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AIR 1.5 Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3

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Training Provided by Lodestone Digital AIR projects are created in Flex Builder 3, and appear as Flex projects. They simply compile differently. This 2 day course is presented through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, walkthroughs, and labs. The course has been designed assuming that you already understand how to develop applications using Adobe Flex.
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instructor led trainingThis class may be available at a classroom in Charlotte, NC, or at one of these training facilities: NY, NY, Independence, OH,
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Course Level:intermediate
Duration:2 days
Training Presented in:English
AIR 1.5 Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3

Unit 1: Introducing the Course

  • Introducing Mastery Learning
  • Understanding the Course Format
  • Reviewing the Course Prerequisites
  • Reviewing the Course Outline

Unit 2: Introducing Adobe Integrated Runtime

  • Exploring the AIR Development Toolset
  • Reviewing the Adobe AIR Tools for Flex Builder 3
  • Walkthrough 1: Review an AIR application

Unit 3: Getting Started with AIR

  • Creating Your First AIR Application
  • Walkthrough 1: Create an AIR Application
  • Packaging and Deploying Applications
  • Walkthrough 2: Export and Install an Application
  • Understanding AIR Fundamentals
  • Walkthrough 3: Examine the AIR package and Change the Descriptor
  • Getting Help and Other Resources

Unit 4: Creating Native Windows

  • Creating Windows
  • Walkthrough 1: Create, Open, and Close a Native Window
  • Modifying the Window Display
  • Walkthrough 2: Control Window Chrome, Transparency, and Full Screen Display
  • Manipulating Windows
  • Walkthrough 3: Control Window Behaviors When a Title Bar is Removed
  • Controlling Window Behavior Using Window Events
  • Walkthrough 4: Control Window Behavior Through Event Listeners

Unit 5: Using the File System

  • Using the File Class
  • Walkthrough 1: Using the File Class
  • Enabling Visual File System Interaction
  • Walkthrough 2: Use File System Browsing and Display Components
  • Removing Files from the File System
  • Walkthrough 3: Interacting with Visually Specified File Objects
  • Using File Streams
  • Walkthrough 4: Create a Directory or UTF-8 (Unicode) Text File
  • Working with Binary Data
  • Walkthrough 5: Read, Modify, and Write a Binary File to the Desktop

Unit 6: Connecting Applications

  • Communicating Between Applications
  • Walkthrough 1: Connect to and Call a Method in Another AIR Application
  • Connecting to Web Applications Using URL Requests over HTTP
  • Walkthrough 2: Interact with a Remote Service Using Posted URL Data
  • Displaying HTML Content
  • Walkthrough 3: Load HTML Into an AIR Application
  • Detecting Network Availability
  • Walkthrough 4: Add Network Detection

Unit 7: Lab

  • Create an AIR Project
  • Write to the File System
  • Create a Native Window
  • Load an HTML Page in the Application

Unit 8: Using the Clipboard

  • Moving Data with Copy and Paste
  • Walkthrough 1: Moving Data To and From the System Clipboard
  • Using Drag and Drop
  • Walkthrough 2: Drag Images From the Operating System Into the Application

Unit 9: Persisting Application Data

  • Using an Embedded SQL Database
  • Walkthrough 1: Create a New Database
  • Using SQL Statements
  • Walkthrough 2: Update the Database and Records
  • Working with SQL Data Types
  • Walkthrough 3: Use Date/ Time and BLOB Data

Unit 10: Understanding AIR Security

  • Considering AIR Security
  • Walkthrough 1: Respond to Player Capability
  • Using Encrypted Data Storage
  • Walkthrough 2: Using Encrypted Local Storage
  • Understanding AIR Application Updating
  • Walkthrough 3: Updating Applications and Preventing Downgrade Attacks

Unit 11: Customizing Deployment

  • Setting the Applications Desktop Icon
  • Walkthrough 1: Add Icon to Application
  • Setting System Tray Icon
  • Walkthrough 2: Adding a System Tray Icon
  • Customizing Application Chrome
  • Walkthrough 3: Change Main Application Window Appearance

Unit 12: Lab

  • Drag in RSS Feed
  • Save Data to the Embedded Database
  • Add Customizations and Security Checks
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