AdvancED Flex 4

521

Index

Numbers

3D

animating objects, 508–509

creating objects, 506–507

creating papervision coverflows, 510–519

octal record separator specification -0[octal],

505

working with materials, 507–508

3GP format, 464

3GPP format, 464

A

AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), 464

AbstractInvoker class, 210

AbstractOperations class, 245

AbstractPlayer class, 472–475

AbstractService class, 245

AC_OETags.js JavaScript file, 302

AccessedApplication application, 390

accessing data sources

connecting to data services through Flash

Builder 4 data services plug-ins,

324–328

connecting to data source using AMF,

322–328

connecting to RESTful data source, 312–319

connecting to SOAP data source, 319–322

creating crossdomain.xml policy file,

310–312

overview, 308–309

ACT (Asynchronous Completion Token) pattern,

271

Action Message Format (AMF), connecting to

data sources using, 322–328

ActionScript class, 32, 510

Active Server Pages (ASP), 1

Add... button, AME, 467

addAsync function, 36

addChild, 505

addElement, 505

addItem method, 39–40, 295

Additional compiler arguments, 48

addListeners method, 130

addMarker method, 370

address attribute, 201

Address class, 300

adjustLatLng method, 369

Adobe consulting, 2

Adobe Illustrator, creating themes, 195–200

Adobe Integrated Runtime. See AIR (Adobe

Integrated Runtime)

Adobe Media Encoder, compressing video files

using, 466–469

Adobe Open Screen Media Framework,

492–497

Adobe Photoshop PSD File, 93

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, 469

Adobe SoundBooth, 469

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Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), 464

After metadata, 18

[After] tag, 10, 30

[AfterClass] tag, 10

ai namespace, 197

AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime)

applications, 434–435

building browser, 117–119

building photo browser, 122–129

native menus, 119–121

overview, 113–116

self-updating with, 136–140

SQLite database, 129–135

AIR 2.0 enhancements

database transaction savepoints, 163

File promise API, 152–153

idle time-out, 164

IPv6 support, 156

Mac vector printing support, 163

mass storage device detection, 165–167

microphone access in, 158–162

multi-touch functionality, 167–168

native processes in, 149–151

NativeWindow maximum size increased, 165

networking support

access low-level network information,

143–146

DNS records in, 146–148

User Datagram Protocol in, 142–143

openWithDefaultApplication( ) method,

156–158

overview, 141

performance

decrease in resources used, 169

WebKit animation, 173

WebKit gradients, 175

WebKit selectors, 176

WebKit transform, 177–178

WebKit Transitions, 173

screen reader support, 152

.air file, 114, 116

Alexa services, 319

alias parameter, 265

allowScriptAccess method, 290

Amazon Associates service, 319

Amazon Clouds, 319, 448

Amazon S3 service, file sharing with, 447–453

Amazon Web Services site, 447

AMF (Action Message Format), 322–328

AnalyticsProxyElement element, 496

animating objects, 508–509

Animation.html page, 173

Apache Struts 1.x, and Flex, 427–429

API (Application Programming Interface),

connections to

Flickr, 375–381

Google Maps, 366–371

UMap, 371–375

Yahoo! Maps, 363–366

Appearance window panel, 192

Apple QuickTime Pro, 469

application mashup, 305

Application Programming Interface, connections

to. See API (Application Programming

Interface), connections to

application source code, 392

applicationComplete event, 40

applicationComplete( ) method, 507

applicationCompleteHandler class, 40

applications

accessed, domain through, 393

AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime), 434–435

database-driven, generating, 419–426

Flash, encoding for

compressing video files using Adobe

Media Encoder, 466–469

HTTP video streaming, 471

overview, 465

progressive download, 470

selecting servers, 471

streaming, 470

Flex, vulnerability in, 396

framework-based, strategies to port

Apache Struts 1.x and Flex, 427–429

Ruby on Rails and Flex, 429–432

legacy, Service-Orienting, 414–418

security of, 285–286

Web, 251–254

applyTint method, 512

args property, 151

array property, 211

ArrayCollection data type, 346, 357, 510–519

artwork, converting into code, 88–89

AS2Unit, 2

AS3 VO (Value Object) data model, 346

as3awss3lib classes, 448

as3corelib.swc file, 343

as3flickrlib library, 363

as3-rpclib.swc file, 239

as3youtubelib library, 363

.asc extension, 470

ASP (Active Server Pages), 1