Getting started with the custom install badge

This sample badge was created by Grant Skinner for Adobe Systems. Inc. Compared to the default badge included with the Adobe AIR SDK, this badge has a new look and feel with additional detection logic and leverages the AIR runtime's "launch now" capability. You can use this badge if you:

• Want a new look and feel for your install badges (it looks cool!)
• Want to leverage the application detection and "launch now" feature
• Want a simple way to upgrade end users to the correct Flash Player version using express install
• Want to provide customizable help links and text
• Want to customize the text display on your install badges

Note: This badge is still beta quality, so you may discover bugs. Please report any bugs you may encounter. You can report bugs to the Adobe AIR wishlist.

Figure 1 shows a sample look and feel of the new install badge (left) and the help screen (right) which users can access by clicking the question mark icon on the Install Now button.

Figure 1. The new badge's sample look and feel (left) and the help screen (right).

Note: For more details on the AIR install badge feature and process, see David Tucker's article, Deploying AIR apps seamlessly with badge install. Also, be sure to check out Grant Skinner's Badger application for AIR applications, which makes it easy to create install badges for your AIR applications.

Getting started

1. Download the badge ZIP file (136K).

   The ZIP file contains all the files you need, including a Getting Started Guide and the source code.

2. Read the Getting Started Guide included in the ZIP file.

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