Monthly Archives: December 2009

AIR 2.0 Web Server using the New Server Socket API

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: December 7, 2009
After exploring Java integration using the new Native Process API (here and here), Excel integration using the new file.openWithDefaultApplication(), and the new Microphone API, here is another application I wrote, this time to explore the new Adobe AIR 2.0 Server Socket API. The “Mini AIR Web Server” is a simplistic implementation of an HTTPServer. Needless to [...]
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Embedding Tomcat and BlazeDS in an AIR 2.0 Application

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: December 2, 2009
In my previous post, I demonstrated how to create a simple Tomcat Launcher using the new AIR 2.0 Native Process API. The assumption in that sample was that Tomcat was already installed on your machine. In this new sample application, I’m taking that idea a little further by embedding Tomcat as part of the native installer. [...]
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Tomcat Launcher: Sample Application using the AIR 2.0 Native Process API

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: December 2, 2009
I have been playing with the new Native Process API of AIR 2.0, and here is a first sample application I wrote. “Tomcat Launcher” is like a mini Tomcat Console that allows you to start / stop Tomcat and view the standard output log without opening a DOS box or Terminal window. It also allows [...]
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