Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

[John McCormack]

Michael,

I had problems getting the ActionScript project code into the AIR 
application.

The original Document Class from OriginalProgram.AS would not run 
because it was no longer automatically on the display list and so its 
stage variable was null.

I emptied the code from the constructor into a new function called main, 
added an instance to the stage, see below, and completed the 
construction via main().
It could then proceed since stage was no longer null.

My background colour has changed and the aligment isn't working but it 
looks very promising.

Thanks again.

John


?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
layout=absolute creationComplete=start();
  mx:Script
   ![CDATA[
   private var prog:OriginalProgram;

   public function start():void {
 prog=new OriginalProgram;  // An instance of the 
original Document Class

 nativeWindow.stage.addChild(prog); // The constructor needs the 
prog.stage variable set, and
   
 prog.main();  // then this can 
now run all the original constructor code.
   }
   ]]
 /mx:Script
 mx:UIComponent id=container /
/mx:WindowedApplication



Michael wrote:
 John,

 Though your code is in ActionScript, you should just be able to use the MXML 
 WindowedApplication tag just at the very top-level, and initialize your main 
 ActionScript UI within an mx:Script tag.

 Something like:

 mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
   applicationComplete=init();
   mx:Script
   ![CDATA[
   private function init():void
   {
   // Fire up all your AS stuff here
   }
   ]]
   /mx:Script
 /mx:WindowedApplication


 Finally, I left out a step (4) in my previous message.  Steps 1-3 are 
 sufficient to run your AIR app in the debugger, but to distribute your AIR 
 application you typically need to generate and sign a .air file.  Flex 
 Builder can do that; from the raw SDK, you should check out the adt tool.

 Hope this helps,
 Michael Portuesi


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack j...@... wrote:
   
 Thanks Michael,

 I will give this a try.

 Currently, within FB3 I can create an AIR project and it does these 
 things for me but the output is structured similarly to a Flex project 
 but my projects are ActionScript projects built within FB3 and so the 
 conversion isn't quite the same.

 Perhaps I should be looking to convert from AcitionScript to Flex as an 
 intermediate step: by minimizing the mxml and calling my main Document 
 Class from the main mxml class and then modify that for AIR.

 It's annoying because from within Flash Prof. I can publish as AIR, but 
 that's a conversion step backwards.

 John


 Michael wrote:
 
 John,

 You can convert your Flex project to an AIR application pretty easily.  
 There's three basic steps involved:

 1) Your application should be declared as inheriting from 
 WindowedApplication, rather than Application in your main myapp.mxml file.

 mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; xmlns=*

 !-- declaration of your app top-level fixtures goes here --

 /mx:WindowedApplication

 2) Create an AIR app descriptor file. Here's an example.  Name it 
 myapp-app.xml and place in the same folder as your main myapp.mxml file. 

 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
 application xmlns=http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5.1;
 idcom.myapp.tester/id
 version0.1/version
 filenametester/filename
 nameFlexUnit Test Runner/name
 initialWindow
 contenttester.swf/content
 visibletrue/visible
 systemChromestandard/systemChrome
 transparentfalse/transparent
 width1024/width
 height768/height
 /initialWindow
 /application

 There is detailed documentation on the AIR app descriptor format on the 
 Adobe site:

 http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappsflex/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7ff1.html

 3) Use the AIR MXML compiler (amxmlc rather than mxmlc) in your build 
 scripts.  If you're using Flex Builder, you can add an AIR Project Builder 
 to your in the Project Properties  Builders pane.

 That should be enough to get you started.  Good luck.

 Michael Portuesi


 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack john@ wrote:
   
   
 Is there any easy way to publish a Flex ActionScript Project as an AIR 
 file.
 This project, by its nature, has no mxml tags.

 John

 
 


 

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[flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

[reflexactions]

FYI The Adobe docs do describe how to create a pure AS (i.e. not using MXML) 
AIR application.

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack j...@... wrote:

 Michael,
 
 I had problems getting the ActionScript project code into the AIR 
 application.
 
 The original Document Class from OriginalProgram.AS would not run 
 because it was no longer automatically on the display list and so its 
 stage variable was null.
 
 I emptied the code from the constructor into a new function called main, 
 added an instance to the stage, see below, and completed the 
 construction via main().
 It could then proceed since stage was no longer null.
 
 My background colour has changed and the aligment isn't working but it 
 looks very promising.
 
 Thanks again.
 
 John
 
 
 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
  mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
 layout=absolute creationComplete=start();
   mx:Script
![CDATA[
private var prog:OriginalProgram;
 
public function start():void {
  prog=new OriginalProgram;  // An instance of the 
 original Document Class
 
  nativeWindow.stage.addChild(prog); // The constructor needs the 
 prog.stage variable set, and

  prog.main();  // then this can 
 now run all the original constructor code.
}
]]
  /mx:Script
  mx:UIComponent id=container /
 /mx:WindowedApplication
 
 
 
 Michael wrote:
  John,
 
  Though your code is in ActionScript, you should just be able to use the 
  MXML WindowedApplication tag just at the very top-level, and initialize 
  your main ActionScript UI within an mx:Script tag.
 
