Category Archives: Air

Salesbuilder 1.5 with new AIR 1.5 Database Encryption

As you probably already know, AIR 1.5 is now available. New features include database encryption, Flash Player 10 support, and an updated version of WebKit. I updated my Salesbuilder sample application to leverage the AIR 1.5 capabilities. Salesbuilder 1.5 leverages the new database encryption feature to allow you to secure your local database. The first time you [...]
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InSync: Automatic Offline Data Synchronization in AIR using LCDS 2.6

LCDS 2.6 allows you to build AIR applications with automatic offline data synchronization. This feature leverages the SQLite relational database system embedded in the AIR runtime, but the advantage is that the data synchronization process is entirely automatic: you don’t have to write SQL statements or synchronization logic to keep your local database in sync [...]
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SQLite Admin for AIR 1.0

Here is a new version of my AIR-based SQLite Admin application updated for AIR 1.0. You can use this application to examine the structure of a database, create a new database or open an existing one, execute any type of SQL statement, etc. An interesting aspect of this version is that the application itself uses a [...]
Also posted in Flex, SQLite | 184 Comments

Salesbuilder for AIR 1.0

Now that Flex 3 and AIR 1.0 are generally available, it’s time to upgrade some of the sample applications I have been building during the beta program. So, here is Salesbuilder for AIR 1.0. Salesbuilder is a Sales Force Automation application written in Flex and deployed on the AIR runtime. It demonstrates local persistence using the [...]
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New Version of SalesBuilder using LiveCycle Data Services

I have often felt that we needed a more real-life/complex sample application to adequately demonstrate LiveCycle Data Services, and specifically the Data Management Service. So, I wrote a new version of Salesbuilder that uses LCDS to persist data at the server side. “Salesbuilder LCDS” demonstrates advanced LCDS features such as associations, lazy loading, etc. This application [...]
Also posted in Flex, LiveCycle Data Services | 81 Comments

Salesbuilder Beta 3 (AIR file + Flex Source Code)

A number of you asked me for the beta 3 version of Salesbuilder. So here it is. I also took the opportunity to clean up the code, and improve a few things. The application is now using synchronous access to the local SQLite database (as opposed to the asynchronous data access strategy of the previous [...]
Also posted in Flex, SQLite | 25 Comments

Offline Synchronization using AIR and LiveCycle Data Services

As part of my MAX talks in Chicago and Barcelona, I used a simple Contact Manager application to demonstrate offline synchonization using AIR and LiveCycle Data Services (LCDS). Many people have asked me to share the code, so here it is… This is actually an update of an application I posted a few months ago [...]
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New AIR SQLite Administration App (with Source Code)

UPDATE: This version is now obsolete. A new version is available here. Here is an updated/rewritten version of my AIR SQLite Admin application. You can use this application to examine the structure of a database, create a new database or open an existing one, execute any type of SQL statement, etc. An interesting aspect of this new [...]
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Salesbuilder for Flex 3 / AIR Beta 2 (AIR file + source code)

I migrated the Salesbuilder application for Flex 3 / AIR beta 2. Click here to install the application. Click here to download the source code. Follow this script for a guide tour of the application.
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