Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Reference

142 | Appendix A: AIR Command-Line Tools

Table A-1 provides a description of the command-line argu-
ments for ADL.

ADT

ADT is a command-line tool that packages AIR applications
into redistributable AIR files. AIR can then install the AIR
application from that AIR file.

Typically, you want to call the ADT tool in the following
way:

adt -package HelloWorld.air application.xml HelloWorld.swf

In this example, the ADT tool creates an AIR file named
HelloWorld.air based on the application.xml application
descriptor file.

The syntax of the ADT command is:

adt -package <air-file> <app-xml> <fileOrDir>* ( -C <dir>

<fileOrDir>+ )*

Table A-1. ADL command-line arguments

Option Description

-runtime Optional argument that specifies the directory that contains

the AIR runtime that should be used.

path-app-xml The application descriptor file for the application that should

be launched.

path-to-root-dir Optional argument that specifies the directory that contains

the application descriptor file

-- Any arguments specified after this argument will be passed

to the application as startup/command-line arguments, and

can be accessed from the application via the InvokeEvent