I created an Air desktop app with Flash CS 5. Usually Windows (XP) is opening an application (like Firefox) with the latest set size and position.
For my installed Air app it's always just the default one.
How to start it with the latest used size and position?
Thanks.
Uli
hope this will work for you:
http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Using_the_FullScreen_functionality_in_AIR-8004.html
http://blog.ochodurando.com/2010/04/adobe-air-e-fullscreen/
You need to save a record somewhere that remembers the window's size, and possibly position. If your app has a preferences file, this would be an ideal place to store that information. Then, whenever your app starts, it checks for this information and resizes the window if any values are found.
Most popular programs include this feature (and don't even mention it, since it's pretty basic UI), but it's done intentionally and not as a default for every application. Thus if you want it, you have to program it in.
You can read and write to application.xml. You'll find there and nodes.
file = new File( File.applicationDirectory.nativePath + "/META-INF/AIR/application.xml" );
Adobe restrict writing access to application diractory but this trick is useful if you don't want to create a separate config file in app-storage:/ folder, which is of course prefered.
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I'm creating an html5 banner using Google Web Designer. I've created the banner and published it. When I view the published version I noticed that it takes sometime to load.
Someone else on my team is also creating HTML5 banners. The banner that he creates loads instantly even though its a larger file size. We compared our files and other than the actual assets, the way the banner was created and published is the same.
Does anyone have any ideas why this might be happening?
GWD add this code at the end of the banner and animation show up immediately:
<script data-exports-type="dclk-quick-preview">studio.Enabler.setRushSimulatedLocalEvents(true);</script>
Which environment are you using?
When creating a new project in GWD you are able to select an environment. By default is DoubleClick.
This adds additional file (in the case of DoubleClick, the Enabler library).
If you open your Chrome console, while running the banner, you will see that the banner is not initialized until the enabler is available.
You will also see how much time it takes to load the enabler.
If your colleague is creating a banner without that library, or without correctly listening to the event Enabler.initialized, this may be the main reason for the discrepancy.
If you don't want to include this additional library (that is used to integrate your banner in DoubleClick Studio), just select Generic from the environments dropdown.
There is also another reason that may cause the delay, and is the PoliteLoader.
You can select to politeLoad the banner from the Publish menu.
If the PoliteLoader is selected this cause the banner to be initialized only after the page is fully loaded. This may cause delays compared to a non polite loaded ads.
This all seems not to be a bug, but a feature of enabler.js simulates a test environment, when not beeing uploaded to Adwords (guess it similar in Doubleclick). Uploading to Google Environments should change the situation
Look at the console and see:
There is a long delay in alle items loading after the enabler.js.
It is NOT because of a long loading time of enabler.js - thats all fine.
Looking at the Logs, the enabler waits a second and throws out:
[ 1.008s] [studio.sdk] Using default ad parameters in test environment. Simulating local events.
When uploading to Google Adwords (i assume that this all is similar to DC Studio) - the enabler throws out different logs and the delay disappears.
Hope this was helpful.
By chance, I found out a way to make the Enabler loading fast. Instead of using Publish, use Preview to generate the HTML.
For some reasons, Enabler.js in preview-generated HTML only takes 0.019s to load as compared to Enabler.js in publish-generated HTML taking 1.015s to load.
Studio Enabler SDK looks for "e" parameter in iframe URL containing Studio creative. It expects a number and uses that to set the creative environment.
Setting e=1 in your preview environment (query string parameter in the iframe url pointing at the index.html for your studio creative) will tell Enabler to use LIVE mode.
I assume there is a reason why Enabler has this functionality (avoid counting impressions or paying for impressions from test/qa environment)...so I wouldn't suggest using this as a permanent setting.
How to make the ScheduledTaskAgent start as soon as the app is installed? I have seen a property LaunchOnBoot when registering the service in WMManifest file. I set it to True and does not seem to serve the purpose. Any ideas?
This is for updating a tile (Primary Tile). The tile need to be updated as soon as the user pins the app to the home screen.
You cannot to it. Your app must run when registering a ScheduledTaskAgent .
If you want this for debugging you may use ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest(). Otherwise you can not. But the real question then would be why you need it other than debugging?
I have this problem that when i am running my project in Flash cs6 using ctrl+enter, the project is ok, the flash player is retrieving the files from mysql database. but when i run the independent swf file outside, there is no retrieval happening. the text box that suppose to be showing the retrieved data is empty. how can i fix this?
Make sure you are running the published html from an actual page in the browser and not from the local file system.
Just make sure that the URL doesn't start with file:///
You must be having a security sandbox error, but you probably don't have the Debugger version of the Flash Player, so it's not telling you anything.
