Skinning Flex 4 Window Chrome in AIR for both Windows and Mac
Sep/092
The beauty of writing AIR applications is how easy it is to skin the user interface in whatever way you choose. It allows you to spend more time refining that interface instead of worrying about getting it to work. So in the spirit of refinement, let’s take a look at how simple it is to skin an AIR application’s window chrome (or TitleBar) to suit the expectations of users on both Windows and Mac.
AIR Locks flashlog.txt
Apr/081
Airlocks are cool. They save lives every day.
AIR locks suck. They make life hell when you’re debugging.
I’ve just found the hard way that an application running on AIR puts an exclusive lock on your flashlog.txt file. So if you’re a fan of FlashTracer to keep track of your trace statements and of installing and using AIR apps, you’re SOL.
In short, you can either develop AIR apps or use them, but not both.
You can check out the useless bug page, here.
