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Installing Adobe Air 1.1 Update for Flash CS3 Professional

Note:To install this update you need to have already installed the original Adobe AIR update for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional. For details see Installing the Adobe AIR update for Flash CS3 Professional (TechNote kb403112). It is not possible to install this update without installing the previous update.

To install the Adobe Air 1.1 Update for Flash CS3 Professional:

1. Locate the folder named "AIK":
   • Windows: C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Flash CS3
   • Mac OS X: Macintosh HD: Applications: Adobe Flash CS3
2. Remove all the files from the AIK folder. Do not remove the folder itself.
3. Download the AIRSDKIntegrationKit from:
   Windows: http://www.adobe.com/go/getaikwin
   Mac OS X: http://www.adobe.com/go/getaikmac
4. Unzip the contents of the AIRSDKIntegrationKit and place them inside the AIK folder.
5. Download the Adobe AIR 1.1 Runtime from http://get.adobe.com/air/.
6. Install the runtime to your machine.

To publish multiple language AIR files using the AIR 1.1 update:

Note: Updating to the AIR 1.1 application descriptor file is only necessary if you want to use the localization features of AIR 1.1 to develop multilingual AIR applications (or if you require AIR 1.1 to be your minimum version). Developers without multilingual needs can use AIR 1.1 to develop AIR 1.0 files, but in those cases the following steps will not be necessary.

1. Create the initial application descriptor file,as follows:
   1. Open an existing AIR FLA file, or create a new one by selecting Flash File (Adobe AIR) on the Welcome screen.
   2. Choose Commands > Create AIR File.
   3. Choose Commands > AIR Application & Installer Settings, and then click Publish AIR File.
2. Rename "App Name-app.xml" to a different name, such as " My-app.xml."
3. Select " My-app.xml" as a custom descriptor file, as follows:
   1. Choose Commands > AIR Application & Installer Settings.
   2. Select the Use Custom Application Descriptor File option.
   3. Browse to your renamed XML file, My-app.xml.
   4. Click Open to select your custom application descriptor and close the dialog.
   5. Select OK to close the AIR Application & Installer Settings dialog box.
4. Update the new application descriptor file My-app.xml file for multiple languages, as follows:
   1. Open "App Name-app.xml" in your XML or text editor.
   2. Change the namespace from to
   3. Find the <name> tag. Change it to include the application name in the languages you wish to support. For example:
      
      <name>
      <text >English App Name</text>
      <text >French App Name</text>
      <text >ž App Name</text>
      </name>
      
      
   4. Repeat step c for the <description> tag.
   5. Fix the <icon> tag by either:
      1. Copying icons into a local folder (such as icons) and updating the paths in the XML to reflect this.
         
         Note:Icons placed in AppIconsForAIRPublish are temporary only -- they are deleted when you republish.
         
      2. Removing the <icon> tag to use the default system icons
   6. Change the Encoding to UTF-8.
   7. Save the XML file.
5. Publish the final AIR 1.1 application, as follows:
   1. Choose Commands > Create AIR File.
   2. Choose Commands > AIR Application & Installer Settings, and then click Publish AIR File.

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