asked on 7/18/2008

HTML Air Component in Flex Builder doesn't allow popups

I have a fairly complex web-based flex application that runs on our intranet.

I'm trying to simply create a shell in air that loads the flex application, so I can use the air application as a citrix application to expose it to a few people outside of our intranet. We want them to be able to use it, but not have access to a full fledged web browser.

The problem is, my flex application uses external interface calls to create popup windows, and these are not working in the air shell.

I've tried using an IE shell with VB, but the server runs 64-bit windows, and 64-bit IE. And there's no flash for 64 bit browsers yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Apache Flex JavaScript

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anakinjay

8/14/2008

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Gary Benade

7/24/2008

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Gary Benade

7/24/2008

You could always just open the page directly in AIR..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication 
	xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" 
	layout="absolute">
	<mx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
 
	    	import flash.display.Sprite;
		    import flash.html.HTMLLoader;
		    import flash.net.URLRequest;
 
	        public function HTMLLoaderExample():void
	        {
	            var html:HTMLLoader = new HTMLLoader();
	            var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.adobe.com/");
	            html.width = stage.stageWidth;
	            html.height = stage.stageHeight;
	            html.load(urlReq);
	            var s:Sprite = new Sprite();
	            s.addChild(html);
	            browser.rawChildren.addChild(s);
	        }
		]]>
	</mx:Script>	
	<mx:Button x="73" y="29" label="Button" click="HTMLLoaderExample()"/>
	<mx:Canvas id="browser" x="189" y="29" width="553" height="353">
	</mx:Canvas>
 
</mx:WindowedApplication>

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anakinjay

8/14/2008

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this worked.. thanks.