Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Reference

154 | Index

URI schemes, support in
AIR, 49–51
URIs (Universal Resource
Identifiers), 49
URLMonitor class, 101
URLRequest class, 101
URLRequest instance, 137
utility aliases, 147

W
web applications, 1
browser delivery of, 4
web browsers, 4
web application delivery
through, advantages, 18
web application delivery
through,
disadvantages, 4–6
Back button, 4
conflicting user
interfaces, 4
distance from desktop, 5
online experience, 5
web security contexts and
AIR, 52
WebKit, 8, 43–45
advantages, 44

drag and drop

implementation, 109

supported web

technologies, 43

window.runtime property, 55,

60, 144

windows, 47

custom window chrome,

adding, 62–65

Microsoft Windows (see

Microsoft Windows)

native windows, 66

new native windows,

creating, 68–73

new windows creating, 66–76

window.open method, 66

window.opener property, 66

X

XML files, loading data

from, 86–88

XMLHttpRequest, 105

AIR, support by, 48

XMLHttpRequest, support by

AIR, 48

XMLHTTPRequest.open( )

method and

argjuments, 105