Comments on: Custom Installer For Adobe AIR Applications http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/ Claus Wahlers on Application Development, Web Standards and what not Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Claus Wahlers http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-5310 Claus Wahlers Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:29:45 +0000 http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-5310 Abdul, agreed with the API. It sucks that AIR is not extensible in any way. The whole application will be released under GPL, probably end of this year or beginning of next year. Abdul, agreed with the API. It sucks that AIR is not extensible in any way.

The whole application will be released under GPL, probably end of this year or beginning of next year.

]]> By: Abdul Qabiz http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-5022 Abdul Qabiz Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:01:20 +0000 http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-5022 SWHX (or anything opensource) would be good. Having extensions or custom installers are important. You have listed down an important use-case (USB communication). I can imagine many different type of applications which can communicate with different devices connected over USB, atleast my phone (over bluetooth or cable)... It would be great if AIR can have API for those things, so that we (developers) are not forced to write socket-servers and take care of installation etc.. Would you be sharing the code sometime? I would love to look at it.. Thanks -abdul SWHX (or anything opensource) would be good. Having extensions or custom installers are important. You have listed down an important use-case (USB communication). I can imagine many different type of applications which can communicate with different devices connected over USB, atleast my phone (over bluetooth or cable)…

It would be great if AIR can have API for those things, so that we (developers) are not forced to write socket-servers and take care of installation etc..

Would you be sharing the code sometime? I would love to look at it..

Thanks

-abdul

]]> By: Claus Wahlers http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-5021 Claus Wahlers Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:35:00 +0000 http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-5021 It looks like i have two choices beyond AIR: Zinc and SWHX. Zinc: First of all i heard not so good things about stability and support, and it seems on Macs i can only use shell scripts to extend my application. Also i don't think a Linux version is even planned. I don't know if Zinc the right solution for my needs. SWHX: Big plus: open source, all three major platforms supported. However i am under deadline pressure, and i don't know how much functionality comes out of the box - i probably have to code a lot myself, and i'm unsure if i'll make it in time. AIR: Comes with very nice features and an integrated API, covering a lot out of the box. Is available for Mac and Windows, Linux version coming early 2008. Drawback: Doesn't allow for extension at all, and i need one or two features that are not supported. Based on this, i think i prefer to develop on top of AIR at this point. It looks like i have two choices beyond AIR: Zinc and SWHX.

Zinc: First of all i heard not so good things about stability and support, and it seems on Macs i can only use shell scripts to extend my application. Also i don’t think a Linux version is even planned. I don’t know if Zinc the right solution for my needs.

SWHX: Big plus: open source, all three major platforms supported. However i am under deadline pressure, and i don’t know how much functionality comes out of the box - i probably have to code a lot myself, and i’m unsure if i’ll make it in time.

AIR: Comes with very nice features and an integrated API, covering a lot out of the box. Is available for Mac and Windows, Linux version coming early 2008. Drawback: Doesn’t allow for extension at all, and i need one or two features that are not supported.

Based on this, i think i prefer to develop on top of AIR at this point.

]]> By: Campbell Anderson http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-4944 Campbell Anderson Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:45:42 +0000 http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/custom-installer-for-adobe-air-applications/#comment-4944 Yeah whixh begs the question, Why not just use one of the cross platform swf wrappers out there, Zinc etc. Yeah whixh begs the question, Why not just use one of the cross platform swf wrappers out there, Zinc etc.

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