  Something like:
 
  mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
applicationComplete=init();
  mx:Script
  ![CDATA[
  private function init():void
  {
  // Fire up all your AS stuff here
  }
  ]]
  /mx:Script
  /mx:WindowedApplication
 
 
  Finally, I left out a step (4) in my previous message.  Steps 1-3 are 
  sufficient to run your AIR app in the debugger, but to distribute your AIR 
  application you typically need to generate and sign a .air file.  Flex 
  Builder can do that; from the raw SDK, you should check out the adt tool.
 
  Hope this helps,
  Michael Portuesi
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack john@ wrote:

  Thanks Michael,
 
  I will give this a try.
 
  Currently, within FB3 I can create an AIR project and it does these 
  things for me but the output is structured similarly to a Flex project 
  but my projects are ActionScript projects built within FB3 and so the 
  conversion isn't quite the same.
 
  Perhaps I should be looking to convert from AcitionScript to Flex as an 
  intermediate step: by minimizing the mxml and calling my main Document 
  Class from the main mxml class and then modify that for AIR.
 
  It's annoying because from within Flash Prof. I can publish as AIR, but 
  that's a conversion step backwards.
 
  John
 
 
  Michael wrote:
  
  John,
 
  You can convert your Flex project to an AIR application pretty easily.  
  There's three basic steps involved:
 
  1) Your application should be declared as inheriting from 
  WindowedApplication, rather than Application in your main myapp.mxml file.
 
  mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; 
  xmlns=*
 
  !-- declaration of your app top-level fixtures goes here --
 
  /mx:WindowedApplication
 
  2) Create an AIR app descriptor file. Here's an example.  Name it 
  myapp-app.xml and place in the same folder as your main myapp.mxml file. 
 
  ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
  application xmlns=http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5.1;
idcom.myapp.tester/id
version0.1/version
filenametester/filename
nameFlexUnit Test Runner/name
initialWindow
contenttester.swf/content
visibletrue/visible
systemChromestandard/systemChrome
transparentfalse/transparent
width1024/width
height768/height
/initialWindow
  /application
 
  There is detailed documentation on the AIR app descriptor format on the 
  Adobe site:
 
  http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappsflex/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7ff1.html
 
  3) Use the AIR MXML compiler (amxmlc rather than mxmlc) in your build 
  scripts.  If you're using Flex Builder, you can add an AIR Project 
  Builder to your in the Project Properties  Builders pane.
 
  That should be enough to get you started.  Good luck.
 
  Michael Portuesi
 
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack john@ wrote:


  Is there any easy way to publish a Flex ActionScript Project as an AIR 
  file.
  This project, by its nature, has no mxml tags.
 
  John
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
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Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

[John McCormack]

reflexactions wrote:
 FYI The Adobe docs do describe how to create a pure AS (i.e. not using MXML) 
 AIR application.
   

I haven't found that, although I have found lots of other references.
Unfortunately the Adobe PDF help files overlap and they have no dates, 
so things are hard to find.

Some of my problems were because I was using various properties of the 
main Class and when it because an AIR application it wasn't the main 
class any more.

If possible, please point me to the particular document it's in.

Thanks

John

[flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

[reflexactions]

Developing Adobe AIR 1.5 Applications with Flex:
See section Creating your first AIR application with the Flex SDK 

See the para Write the application code

Note: SWF-based AIR applications can use a main class defined either with MXML 
or with Adobe® ActionScript® 3.0. This example uses an MXML file to define its 
main class. The process for creating an AIR application with a main 
ActionScript class is similar. Instead of compiling an MXML file into the SWF, 
you compile the ActionScript class file. When using ActionScript, the main 
class must extend flash.display.Sprite.

Also see Create the AIR application descriptor file

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack j...@... wrote:

 reflexactions wrote:
  FYI The Adobe docs do describe how to create a pure AS (i.e. not using 
  MXML) AIR application.

 
 I haven't found that, although I have found lots of other references.
 Unfortunately the Adobe PDF help files overlap and they have no dates, 
 so things are hard to find.
 
 Some of my problems were because I was using various properties of the 
 main Class and when it because an AIR application it wasn't the main 
 class any more.
 
 If possible, please point me to the particular document it's in.
 
 Thanks
 
 John

Re: [flexcoders] Re: AIR from a Flex ActionScript Project? SOLVED

[John McCormack]

Much appreciated!
John

reflexactions wrote:
 Developing Adobe AIR 1.5 Applications with Flex:
 See section Creating your first AIR application with the Flex SDK 

 See the para Write the application code

 Note: SWF-based AIR applications can use a main class defined either with 
 MXML or with Adobe® ActionScript® 3.0. This example uses an MXML file to 
 define its main class. The process for creating an AIR application with a 
 main ActionScript class is similar. Instead of compiling an MXML file into 
 the SWF, you compile the ActionScript class file. When using ActionScript, 
 the main class must extend flash.display.Sprite.

 Also see Create the AIR application descriptor file

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John McCormack j...@... wrote:
   
 reflexactions wrote:
 
 FYI The Adobe docs do describe how to create a pure AS (i.e. not using 
 MXML) AIR application.
   
   
 I haven't found that, although I have found lots of other references.
 Unfortunately the Adobe PDF help files overlap and they have no dates, 
 so things are hard to find.

 Some of my problems were because I was using various properties of the 
 main Class and when it because an AIR application it wasn't the main 
 class any more.

 If possible, please point me to the particular document it's in.

 Thanks

 John

 




 

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