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It is also important to note that the Beta 1 build of AIR is not
feature complete, and a number of significant AIR features
have not been implemented and/or included in the build.
The following is a partial list of features and functionality
included in the Adobe AIR Beta 1:
- Mac support (OS X 10.4.8 and above; Intel and PPC)
- Windows support (Windows XP and Windows Vista
Home Ultimate Edition) - File I/O API
- SQLite embedded database
- All functionality within Flash Player 9, including com-
plete network stack - Windowing APIs
- Command-line tools (ADL and ADT)
- HTML within Flash content
- Top-level HTML applications
- ActionScript/JavaScript script bridging
- Flex Builder and Flex Framework support for authoring
AIR application - Application command-line arguments
- Drag and drop support
- Rich Clipboard access
- Native Menu API (Mac-only in Beta)
- Service Connectivity API
- File type association
- Application icons
- PDF support