I recently found the need for permanently mounted network shares on a Windows server. Not an obvious thing to do, unfortunately… What do I mean by permanent? When mapping a share on Windows as a user, when that user logs off… the share will disconnect. For an installed Windows Service that requires access to defined […]
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I often get private messages through the contact form on this blog. These are normally requests for advice, resources, or project inquiries. From time to time, a question comes in that I see as useful to a wider audience. Such is the case with the email reproduced below regarding Flex. I’ve asked permission from the
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This is the first post of 2012 and an attempt to get the year started off well! I wasn’t able to post nearly as much “useful” information in 2011 since I was tied up with so much other stuff… but am definitely working toward changing that by producing more content like this. Happy New Year,
Packaging AIR 3 Captive Runtime for Windows Distribution Read More »
O’Reilly has published a set of books that I was able to get together over the past few months, leading up to the new Flash Platform runtime releases in October: “What’s New in Flash Player 11” and “What’s New in Adobe AIR 3“. These books are companion pieces as there is obvious overlap between what
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This is another new features demonstration which I originally wrote for my upcoming AIR 3 book showing the StageText class in action on a device! Native Text Input UI (mobile) — Mobile apps can now take advantage of the native text input controls on mobile platforms, including platform-specific user interaction behaviors such as magnification and
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Adobe today announced that Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be shipping fairly soon. This is great news for the community because the runtimes are LOADED with great new features. How do I know the features are great? Because I’ve been working with them for the past couple of months while writing a set
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Distilled data feed from the Adobe XML News Aggregator! Pulls relevant data feeds from the Adobe XML News Aggregator (AXNA) at http://feeds.adobe.com/ – an invaluable community resource. This data is distilled into smart categories and present to the user for easy perusal. I’ve gotten a lot of great info from AXNA – and I’m sure
I’m thrilled to announce that my Flash Development for Android Cookbook is now available to purchase in print and digital formats! The book contains 372 pages of useful information and solid recipes for developing killer Android applications using Flash Platform technology. The Flash Development for Android Cookbook enables Flash developers to branch out into Android
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With yesterday’s release of AIR 2.7 on mobile and desktop, this brings the runtime up to date with Flash Player 10.3 capabilities along with a host of mobile specific improvements. One aspect of this release that not many have taken note of is a new distribution model with AIR for Linux desktops. Adobe is now
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A quick recording which demonstrates how to use a splash screen within your AIR for Android applications built with Flash Builder and the Flex 4.5 SDK!
AIR for Android Splash Screen with Flex 4.5 Read More »
My book just became available for preorder over at the Packt Publishing website. Not only can you preorder “Flash Development for Android Cookbook“, but it is also being included in the RAW program. This means that even though the book is not yet finished (still in draft stage, really) you can preorder the eBook or
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The Incubator is a new place on Adobe Labs for us to share with developers features that are under development or under consideration for inclusion in future versions of the runtimes*. For developers and companies who are interested in testing cutting-edge capabilities of runtimes, the Incubator program allows them to contribute to the future of
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