The Adobe AIR runtime enables you to have your favorite web applications with you all the time.
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Version: 2.0.0.1
Size: 7,62 MB
License: Freeware/ FREE
OS:Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
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Since applications built for Adobe AIR run on your desktop computer without a web browser, they provide all the convenience of a desktop application.
AIR 2 builds on the success of AIR 1 by giving developers new capabilities, and even tighter integration with the desktop.
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Open documents with the user’s default application
You can open document files in the application the user has set up as the default opening application. Launching executables or script files is not permitted unless the application is packaged in a native installer.
Microphone data access
You can access the sound data from a microphone directly for recording or other processing.
Mass storage device detection
You can now detect when a mass storage device, such as a USB drive or a camera, has been connected to the user’s computer.
Updated WebKit version
* WebKit in AIR is based on the version shipped with Safari 4.0.3
* Support for JavaScript profiling
* SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript engine resulting in 50% faster performance using SunSpider tests
* CSS3 Module support (2D transformations, transitions, animations, gradients, zoom and WebKit CSS selectors, etc.).
* Styling scrollbars via CSS
* Latest Canvas enhancements.
Global Error Handling
Global error handling lets you handle all uncaught errors (both synchronous errors and asynchronous error events) in one place in your code.
New networking support
* Server sockets
You can listen for incoming socket connections.
* UDP sockets
You can send and receive messages using the Universal
Datagram Protocol (UDP).
* TLS/SSL sockets
You now connect to a server that requires TLSv1 or SSLv3 for socket communications.
* DNS lookup
You can look up Domain Name System (DNS) resource records.
See DNSResolver and Domain Name System (DNS) records.
* Network interface enumeration
You can enumerate the list of hardware and software network interfaces available on a client computer.
Packaging an AIR application in a native installer
You can package an AIR application in a native install program instead of an AIR file. Applications packaged and installed using a native installer have access to platform-specific features such as the Native Process API…
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