>> The current design view in Flash Builder is implemented as an AIR app.
> >> Look inside: \Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder > >> 4.6\eclipse\plugins\com.adobe.flexbuilder.designview_4.6.0.328916 > >> > >> I have no idea how it is integrated into Eclipse as a view though. My > best > >> bet is that the AIR runtime is invoked inside an Eclipse plugin. The > AIR > >> runtime in turn invokes the design view air app. > >> Sounds like fun :-) > >> > >> > > > > > > I would put time investigating this if I knew where to start looking. > > Or if Adobe could give some pointers, what ever they figured it out so > > we should be able to as well. > > > I didn't think it was AIR in FB DV. There is a special "authoring" player > that Flash Pro uses that I thought was being used in FB. It has special > APIs. Apache Flex wouldn't be able to use it. The main question is > whether > a plugin can open a portal to "something else". I would think someone has > solved a plugin opening a browser window by now > Hey guys, are you aware of the SWFBridge in the FDT IDE? http://fdt.powerflasher.com/swf-bridge/ They basically allow you to write plugins for FDT in Actionscript, maybe we can get some inspiration from these guys ;) cheers, Roland
