Building the Spry Photo Gallery as an AIR application

In order to build the Photo Gallery Demo as an AIR application you need to do the following:

INSTALL REQUIRED FILES

• download the AIR platform and the Dreamweaver AIR extension from Adobe Labs
• install the AIR platform and then the AIR Dreamweaver extension, as instructed on the download page

CREATE A SITE

• start Dreamweaver
• define a site having the root folder identical to your Spry folder
• in menu, go to Comamnds -> Air Application settings dialog

FILLING "Air Application settings" dialog

Enter all the required data in this dialog:

• File Name: a descriptive name, like Photo Gallery Demo
• ID: you can use PhotoGalleryDemo
  
• Initial content: demos/gallery/index-air.html
• Window size: width=1024, height=600 (optimum size)
• Included files:
  • demos/gallery/index-air.html (automatically put when you select it above as Initial Content)
  • demos/gallery/gallery.js
• Included folders:
  • css/
  • demos/gallery/galleries/
  • demos/images/
  • includes/
• Digital signature:
  • click the Set button
  • select the "Sign the AIR package with a digital certificate" radio button
  • then click Create button to create a certificate
  • save it on your hard drive
  • click OK twice to return to the main Air Application settings dialog
• choose a destination for the AIR file
• click "Create AIR file" button in the upper right corner
• install and run the application

Filling this dialog will generate an application.xml file at the root folder, that you can reuse later.

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