AIR doesn't access web content to work....but it can if there is a connection (which it can check for)
You can compile it with a light weight DB (like SQL Lite) and you have a standalone app with full data capabilities....and away you go. Cheers On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 11:21 -0400, Rick Faircloth wrote: > But if AIR can access local and web-based content, > unlike a web app, which accesses web-based content only, > why not build AIR apps for both local apps and web apps? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:38 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Need some perspective... > > > > Would it be better to design *web* sites/apps, not native apps, > > for iPhone and Android as AIR web sites/apps or as > > HTML5/jQuery/CSS sites/apps. > > > > Is there truly enough difference, especially when a user has > > to download a runtime (right?) to run an AIR site/app, to go > > to a platform such as AIR and away from HTML, etc? > > AIR isn't for web applications. AIR is for locally-installed > applications. If you want something to run without needing to fetch > everything from a web site, use AIR. If you want something to run > without needing a web site at all, use AIR. If you want an application > that can do things web apps can't do, such as access a local > filesystem, use AIR. If you want a web application, build a web > application. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345855 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
