Understandably Adobe is feeling rather conservative about this sort of thing. The last thing we as developers would want is an abuse of the AIR runtime which sullies its reputation. So we're getting a certain sandbox to play in.
However, opening a document file such as a word doc, pdf or excel spreadsheet is a normal every day activity. The OS and the user already have responsibility to ensure that they are not accessing malicious content. IMO, letting AIR have a somewhat larger sandbox by passing to the OS a request to open files would be a huge step forward and make the user experience significantly better. For example, the AIR application I just built downloads data entitlements to a user's machine. Once downloaded, the user needs to navigate to that directory using the OS to open the files. It would be nice to not requre all that additional work on the part of the user. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aphexyuri Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS Default Application Jeff, We've been looking into it as well. Maybe the following links could give you some more help: http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/01/17/commandproxy-net-air-integra tion-proof-of-concept/ and http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/01/22/commandproxy-its-cool-but-is -it-a-good-idea/ It's a long shot & a workaround...something adobe really needs to address soon! --- In [email protected], "Battershall, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve, > > In the scenario I'm envisioning, I am not thinking that AIR would be > starting the program itself but the OS would, as it would in response > to a double click on a file name in Windows Explorer. But if it can't > be done, it can't be done. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Cutter (Flex Related) > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AIR: Forcing a file to be opened By OS > Default Application > > > According to a talk that Ben Forta gave here in Nashville, not long > before product launch, the AIR sandbox strictly prohibits access to > other programs on a system. > > Steve "Cutter" Blades > Adobe Certified Professional > Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > _____________________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > ------------------------------------ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
