Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - Adobe Air
This training course provides an introduction to the Adobe Integration Runtime 2.0 for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 developers. It includes hands-on exercises with supporting content and files, and comprehensive review exercises. This course has been developed specifically for software developers who already have good experience developing with Flash Professional and Actionscript 3.
Duration: 1 day.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
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Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to CS3, CS4 and CS5 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. Our Apple training courses utilise Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).
Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.
Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
Introducing the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
- Exploring the AIR development toolset
- Understanding the AIR player
- Exporting AIR applications from Flash Professional CS5
Getting started with AIR
- Building an AIR application
- Exporting a release
- Code-signing an application
- Understanding AIR fundamentals
- Introducing the AIR file format
- Introducing the application descriptor
- Getting help and other resources
Using the file system
- Using the File class
- Accessing common directories
- Referencing a file or directory
- Moving and copying file system objects
- Recycling or deleting file system objects
- Launching files in their default application
- Loading and launching files
Using the clipboard
- Moving data with copy and paste
- Understanding the Clipboard
Persisting application data
- Using an embedded SQL database
- Creating and opening a database
- Creating and executing simple SQL statements
- Handling returned data
Creating native windows
- Changing the window chrome and transparency
- Using full screen display
- Displaying HTML content
Overview of AIR security
- Introducing security sandboxes
- Introducing AIR security best practices
- Determining current version at runtime
- Encrypting local database files
Customizing Deployment
- Using application icons
- Setting system tray icon
