Adobe AIR application: Installation shortcut - apache-flex

How do I get the Adobe AIR installer that I exported from Flash Builder 4.5 install shortcut to the application on the "all users" desktop on Windows?

You can't force it, the user must select it during installation.

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Change adobe air installer

I made an installation file with adobe air (javascript, html via AIRSDK) , but it send an error message "This application cannot be installed because this installer has been mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance."
I do to an air installer,
change META-INF and icons in folder /icons,
pack and install in windows 7.

Flash buider eclipse plugin

I'm working on an application in Flex using Flash Builder 4.7.
Now I want to uninstall and install the plugin for FlashBuilder eclipse.
I searched in the adobe site but I can't find the link to download the plugin, can anyone help me?
I use eclipse 4.3.1
Thank you!
Flash Builder 4.7 only supports running on Eclipse 3.7 or 4.2 (not 4.3). The installation is essentially for a stand-alone version now, but after you have installed, you can go into the Flash Builder installation folder (on Windows that will be under "C:/Program Files/Adobe/Flash Builder 4.7 (64-bit)" or "C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Flash Builder 4.7" for the 32-bit version). There is a "utilities" folder with the following program you need to run:
Adobe Flash Builder 4.7 Plug-in Utility.exe
Run that and select your eclipse folder and it should work as a plug-in in your Eclipse. I tested it on Eclipse 4.4 and it would not run. Note, upon running the utility, it will disable it working in stand-alone mode.
If you have the flashbuillder installed on ur machine, then you will have the plugin installer also. Notes from adobe forum below.
Navigate to the installed Flash Builder installation location and
open the utilities folder.
Run the executable Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 Plug-in Utility.exe.
Select the language and click on OK.
Select the Flash Builder installation location if prompted.
Select the Eclipse folder into which you want Flash Builder 4.6 to
be plugged into and click Next
(Note: Your copy of Eclipse must be
version 3.6/3.6.1/3.6.2/3.7, 32-bit and must contain a folder named
“dropins”)
Review the pre-Installation summary and click on Install
Ref: Adobe forum

Installing AIR runtime and AIR application in own click

I have AIR application that i have created. One of my customers wants me to give him a CD that will automatically install the application with computer that has no AIR runtime installed.
How can i create an automatic installer that can install the AIR runtime and my AIR application easily?
Thanks in advance,
Lior
With AIR 3 you can create an installer using Captive Runtime, which makes it so that your app no longer has a dependency to the AIR runtime. That will probable be your easiest best option. More info
Additionally, you could sign up for a redistribution license of Adobe AIR which gives you permission to do that. Along with that, I believe they offer instructions on how do a headless/invisible install of the AIR runtime. Then you'll have to create your own installer which will perform the headless AIR install along with your own AIR app.

Adobe AIR - Captive runtime

I'm using Adobe Flash CS5 with Adobe Air 2.5 to build an air app.
Is there a way to make use of the Air 3 captive runtime feature? Do I need additional software to publish the Air app with the captive runtime?
Captive Runtime is not yet integrated into the Flash Pro IDE. You'll have to package your app using the command line tools available in the free AIR SDK.
Some more info is here; basically when you compile your app be sure to specify the target parameter. To create an Android APK, you would use this:
-target apk-captive-runtime
More info on options is here

Does Flash Builder 4 now use AIR 2?

I just got CS5 master suite which includes Flash Builder 4 and Flash CS5 Pro.
When I create a new AIR app in CS5 pro it says "AIR 2" but when I create a new AIR project in Flash Builder I do not see anything indicating that it is AIR 2 or 1.5?
Is there a way to tell which AIR runtime it is using?
I think you'll have to download the SDK and st it up yourself; but Flash Builder should work fine:
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Release_Notes
How to overlay the Adobe AIR SDK for use with the Flex SDK
Copy the contents an existing Flex SDK folder to a new folder. For
example, in Flex Builder, copy the
following folder located at:
* Windows: c:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.2.0
* Mac OS: /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder
3/sdks/3.2.0
Download the appropriate AIR SDK file for your operating system and
save it to the root folder of the Flex
SDK.
* Windows: AIR20_win_sdk_XXXXXX.zip
* Mac OS: AIR20_mac_sdk_XXXXXX.tbz2
Extract the contents of the AIR SDK archive and overwrite the existing
SDK files in the copied folder.
* Windows: Right-click on the ZIP file and select "Extract All"
or use the decompression tool of your
choice.
* Mac OS: In Terminal, cd to the root folder of the Flex SDK and
run this command:
* tar jxvf AIR20_mac_sdk_XXXXXX.tbz2
If you have trouble overwriting files due to file
permissions, try this command
sudo tar jxvf AIR20_mac_sdk_XXXXXX.tbz2
In Flex or Flash Builder, open the Properties dialog and choose the
Flex Compiler page
Click the Configure Flex SDKs... link
Add the combined Flex and AIR 2 SDK folder created above
Use this SDK for any projects accessing AIR 2 APIs.
To update this for the production release; go downlod your preferred version of the Flex SDK at http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Downloads and download the AIR 2 SDK at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=airsdk .
Overlay the two using the instructions above (1-3); then configure the new SDK in Flash Builder (also using the instructions above (4-7).
Update: Since my original post of this; Flex 4.1 SDK was released which includes the relevant AIR 2 bits. You can get it here
The fastest way to use AIR 2 is to download a new version of the Flex framework. I've downloaded version 4.1.0.16076 from here and it comes with AIR 2 already installed.
Today Adobe release the stable version of AIR 2 SDK so probably they come up with a new stable release of the Flex SDK.

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