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Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that allows you to lever-
age your existing web development skills in Flash to build and deliver
Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to more devices, including the web,
mobile, and desktop. You can create a new Flash file for AIR from the
Welcome page or the New dialog box by clicking Adobe AIR 2 (
New!
),
or use an existing Flash file (ActionScript 3.0), and then convert it to an
Adobe AIR file through the Publish Settings dialog box (
New!
). Before
you can publish a file to Adobe AIR, you need to have a digital certifi-
cate that represents the application publisher’s identify. After you pub-
lish an AIR application, you can install it by using the Installer Package
with the AIR extension and start the program like any other program on
your system. When you no longer want to use it, you can remove it like a
normal program too.
Specifying Adobe
AIR Options
Publish to Adobe AIR
Click the File menu, and then click
Publish Settings.
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You can also access AIR
Settings by clicking the Edit
button in the Property Inspector
or click the File menu, and then
click AIR Settings.

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Included files. Specifies which
additional files and folders to
include in the AIR file.
Click the Signature tab.
All Adobe Air applications must be
signed to be installed on another
system.
Click an option to select or create
a digital certificate or use AIR
Intermediate (AIRI) for temporary
use that will be signed later.
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Create Digital Signature. Click
Create, specify publisher and
organization information,
password, type (use default),
click Browse to select the
folder with the FLA file, and
then click OK. Enter the
password from the certificate,
and select the related options
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When you save a document, you have the ability to save more than just
Flash information. You can save copyright, camera, and even image cat-
egory information. This data is saved with the file as metadata in the
XMP format (Extensible Metadata Platform) in SWF files, and can be
recognized and accessed by any application, such as Adobe Bridge,
that reads XMP metadata. In addition, if an image is a photograph, you
can save data specifying the type of image, where it was shot, or the
camera used. You can even get information on shutter speed and f-stop.
You can do the same with video and audio data too. That information will
not only protect your intellectual property, but will supply you with vital
statistics on exactly how you created that one-of-a-kind image.
Inserting File
Information
Insert File Information into
a Flash Document
Open a document.
Click the File menu, and then click
File Info.
Click the Description tab, and then
enter information concerning the
author and any copyright
information.
Click the IPTC tab to enter
information concerning the
image's creator, description and
keywords, location where
photograph was taken, date
created, copyright, and usage

of the image.
Click the DICOM tab, and then
enter data pertaining to the Digital
Imaging and Communications in
Medicine.
Click the History tab to view
historical information about the
active document, such as dates
last opened and saved, and a list
of image adjustments.
Click the Advanced tab to view
additional information on the
active document, such as EXIF,
and PDF document properties.
Click the Raw Data tab to view
raw RDF/XML information.
Click OK.
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You can add metadata to files saved in
the PSD, PDF, EPS, PNG, GIF, JPEG,
and TIFF formats.
The information is
embedded in the file using XMP
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published document. You can also set options to specify the scale and
alignment of the movie as well as the way it opens.
Specifying HTML
Options
Specify HTML Options
Click the File menu, and then click
Publish Settings.
Select the HTML check box, and
then click the HTML tab.
Click the Template list arrow, and
then select a Flash container
template (including templates for
PocketPC devices).
Click the Dimensions list arrow,
and then click Match Movie,
Pixels, or Percent. If Pixels or
Percent, enter width and height.
The Match Movie option matches
the size of the Flash movie. The
Pixels option sets the exact size.
The Percent option allows for
scaling within a browser.
Select from the following Playback
options:
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Paused At Start. Select this
option to pause the Flash
movie, when loaded.
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Loop. Select this option to