18 Responses to “AIR Custom Chrome v.02”

1. German Bauer Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

   Hi there,

   Thanks for sharing this…
   Are the two download links off the source page (Flex Trial and source .zip) disabled on intention?

2. German Bauer Says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

   Works now, thanks again for sharing!

3. Jools Says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 4:18 am

   Hi Bret,

   I tried this verson as you requested. When used on a macbook pro with trackpad finger tapping enabled (as described in the blog thread for version 1), this new version 2 still exhibits the strange jumping behaviour. As I said before, this behaviour is not unique to your example.

   Jools

4. Brett Says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm

   Thanks for follow up. I can re-create the bug you are seeing. I will chat with the engineering folks and log a bug for this (if it hasn’t already been captured). I will keep you posted to my findings.

5. Tom Primožič Says:
   March 4th, 2008 at 8:01 am

   There is a little problem with your application: When I type in to search something, if I later change my mind, I cannot select and delete the text using mouse (since clicking the mouse on the TextInput control activates your window-moving function). I haven’t tried to fix it myself, but I just wanted you to know that - it might not be what your users would expect.

   - Tom

6. Brett Says:
   March 4th, 2008 at 9:49 am

   Tom,

   There is nothing wrong with the application. This is an example of custom chrome in AIR. If you want to take this example and add features and functionality, thats great. So if you would like to add search functionality, I would suggest focusing on what exactly your searching for first.

7. martin Says:
   March 13th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

   Hi Brett
   Great that you share your knowledge…thanks.
   My question might be stupid but i could’nt find a solution via google
   When i try to compile your project in flex builder 3 Win i get the following error:

   unable to open ‘E:\server\xampp\htdocs\fex_workspace\CustomWindow02\libs’

   what is this path for (libs), and where should it link to?
   cheers
   martin

8. martin Says:
   March 13th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

   ok..problem solved..

9. Mike Says:
   March 19th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

   Thanks for making this example available. I’d like to suggest that the maximize button should change to a restore button after the application is maximized. The sample application would also perhaps benefit from the standard Windows keyboard shortcut to minimize a window (Win+M.)

10. Sean Says:
    April 12th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    I’m doing a presentation on data synchronization at FITC Toronto this year. I’ll definitely be pointing people towards this example as a great example of solid data sync design pattern. Thanks for posting it.

11. Matt Says:
    May 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    Hey, wicked chrome. I used the chrome in a small demo application that I did for a AS3 MySQL driver I am working on. You can check it out here: http://code.google.com/p/assql/

12. Chris Says:
    September 28th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Hey, this “version” of air is great. The suggestion of Mike with the rstor button after the application is maximized is a great idea. I find, that that would make this version more perfect than it is. Thanks for posting this version.

13. araba oyunlari Says:
    December 6th, 2008 at 7:26 am

    thank you very much for chrome

14. Susann Says:
    June 14th, 2009 at 9:28 am

    Thanks for making this example available. This version is of air great
    Cheers Susann

15. Paul Says:
    June 14th, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    Posts are pretty old but if anybody wants to implement Restore Down functionality, just id your Maximize button (i.e. “maxButton”) and handle it in an AS3 function that you call on the button’s click. Button’s so small that it’ll look fine for both gestures:

    //—————————————————————————–

    private var maximized:Boolean;
    private var winHeight:int;
    private var winWidth:int;
    private var winX:int;
    private var winY:int;

    //—————————————————————————–

    private function handleMaxOrRestore():void
    {
    if(!maximized)
    {
    //Store window’s position and size before maximizing.
    winHeight = stage.nativeWindow.height;
    winWidth = stage.nativeWindow.width;
    winX = stage.nativeWindow.x;
    winY = stage.nativeWindow.y;
    stage.nativeWindow.maximize()
    maximized = true;
    maxButton.toolTip = “Restore Down”
    }
    else
    {
    //Put window back where it was (size and position) before
    //the user maximized.
    stage.nativeWindow.height = winHeight;
    stage.nativeWindow.width = winWidth;
    stage.nativeWindow.x = winX;
    stage.nativeWindow.y = winY;
    maximized = false;
    maxButton.toolTip = “Maximize”
    }
    }

16. Paul Says:
    June 14th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    Oh… and Kudos on the chrome example Brett!

17. boyama oyunları Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 12:44 am

    Thanks

18. Ben Says:
    November 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Hi can you please create an html and ajax version for adobe air.

    Thanks

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