U-Charge: I’ve been looking for this for a while now. If you have an extra MacBook Pro battery, this is the only way to charge it without using your laptop. Immediately ordered mine! [link]
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