Just go to http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html and choose the proper one for your operating system and browser.
If you STILL want to run the files from your local file system, you can have a look at Flash Player's Global Configuration, to give access to the files/directories you want. Just right click on your swf file in the browser, and when the Menu opens, select Global Configuration.
The reason it is working when running inside Flash CS6 is that the player has less security restrictions in there.
Let me know if you were able to solve your problem.
I am currently beginning a project where we want to build an Interactive Whiteboard (educational activities) and deploy via CD-ROM. I want to build the project in HTML5 for it's interactivity and then somehow compile it to both .exe. and .dmg so when the CD-ROM is inserted it autoplays the 'Game'.
How is this possible? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I already made a project using pure C (WinAPI) on github that can pack HTML files into single EXE using resources.
http://github.com/dns/WinAPI-Embed-Browser/releases
Use: res://programname.exe/test.html as path to access html files from your EXE file.
From here you also can hide the window border & just showing the content of your HTML app, or even running on fullscreen. This is very useful if you want to make interactive CD-ROM.
On Mac, you can use Delphi/Lazarus TWebBrowser control to load html files. However I don't know if mac program can access files from resource or not.
HTML 5 is a browser technology, so I think as long as the pc you are installing on has the latest browsers, installing your app should work fine.
Can you tell us why you want it as a CD-ROM based installation, where as you can easily host it online?
You may not need any .exe wrapping. Here is an approach.
Important: your autorun will be often disabled, [not so] quietly. Provide some instructions for running your application manually.
So:
Google for running a portable version of Firefox or Chrome from a CD. Have the browser prepared. Put it in a [sub]directory representing your CD.
Put your content there.
Create a .cmd file to invoke the browser with a command like,
FirefoxPortable.exe index.html
Create autorun.inf (details googlable) to call the above batch file.
Make a CD image from that directory. There are lots of CD burning applications that can do that.
Test.
We are trying to distribute a basic HTML file with some links to a PDF document in a USB drive for advertising purposes. The idea is that an autorun opens up this HTML in the default browser. However, this might not be a good idea since it would look very amateur-ish and we will have to rely on the default browser's technology (which unfortunately has a good chance on being IE6/7!)
We've explored a few alternatives, but we can't find one that really fits what we are trying to achieve:
Mozilla Prism
Altough it seems like it's designed with offline web apps in mind, the executable creates files in the user's AppData directory and it's hard to configure the default paths. Also, Firefox doesn't have a default PDF viewer, so we will have to depend on the user's default PDF viewer (which might be Adobe Reader)
Mozilla Chromeless
Since Prism is inactive, the idea is still developing with Chromeless, which allows the developer to create the browser interface with basic HTML/JS/CSS. The main issue here is that somehow the build isn't loading HTML, all that's showing is a gray iframe. I'm not sure if it's just me, because there's nothing on the issues page.
Portable App
We could throw in the portable version of Firefox or Chrome and customize the XUL for Firefox or open Chrome in app mode.
Firefox's advantage is that it kind of supports relative paths (resource://), but it doesn't have a built-in PDF viewer. Chrome has a very good and lightweight PDF viewer and the built-in app mode is a very useful feature for us, but I can't find how to open a local path without the usual absolute path (file:///C:/) since we don't know what's the drive's letter.
Has anyone figure out how to handle this kind of issues? Thanks.
This has been asked three years ago, but it's unanswered, listed high in Google, and I stumbled over the exact same problem and can imagine that many others that seek to ship portable web apps that can be run locally and with a minimum of dependencies will encounter this issue, too.
The solution I am now going with is the node-webkit.
You can treat it like a portable version of chrome, however it excepts a relative path to your app's entry point, is about 40 MB smaller, and much more customizable than the --app mode of chrome (which isn't customizable at all if I remember correctly).
Github & Download:
https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit#downloads
An extensive guide:
http://thejackalofjavascript.com/getting-started-with-node-webkit-apps/
My usage suggestion for Windows:
First create an app package as explained in the guide linked above
For the node-wekit to load with your app, you need to start it like this:
nw.exe app.package
Where nw.exe is in the root of the zipped folder you downloaded and app.package is a zip file (can have any name) that contains your app data and package.json.
To do this silently, you can use a BAT file containing the (amended) call above and a VBS file containing something like this:
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "cmd /c launchNW.bat", 0, true
launchNW.bat being the name of your BAT file. Now run the VBS file; a window containing your web app should pop up without the command window appearing with it.
Finish reading the linked guide to learn more about customization options to do things like hiding the browser UI etc.