While working on a presentation about Native Windows & Adobe AIR I ran into the Screen class. The screen object provides information about the display screens available to an application allowing you to position applications/windows on different screens. I say screens and not monitors because of a little caveat that the livedocs have in them:
Note that there is not necessarily a one-to-one correspondance between screens and the physical monitors attached to a computer. For example, two monitors may display the same screen.
I thought I'd have a little fun to get my code fingers back after a week in Cabo San Lucas, and create a little AIR app that identifies each screen. The basics are:
Identify the Screens - I knew I had 2 screens, so that was easy. The screens property is an array of Screen objects, so you can work with as many as the user has.
Create something to identify the windows - I used transparent windows with a label to make things simple.
Restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications will be removed
The device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player will be published
The Adobe Flash® Cast™ protocol and the AMF protocol for robust data services will be published
Licensing fees will be removed – making next major releases of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices free
What does it really mean? Well it could be the promise of a universal application platform and the ability to write an application and deploy it everywhere. But, we know, with the likes of Apple and Google, who haven't really taken to the flash platform, that probably isn't the case. To me it means that Adobe is allowing the community as a whole to participate in the direction that the flash platform takes. To develop what what the community wants and thinks needs to be developed. This is a good thing - yay Adobe and yay Flash!
The Beatport Downloader launched officially on April 22nd. This is an application that the team here at Realeyes built. The official downloader description follows:
The Beatport Downloader allows you to download and organize your recently purchased tracks with one click. No more incomplete or lost music, easily see the status of all your downloads. Organize your music like never before through the Downloader's folder naming preferences. This feature allows for full control of how you store and search your music library. Install the application by clicking the Install button to the right. If you do not have Adobe® AIR™, it will ask you to install that first. Learn more about Adobe® AIR™ below.
About Beatport:
Beatport is the first authentic digital music store designed to service the evolution of the digital music culture, redefining how DJs and enthusiasts acquire their music. Beatport.com allows users to access the world of club music through secure, legal, hi-speed, high quality downloads in MP3, MP4 and WAV formats on a pay per download basis. With hundreds of labels and thousands of users world wide, Beatport is recognized as the leader for online, electronic dance music.
I'm a senior developer at RealEyes Media, Adobe Certified Instructor and Adobe Certified Professional. Here you'll get my ideas and experience Flex, Flash, ColdFusion and related technologies as well as some generally off the wall stuff.
