Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide

211 Pages·2007·1.2 MB·English

by  Mike Chambers

Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction to Apollo
Section 1.1. A Short History of Web Applications
Section 1.2. Problems with Delivering Applications via
the Browser
Section 1.3. Introducing the Apollo Runtime
Section 1.4. Primary Apollo Technologies
Chapter 2. Getting Started with Apollo Development
Section 2.1. Installing the Apollo Alpha 1 Runtime
Section 2.2. What You Need in Order to Develop Apollo
Applications
Section 2.3. Building a Sample Apollo Application
Section 2.4. Next Steps
Chapter 3. Using HTML Within Flex-Based Apollo
Applications
Section 3.1. HTML Support in Apollo
Section 3.2. Using the Flex HTML Component
Section 3.3. Using the HTMLControl Class
Section 3.4. Script Bridging: Communicating Between
ActionScript and JavaScript
Chapter 4. Using the File System API
Section 4.1. Security Model
Section 4.2. Accessing Files and Directories
Section 4.3. Asynchronous and Synchronous Versions of
Methods
Section 4.4. Reading Directory Contents
Section 4.5. Getting File Information
Section 4.6. Copying and Moving Files and Directories
Section 4.7. Creating Files and Directories
Section 4.8. Deleting Files and Directories
Section 4.9. Reading and Writing Files
Chapter 5. Apollo Mini-Cookbook
Section 5.1. Working with the File System
Section 5.2. Working with HTML
Section 5.3. Using the Windowing API
Appendix A. Apollo Packages and Classes
Appendix B. Apollo Command-Line Tools
Section B.1. AMXMLC
Section B.2. ADL
Section B.3. ADT
Index
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Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide
By Mike Chambers, Rob Dixon, Jeff Swartz
...............................................
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: March 31, 2007
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-51391-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59651391-7
Pages: 144

Table of Contents | Index
Written by members of the Apollo product team, this is the official guide to the Alpha release of Adobe's
Apollo project, the revolutionary cross platform desktop runtime from Adobe Labs. Adobe Apollo Pocket
Guide for Flex explains how to build and deploy Flash-based Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to the
desktop using Adobe's Flex framework. This book describes concisely how Apollo works, and offers
numerous examples for those who want to start building RIAs for the desktop right away. Why put RIAs
on the desktop? They're already supposed to offer the responsiveness of desktop programs.
Unfortunately, web browsers can't support all of the interactions we expect from applications. You can't
drag a file into an RIA and have it act on that file, for example, or have RIAs interact with other
applications on the computer. Adobe's Apollo project gives you the best of both worlds -- the RIA
development model and true desktop functionality. This pocket guide explains how. Topics include:
The types of applications Apollo targets:
Steps for creating your first application
Using the File I/O API
Using HTML within Flex-based Apollo Applications
Apollo Mini Cookbook for common tasks
Apollo Packages and Classes, and Command-Line Tools
Once you understand the basics of building a Flex-based Apollo application, this pocket guide makes an
ideal reference for tackling specific problems.
Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide
By
Mike Chambers, Rob Dixon, Jeff Swartz
...............................................
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: March 31, 2007
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-51391-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59651391-7
Pages: 144

Table of Contents | Index

Copyright
Preface
Chapter 1.

Introduction to Apollo
Section 1.1.

A Short History of Web Applications
Section 1.2.

Problems with Delivering Applications via the Browser
Section 1.3.

Introducing the Apollo Runtime
Section 1.4.

Primary Apollo Technologies
Chapter 2.
Getting Started with Apollo Development
Section 2.1.

Installing the Apollo Alpha 1 Runtime
Section 2.2.

What You Need in Order to Develop Apollo Applications
Section 2.3.

Building a Sample Apollo Application
Section 2.4.

Next Steps
Chapter 3.

Using HTML Within Flex-Based Apollo Applications
Section 3.1.

HTML Support in Apollo
Section 3.2.

Using the Flex HTML Component
Section 3.3.

Using the HTMLControl Class
Section 3.4.

Script Bridging: Communicating Between ActionScript and JavaScript
Chapter 4.

Using the File System API
Section 4.1.

Security Model
Section 4.2.
Accessing Files and Directories
Section 4.3.

Asynchronous and Synchronous Versions of Methods
Section 4.4.

Reading Directory Contents
Section 4.5.

Getting File Information
Section 4.6.

Copying and Moving Files and Directories
Section 4.7.

Creating Files and Directories
Section 4.8.

Deleting Files and Directories
Section 4.9.

Reading and Writing Files
Chapter 5.

Apollo Mini-Cookbook
Section 5.1.

Working with the File System
Section 5.2.

Working with HTML
Section 5.3.

Using the Windowing API
Appendix A.
Apollo Packages and Classes
Appendix B.

Apollo Command-Line Tools
Section B.1.

AMXMLC
Section B.2.

ADL
Section B.3.

ADT
Index
Adobe Apollo® for Flex™: Pocket Guide by Mike Chambers, Robert L.
Dixon, and Jeff Swartz Copyright © 2007 Adobe Systems, Inc. All rights
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