由Adobe公司的AIR開(kāi)發(fā)團(tuán)隊(duì)審核的《Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook》,敘述了Web開(kāi)發(fā)者和應(yīng)用程序設(shè)計(jì)者最希望了解的實(shí)踐、基本原理以及主題。本書(shū)中的實(shí)戰(zhàn)技巧可以幫助你解決在使用Adobe AIR建立桌面的富互聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)用程序(Rich Internet Appliction)時(shí)所遇到的各種任務(wù)和情景。這是通過(guò)即學(xué)即用的實(shí)踐解決方案學(xué)習(xí)Adobe AIR微妙之處的理想方式,并且本書(shū)詳細(xì)解釋了它們?yōu)楹渭叭绾芜\(yùn)作。這些技巧可以幫助你:
使用Flex、Flash或HTML和Ajax建立AIR應(yīng)用程序
創(chuàng)建數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)并連接至你的應(yīng)用程序
為PC和Mac整合原生菜單
與Service Monitor Framework共同運(yùn)作
利用Adobe AIR Update Framework
利用自定義chrome和應(yīng)用程序圖標(biāo)創(chuàng)建標(biāo)志性的桌面體驗(yàn)
使用Seamless Install BadgeAIR應(yīng)用程序還有更多。《Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook》包含了許多AIR開(kāi)發(fā)團(tuán)隊(duì)中新進(jìn)明星的秘訣,如David Tucker、Rich Tretola、Marco Casario和Koen De Weggheleire,以及由Adobe和O'Reilly主辦的《Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook》社區(qū)站點(diǎn)(www.adobe.com/go/air_cookbook)上許多訪問(wèn)者張貼的解決方案。如果你已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好利用Adobe AIR來(lái)擴(kuò)展你的技能,那么這本書(shū)就是你期待已久的。
本書(shū)共分17個(gè)章節(jié),主要對(duì)敘述了Web開(kāi)發(fā)者和應(yīng)用程序設(shè)計(jì)者希望了解的實(shí)踐、基本原理以及主題。書(shū)中的實(shí)戰(zhàn)技巧可以幫助你解決在使用Adobe AIR建立桌面的富互聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)用程序時(shí)所遇到的各種任務(wù)和情景,并且詳細(xì)解釋了它們?yōu)楹渭叭绾芜\(yùn)作。該書(shū)可供各大專(zhuān)院校作為教材使用,也可供從事相關(guān)工作的人員作為參考用書(shū)使用。
David Tucker,就職于Universal Mind公司,是一名從事Flex和AIR應(yīng)用程序設(shè)計(jì)的軟件工程師。
Foreword
Credits
Preface
1. AIR Basics
1.1 Creating and Running an AIR Application with Flex Builder 3
1.2 Creating and Running an AIR Application with Flash
1.3 Creating and Running an AIR Application with HTML and JavaScript
1.4 Debugging an AIR Application with JavaScript
1.5 Signing and Exporting an AIR Application
1.6 Signing an AIR File with a Trusted Certificate
1.7 Understanding Synchronous and Asynchronous Programming in AIR
2. Application Settings
2.1 Targeting a Specific Version of AIR
2.2 Setting the Application ID
2.3 Setting the Application Name and Filename
2.4 Setting the Application Version
2.5 Editing the Application Description and Copyright Information
2.6 Editing the Initial Window Settings
2.7 Setting the Installation Folder for an Application
2.8 Setting the Default Program Menu Folder
2.9 Setting a Custom Application Icon
2.10 Allowing an AIR Application to Interact with the Browser
2.11 Setting the Application to Handle All Updates
2.12 Determining the Application Version at Runtime
2.13 Creating Multilingual AIR Installations
3. Application Windows
3.1 Changing the Main Application Window
3.2 Launching a New Window in ActionScript
3.3 Launching a New Window (Flex
3.4 Launching a New Window (JavaScript
3.5 Creating Utility Windows
3.6 Creating Lightweight Windows
3.7 Creating a Full-Screen Window
3.8 Managing Multiple Windows
3.9 Creating Windows with Custom Chrome
3.10 Minimizing and Maximizing a Window
3.11 Resizing a Window
3.12 Closing a Window
3.13 Displaying a Prompt Before Closing a Window
3.14 Closing All Open Windows at Once
3.15 Adding a Drop Shadow to a Custom Chrome Window in ActionScript
3.16 Applying a Pixel Bender Filter to a Custom Chrome Window in ActionScript
4. Screens
4.1 Positioning Windows on the Desktop
4.2 Positioning Windows Across Multiple Monitors
4.3 Determining the Monitors on Which an Application Is Currently Displayed
5. HTML Content
5.1 Displaying HTML Content
5.2 Accessing JavaScript from ActionScript in an HTML Container
5.3 Accessing ActionScript from JavaScript in an HTML Container
5.4 Scripting the DOM from ActionScript
5.5 Accessing and Editing an HTML Style Sheet from ActionScript
5.6 Accessing the HTML Container History List
5.7 Bridging Content from Different Security Sandboxes
5.8 Creating JavaScript Functions from ActionScript
5.9 Scrolling HTML Content in ActionScript
5.10 Using ActionScript Libraries Within an HTML Page
6. PDF Support
6.1 Detecting Whether PDF Support Is Available
6.2 Loading a PDF Document
6.3 Communicating from AIR to PDF
6.4 Communicating from PDF to AIR
7. Clipboard Support
