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The Adobe Flash platform contains two primary runtimes (see Figure 1). Flash Player is browser-based, and Adobe AIR is desktop-based. Because Adobe AIR is built on top of Flash Player, the Flash Player APIs are available within Adobe AIR. Consequently, Adobe AIR APIs are not available within Flash Player. The Flex framework is built on top of the Flash Player APIs, so it runs in both Flash Player and Adobe AIR. However, a number of Flex APIs take advantage of AIR APIs, and thus work only within Adobe AIR.

Figure 1. Adobe Flash platform for RIAs

Using this guide

Simply leaf through the guide, using the class/interface name as a reference, to find the item you are looking for. All of the classes appear in alphabetical order.

Each entry contains the complete API reference for that item, including name, type (class or interface), package name, superclass, interfaces implemented, as well as a complete API listing, including static and instance properties and methods (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. Class/interface entry format

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Requirements

To make the most of this reference guide, download the latest version of the free Adobe runtimes and frameworks.

Adobe AIR

• Download

Flash Player

• Download

Flex Builder 3 (contains the free Flex 3 SDK)

• Try
• Buy

Where to go from here

If you still need to find more information about an API, you can either look at the API for the subclass of the item in the reference guide, or look up the API in the online documentation:

• Adobe ActionScript 3 Language Reference
• Adobe AIR JavaScript Language Reference
• Flex 3 documentation
• Adobe AIR documentation

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