Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® AIR™ Programming in 24 Hours

Hour 11 Opening Doors with AIR

In this hour, you’ll learn

    • Creating windows using the NativeWindow class

    • Creating windows using the mx.core.Window class

    • Creating Custom Windows

Creating Windows Using the NativeWindow Class

Despite the title of this hour, you will actually learn about creating windows for use in AIR applications and not about opening any doors. If you think about it, being able to create windows for your desktop applications is a powerful feature and one that enhances the end-user experience by providing compartmentalization of your AIR application’s features. Each window can represent a distinct portion of your application and help differentiate the main application from other subsystems ...