7.1 Working with the Clipboard Data Types
7.2 Adding Data to the Operating System Clipboard
7.3 Retrieving Data from the Operating System Clipboard
7.4 Clearing Data from a Clipboard
7.5 Using Deferred Rendering with Clipboard Data
7.6 Creating Custom Clipboard Data Formats
8. Drag and Drop Support
8.1 Dragging Data Out of an Application in ActionScript
8.2 Dragging Data Out of an Application in JavaScript
8.3 Dragging Data Into an Application in ActionScript
8.4 Dragging Data Into an Application in JavaScript
8.5 Dragging and Dropping Within an Application in ActionScript
8.6 Dragging and Dropping Within an Application in JavaScript
9. File System Integration
9.1 Accessing Directory Aliases in the File Class
9.2 Creating a New File or Directory
9.3 Deleting a File or Directory
9.4 Copying a File or Directory
9.5 Moving a File or Directory
9.6 Moving a File or Directory to the Trash
9.7 Prompting the User to Select a File or Directory
9.8 Reading Data from a File
9.9 Writing Data to a File
9.10 Creating a Temporary File or Directory
9.11 Caching Images to Disk in ActionScript
9.12 Searching for Files of a Given Extension in a Directory in ActionScript
9.13 Migrating Serialization Changes in ActionScript
10. Embedded SQL Database Programming
10.1 Creating a Database
10.2 Connecting to a Database in Synchronous Mode
10.3 Connecting to a Database in Asynchronous Mode
10.4 Creating an In-Memory Database
10.5 Creating an Encrypted Database
10.6 Encrypting a Database with a Password
10.7 Creating Tables in a Database
10.8 Querying a Database Synchronously
10.9 Querying a Database Asynchronously
10.10 Retrieving Results from a Query
10.11 Using Parameters in Queries
10.12 Including a Database in an Application
10.13 Persisting Application Settings
11. Encrypted Local Store
11.1 Storing Data in the Encrypted Local Store
11.2 Retrieving Data from the Encrypted Local Store
11.3 Removing and Resetting Data in the Encrypted Local Store
11.4 Storing Application-Specific Data in the Encrypted Local Store
11.5 Safeguarding Files with Encrypted Local Store
12. Application and Window Native Menus
12.1 Creating a Native Menu
12.2 Responding to Menu Events
12.3 Adding a Menu Separator
12.4 Creating Nested Menus
12.5 Creating a Native Window Menu (Windows
12.6 Creating a Native Window Menu (Mac
12.7 Creating a Context Menu (ActionScript
12.8 Creating a Context Menu (JavaScript
12.9 Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Menu Items
12.10 Enabling and Disabling Menu Items
12.11 Toggling Menu Items
13. Taskbar and Docklntegration
13.1 Adding an Icon to the System Tray (Windows
13.2 Adding a Custom Menu to the System Tray Icon (Windows
13.3 Adding a Custom Menu to the Dock Icon (Mac
13.4 Changing the System Tray or Dock Icon
13.5 Notifying the User Through the Dock (Mac
13.6 Notifying the User Through the Taskbar (Windows
14. File Types
14.1 Registering Custom File Types
14.2 Determining Whether an Application Is the Default Application for a File Type
14.3 Setting and Removing an Application as the Default Application for a File Type
14.4 Getting the Path of the Default Application for a File Type
15. Service Monitor Framework
15.1 Including the Service Monitor Framework in an Application (JavaScript
15.2 Including the Service Monitor Framework in an Application (Flash
15.3 Monitoring the Connection to a URL
15.4 Reading Only the Head of a URL
15.5 Monitoring the Connection to a Specific Port on a Server
16. Application Updates
16.1 Creating Applications with Update Capabilities
16.2 Creating Custom Update Interfaces for Applications with Update Capabilities
17. AIR Application Distribution with the Browser API
17.1 Including the Browser API
17.2 Detecting the Installed Version of AIR
17.3 Launching an AIR Application from the Browser
17.4 Installing an AIR Application from the Browser
17.5 Using the Included Seamless Install Badge
Index
"這本書(shū)史無(wú)前例地涵蓋了Adobe AIR 1.5和AIR開(kāi)發(fā)的一切,你甚至找不到一個(gè)更好的創(chuàng)作團(tuán)隊(duì)來(lái)幫你了解些。當(dāng)我從事AIR開(kāi)發(fā)時(shí),這本書(shū)是除了我的鍵盤(pán)之外,另一個(gè)不可或缺的工具。" ——Lee Elrimelow Platform Evangelist,Adobe Systems,Inc。
不錯(cuò)
真好。。為什么會(huì)那么好。。。