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Handling Different File Types in Apollo

So, I’ve finally snagged some time to whip out a post about dealing with different file types with the File API in Apollo AIR. The contents of a file can be read into a ByteArray and manipulated there. For example … Continue reading

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Reading a file Asynchronously with ActionScript 3

Sometimes (okay, manytimes) files are large enough that the process of opening and reading its contents may take some time. To solve issues related to the extra time this may take AS3 allows you to open files asynchronously. I’d like … Continue reading

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Reading a file with ActionScript 3

The ALPHA release of Apollo, Adobe’s cross-operating system runtime allows for some pretty sweet functionality: Drag-and-drop support Rich clipboard access Desktop and system shortcuts What I was excited about was the File API. The ability to access, read and write … Continue reading

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Christian Cantrell HTML & Apollo

Lots of cool stuff with JavaScript and HTML integration. The HTML component, being able to load in both Google and Yahoo maps at the same time. Nice stuff, but it seems to me like it is just asking for spaghetti … Continue reading

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Apollo Keynote

Mike Chambers got up and gave a great introduction to the Apollo team and let everyone know about the great swag that was given out to all the attendees: Adobe really pumped up the swag for Apollo Camp: Flex Builder … Continue reading

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